Christian Ollig

Christian Ollig, LL.M., Maître en Droit

Research Assistant at the Chair of Prof. Schulz

Christian Ollig has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Media Law and Public Law including its Legal Theoretical Foundations at the Law Faculty of Universität Hamburg since October 2021. He supports Prof. Dr. Schulz in research and teaching and coordinates the work between Universität Hamburg and the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut.

Christian Ollig studied law at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, the Université de Cergy-Pontoise and received his title Master of Laws LL.M. at the College of Europe in Bruges. His studies were supported by the German National Academic Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Franco-German University.

He gained practical experience at the European Parliament, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Düsseldorf (public commercial law), Taylor Wessing in Berlin (IT and media law), Clifford Chance in Düsseldorf and Jeantet in Paris (both corporate law).

His research focuses on European media law, constitutional law and comparative law.

Contact information

Christian Ollig, LL.M., Maître en Droit

Research Assistant at the Chair of Prof. Schulz

Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Rothenbaumchaussee 36
20148 Hamburg
Germany

Last update: 04.07.2024

Works by Christian Ollig, LL.M., Maître en Droit

Cover of the Handbook Media and Communication Governance
Publikation accessible open access

Private Ordering of Media

In a handbook article, Tobias Mast, Matthias C. Kettemann and Wolfgang Schulz address the question of how media organizations and platform operators setprivate law through, for example, their terms and conditions.

Symbolbild von rotunde

Coding Public Value

How can we develop software that is not only oriented towards business models, but also towards the common good, user interests, and media regulation? Coding Public Value (CPV) translates questions on media law into approaches and methods for a responsible software engineering.

Auf einem weißen Schreitisch liegen Tastatur, Handy und ein Kameraobjektiv
Projekt Pilot Project Computational Social Science

Journalistic Use of Information Environments Influenced by Algorithms

The pilot project in the field of computational social science used browser data donations to investigate how relevant the offerings of individual search engines and social media are in the everyday work of journalists.

Wandbild von Menschen mit Gepäck und Schriftzug "Made in Crisis"
Projekt BMBF Project

Communication in Times of Crisis

How do communications change in a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic? What role do actors from science, politics and the media take over? How do they deal with uncertainty from this situation? A project that reviewed existing studies and interviewed experts provided answers to this question.

Digitaler ahmmer au
Projekt Funded by Stiftung Mercator

Platform Democracy

How could "platform councils" or other institutions for integrating public interests into platform rule-making processes ensure that public interests and democratic values are taken into account? A new project is embarking on a search for global best practice models.

Mann auf Rolltreppe
Projekt BMBF Project

Media and Science Communication

How do scientific findings about journalistic media and social media get into the world? What criteria do science editors use to select topics? And what impact can scientific content have with it?

Blick vom Weltraum auf die nächtliche Erde mit Lichtspots
Projekt International Cooperation Project

Global Media and Internet Concentration

The international Global Media & Internet Concentration Project (GMICP) analyses communication, internet and media markets in nearly 40 countries. The HBI is responsible for collecting and reporting the data for Germany.

KI-generiertes Bild einer Schaufensterpuppe in sonniger Einkaufsstraße mit Passant*innen
Projekt Expert Opinion for the KJM

Labeling of Edited (Influencer) Photos

Must, should, may digitally edited photos in social media be labeled? On behalf of the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM), the HBI is investigating the necessity of a legal labeling requirement for edited photos and videos.

Buchcover "Sozialer Zusammenhalt vor Ort"
Publikation From the Research Institute Social Cohesion

Social Cohesion on the Ground

A new volume in the publication series of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) presents articles on the topic of "Local Social Cohesion". This includes an article by Jan-Hindrik Schmidt and Hannah Immler, both researchers at the FGZ's Hamburg site at the HBI, on Local Media Repertoires and Cohesion-Related Attitudes.

Cover of the Working Paper Trust in News Sources
Publikation Working Paper No. 71 Available for Download

Trust in Established News Sources

In Germany, trust in established news sources can best be explained by age: Older internet users tend to place more trust in the news than younger ones.

Cover of the dissertation
Publikation Dissertation Published!

Legal Protection through Decision Architectures

In his dissertation written at the HBI, Johannes Schmees deals with the state's use of algorithmic decision-making systems and its constitutional control. The entire work has now been published open access by Duncker und Humblot Verlag.

Publikationscover Übersetzung von politischen Beratungsdokumenten
Publikation Enabling Political Consulting

Theses on the Translation Performance of Advisory Documents at the Interface of Science and Policy

The thesis paper provides practical tips on how scientific consultation documents should be created and used.

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