{"id":7850,"date":"2026-04-01T16:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-employee&#038;p=7850"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:53:43","slug":"lukas-barbutev-m-sc","status":"publish","type":"hbi-employee","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/lukas-barbutev-m-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukas Barbutev, M.Sc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lukas Barbutev has been a Junior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) since April 2026. He is responsible for the German branch of the Global Media &amp; Internet Concentration Project (GMICP) within Research Programme 2 &#8220;Regulatory Structures and Governance in Digital Communication Spaces&#8221; (RP2), led by Dr. Tobias Mast.<\/p>\n<p>Before this, he was involved in the project as a student research assistant for two and a half years. 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