Andreas Schuck is an Associate Professor for Political Communication at the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. He is affiliated with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), The Netherlands - Flanders Communication Association (NEFCA) and the Center for Politics and Communication (CPC).
He holds a B.A. degree in Communication Science from the University of Erfurt (Germany), a M.A. degree (cum laude) in European Communication Studies from the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS) and a Ph.D. degree in Political Communication from the University of Amsterdam.
His research focuses on media effects on political opinions, attitudes and behavior. More in particular, current projects focus on the effects of solutions journalism, climate change communication, public opinion dynamics during election campaigns, political participation and mobilization, and the role of emotions in political communication. His Ph.D. dissertation investigated the role of the news media in affecting vote choice, turnout and support for direct democracy during the Dutch 2005 EU Constitution referendum campaign and was awarded the NESCoR dissertation award for the best PhD dissertation defended in Communication Science in the Netherlands in 2009.
In 2011 he was awarded a personal VENI grant (€ 250,000) by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). The project is entitled "Dealing with feelings: The (de-)mobilizing role of emotions in political communiction" and investigates which emotions are sparked by political news coverage and how these engage or disengage citizens in politics (2012-2015).
He has been invited as visiting scholar to the University of Technology Sydney (Australia) and The School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington (USA) and has taught courses as visiting lecturer at the University of Berne (Switzerland). In Amsterdam, he co-supervised two PhD dissertations to completion (Moniza Waheed and Matthijs Elenbaas [cum laude]) and is currently co-supervising two PhD dissertations (Alina Feinholdt and Sjoerd Stolwijk). Furthermore, he is teaching courses on media effects and public opinion in the 'Political Communication' MA-program at the Graduate School of Communication at the University of Amsterdam and is Academic Advisor for the Amsterdam track specialization 'Media and Politics' in the international MA program in 'Journalism, Media and Globalisation' (EU-funded) in cooperation with the Danish School of Journalism Arhus (Denmark), City University London (UK), University of Hamburg (Germany), and University of Swansea (Wales).
His work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Communication, Political Communication, Communication Research, European Union Politics, British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, West European Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, European Journal of Communication, Journalism, Journalism Studies, International Journal of Press/Politics, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Electoral Studies, Journal of Political Marketing, Discourse & Society, or Journal of Intercultural Communication .
2014-present:
Associate Professor for Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam (tenured).
2010-2014:
Assistant Professor for Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam.
2008-2010:
Post-doctoral research fellow at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam.
2005-2008:
PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam.
2002-2004:
Master of Arts (M.A.) - " With Honours ". European Communication Studies. University of Amsterdam (UvA), International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS).
1999-2002:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). Communication Science and European History. University of Erfurt (Germany).
1998-1999:
Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen (Germany). Studium Generale.
"Journalism with a Mission: Solutions, Challenges and Innovations" (MA)
"Communicating Europe" (MA)
TOPIC "The Role of Emotions in Political Communication" (BA)
"Thesis preparation" (MA)
"News media, emotions and political behavior" (University of Bern/SUI) (2012)
"Communicating Europe" (2011)
"Citizens and Public Opinion" (2010 & 2011)
"Media and Direct Democracy" (University of Bern/SUI) (2011)
"News Media and Politics" (2010)
"Production, Contents and Effects of News (2009)
"News Media and Politics" (2009)
"Introduction to Research Methodology" ( 2007 )
"Production, Contents and Effects of News" (2007)
"Introduction to Research Methodology" ( 2006 )
"Production, Contents and Effects of News" (2006)
"Introduction to Research Methodology" (2006)
"Introduction to Research Methodology" (2005)
"Making (sense of) the News" (2005)
"Europe in the News" (2004)
"Introduction to Research Methodology" (2004)
"Introduction to Research Methodology" (2003)
"Einführung in die Kommunikationswissenschaft " (2001)
"Einführung in die Kommunikationswissenschaft" (2000)
I am supervising BA and MA theses in Dutch and English language. There is a maximum amount of supervisions I can take on which is usually exceeded. However, motivated students who are interested to write their BA or MA thesis on a 'political communication' topic can always contact me via email.