Felix Münch
Senior Researcher Computational Social Science
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolFelix Münch is a Senior Researcher in Computational Social Science with 11 years of interdisciplinary experience combining physics, journalism and data science. With a PhD in Digital Media Research and roles at QUT and leading German research institutes, he designs media observatories and develops scalable sampling and mining tools to study influence and social cohesion on social platforms. His background in UX, media strategy and hands-on Python research software development gives him a rare blend of methodological rigor and product-minded implementation. Based in Hamburg, he focuses on network science, big social data and practical methods for capturing influential account networks without elevated API access. Colleagues value that he translates complex theory into reproducible tools and actionable insights for social-scientific research.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Digital Media Research, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Digital Media Research at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Science Physics, Bachelor of Science Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMaster of Arts Journalism, Master of Arts Journalism at Deutsche Journalistenschule / LMU Munich
English, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (166)
end-to-end-encryption10
python10
pgp10
chat10
procedures10
client-library10
twitter10
sample-rate10
neo4j10
sampler10
gephi10
keybase10
twitter-api10
python-requests10
neo4j-database10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Leibniz-HBI/webhistopy
Apr 2021 - Mar 2025
Python reconceptualisation of Webhistorian
Contributions:4 PRs, 52 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 11 months
python
Leibniz-HBI/smo-wiki
Jan 2021 - Feb 2023
Generates a Github Page from the Social Media Observatory Wiki with Bash, Python, Regexes and Jekyll.
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 253 commits in 2 years 1 month
twinepythonobservatoryexploreapproach
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