Bräuer, M., & Wolling, J. (2012). Voices and noices from the periphery: rural protest in Germany. "ECREA 2012 Conference: Social Media and Global Voices", 24.-27. October 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. 

Bräuer, M. (2012). Communication strategies of local environmental groups. "Environmental Impacts on Direct Democracy". International Symposium, 21.-23. March 2012, Berlin, Germany. 

Bräuer, M., & Wolling, J. (2012). Regionaler Protest und Massenmedien. Die Bedeutung von Massenmedien aus der Sicht von Bürgerinitiativen. "Intermediäre Akteure im Wandel. Parteien, Interessengruppen und soziale Bewegungen vor neuen kommunikativen Herausforderungen", 09.-11. February 2012, Zurich, Switzerland. 

Bräuer, M. (2011). The hillbilly rebellion: rural protest and mass media in East Germany. “IAMCR 2011 - Cities - Creativity - Connectivity”, 13. - 17. July 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.

Zeller, F., & Bräuer, M. (2010). Transcultural and interdisciplinary collaborations. "ECREA 2010 Conference", 12.-15. October 2010, Hamburg, Germany.

Bräuer, M., & Hoppe, I. (2010). Using social movement theories in order to study the appropriation of digital communication for political contention. “IAMCR 2010 - Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crises and Change”, 18. - 22. July 2010, Braga, Portugal.

Zeller, F., Chatterjee, J., Steinicke, I., Bräuer, M., & Lapteva, O. (2010). The diffusion of social media and knowledge management. Towards an integrative typology. “OPAALS 2010“, 20. - 23. March 2010, Aracaju, Brazil.

Steinicke, I., Zeller, F., Chatterjee, J., & Bräuer, M. (2010). Die Diffusion von Social Media und Wissensmangement. Eine integrative Typologie. “DGPuK Jahrestagung Medieninnovationen”, 12. - 14. May 2010, Ilmenau,Germany .

Bräuer, M., Steinicke, I., & Zeller, F. (2009). Virtual research teams – theorising cultures, scientific domains, and the choice of digital media technologies. “Digital Media Technologies Revisited: Theorising Social Relations”, 21. - 22. November 2009, Berlin, Germany.

Hoppe, I., & Bräuer, M. (2009). Young people and environmentalism. Developing an interactive dramaturgy to encourage participation. “IAMCR 2009 - Human Rights and Communication”, 21. - 24. Juli 2009, Mexiko City, Mexico.

Bräuer, M., Crone, A., Dürrenberg, C., & Zeller, F. (2008). Governance in the OPAALS community. “OPAALS 2008”, 07. - 08. October 2008, Tampere, Finnland.

Bräuer, M., Crone, A., Dürrenberg, C., & Zeller, F., & Lapteva, O. (2008). Appropriateness of communication and collaboration tools in an international virtual research community. “OPAALS 200”, 07. - 08. October 2008, Tampere, Finnland.

Bräuer, M. (2008). Autopoietic social systems: approaching Luhmann. “OPAALS Summer School”. 19. - 20. Juni 2008, Limerick, Irland.

Dini, P., & Iqani, M., Bräuer, M. (2008). Systems theory & autopoiesis: strengths & weaknesses. “OPAALS Summer School”, 19. - 20. June 2008, Limerick, Ireland.

Füting, A., & Bräuer, M. (2008). E-democracy and its citizens: visions and realities. “Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference”, 17. - 18. April 2008, London, UK.

Seifert, M., & Bräuer, M. (2007). Web 2.0 – a breakthrough for political online communication? Empirical results for the use of new political participation forms on the net. “Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0”, 05. - 06. September 2007, York, UK.

Current research project:

Kommunikationsstrategien lokaler Umweltinitiativen
(communication strategies of local environmental activist groups)

gefördert von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
funded by the German Research Foundation

Presentations of the project: 

Bräuer, M., & Wolling, J. (2012). Voices and noices from the periphery: rural protest in Germany. "ECREA 2012 Conference: Social Media and Global Voices", 24.-27. October 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. 

Bräuer, M. (2012). Communication strategies of local environmental groups. "Environmental Impacts on Direct Democracy". International Symposium, 21.-23. March 2012, Berlin, Germany. 

Bräuer, M., & Wolling, J. (2012). Regionaler Protest und Massenmedien. Die Bedeutung von Massenmedien aus der Sicht von Bürgerinitiativen. "Intermediäre Akteure im Wandel. Parteien, Interessengruppen und soziale Bewegungen vor neuen kommunikativen Herausforderungen", 09.-11. February 2012, Zurich, Switzerland. 

My general research interests are in social movements research, civil society, public spheres and political communication. I am a member in the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the German Sociological Association/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), and member in the Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM). 

Journal Articles and Book Sections

Emmer, M., & Bräuer, M. (2010). Online-Kommunikation politischer Akteure. In W. Schweiger & K. Beck, Handbuch Onlinekommunikation. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Arlt, D., Bräuer, M., & Wolling, J. (2010). Renternerdemokratie? Politische Kommunikation der Zielgruppe 50plus. In J. Köster & D. Schultheiss, Doppelklick statt Doppelherz – Medien für die Zielgruppe 50plus (pp. 13-40). Ilmenau: Universitätsverlag Ilmenau.

Bräuer, M. (2008). Citizen action groups and online communication – how resource mobilisation theory can help to understand the appropriation of enhanced repertoires of action. In N. Carpentier, P. Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, K. Nordenstreng, M. Hartmann, P. Vihalemm, B. Cammaerts, et al., Democracy, journalism and technology: new developments in an enlarged europe (pp. 229-240). Tartu: Tartu University Press.

Bräuer, M., Seifert, M., & Wolling, J. (2008). Politik 2.0: Politische Kommunikation 2.0 – Grundlagen und empirische Ergebnisse zur Nutzung neuer Partizipationsformen im Internet. In A. Zerfaß, M. Welker, & J. Schmidt, Kommunikation, Partizipation und Wirkungen im Social Web. Strategien und Anwendungen: Perspektiven für Wirtschaft, Politik, Publizistik. Neue Schriften zur Onlineforschung, 3. (pp. 190-211). Köln: Herbert von Halem.

Seifert, M., & Bräuer, M. (2007). Stimmung macht Musik. Eine explorative Studie zur stimmungsabhängigen Rezeption von Musik. Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Sonderband (Musik und Medien), 157-173.

Reports and Conferences Proceedings

Wolling, J, & Bräuer, M. (2010). Bürgerinitiativen: Ihre Funktion aus Sicht der Bevölkerung und ihre kommunikativen Aktivitäten. 

Bräuer, M., Steinicke, I., & Zeller, F. (2010). Report on recommendations for improving the usability of the OKS. OPAALS Project Deliverable 10.21. Kassel.

Bräuer, M., Steinicke, I., & Zeller, F. (2009). Self-reflection of community building, communication and collaboration processes in the NoE. Opaals Project Deliverable 10.9. Kassel.

Bräuer, M., Crone, A., Dürrenberg, C., & Zeller, F. (2008). Governance in the OPAALS community. In O. Nykänen, J. Huhtamäki, J. Salonen, S. Pohjolainen, & K. Silius, Proceedings of the 2nd International OPAALS Conference on Digital Ecosystems: OPAALS 2008. Tampere.

Bräuer, M., Crone, A., Dürrenberg, C., Zeller, F., & Lapteva, O. (2008). Appropriateness of communication and collaboration tools in an international virtual research community. In O. Nykänen, J. Huhtamäki, J. Salonen, S. Pohjolainen, & K. Silius, Proceedings of the 2nd International OPAALS Conference on Digital Ecosystems: OPAALS 2008. Tampere.

Bräuer, M., Dini, P., Dory, B., English, A., Iqani, M., Zeller, F., et al. (2007). Principles, models, and processes for the development of the Open Knowledge Space. OPAALS Project Deliverable 10.5. London & Kassel.

Further Publications

Bräuer, M., & Biewendt, T. (2005). Elektronische Bürgerbeteiligung in deutschen Großstädten 2005. Zweites Website-Ranking der Initiative eParticipation. Retrieved 12.03.2010 from  http://www.initiative-eparticipation.de/Studie_eParticipation2005.pdf

Bräuer, M., & Biewendt, T. (2005). Die Sieger in der eBürgerbeteiligung. politik-digital.de. Retrieved 12.03.2010 from http://www.politik-digital.de/egovernment/partizipation/eparticipation051201.shtml

Bräuer, M. (2004). Die E-Metropolen Deutschlands. politik-digital.de. Retrieved 12.03.2010 fromhttp://www.politik-digital.de/egovernment/partizipation/buergerbeteiligung001.shtml

Bräuer, M. (2004). E-Government 2004: Lücke zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage. politik-digital.de. Retrieved 12.03.2010 from  http://www.politik-digital.de/egovernment/studien/accenture.shtml

Bräuer, M. (2004). Elektronische Bürgerbeteiligung in deutschen Großstädten 2004. Website-Ranking. Retrieved 12.03.2010 from http://www.initiative-eparticipation.de/studie_eparticipation.pdf