Dr. Anna Antonakis
Profile
Dr. Anna Antonakis Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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Contact hours
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Wednesday
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Bern Academy of the Arts
Forschung
Fellerstrasse 11
3027 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
PostDoc Research Field Social Design
Lecturer Master Design
Lecturer Bachelor Transformation Design
Teaching
Degree programmes
Master Design, Bern University of the Arts, Bern University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor Transformation Design, Bern University of the Arts, Bern University of Applied Sciences
Diagonal Modul "Calling Bullshit"
AWE, School for Computing, Communication and Business, University for Applied Sciences, Berlin
Master Media and Political Communication, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (2019-2022)
Bachelor Media and Communication Studies, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (2019-2022)
Subjects
Dis.em.POWER.ered by Design
Gender. Macht. Technik - Sozio-technologische Zugänge zur Erforschung von Ungleichheitsverhältnissen (since 2017)
Gender, Power and Technologies in an International Perspective
Globale Ungleichheitsverhältnisse und Digitale Teilhabe in Vernetzen Öffentlichkeiten
Public Spheres – Power, Participation and Positionality
Analyzing Legacies of In- and Exclusions in Journalism Studies and Practices
Politik, Film und Konflikt in Mittleren Osten und Nordafrika – Ein Filmseminar
Negotiating Race and Gender in a Networked Public Sphere
Research
Specialisations
Social Design
Science and Technology Studies
Political Theory
Policy Research
Focus areas
Digital Transformation and Intersectionality
Digital Mobilisation and Violence
Participation and Regulations
Inequalities by Design
CV
Biography
- As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Anna Antonakis explores questions around digital technologies and representations, social mobilization and security/ies from post-colonial and intersectional perspectives and engages with critical platform governance studies, regulations and media literacies. Her research interest is anchored in the historical moment of the revolutionary uprisings in Tunisia 2010/2011, which she witnessed on- and offline. She holds a PhD in Political Science from FU Berlin and joined the Institute of Design Research in April 2025.
Professional experience
- 2022-2024 Senior Program Officer for Gender&Peacebuilding swisspeace
- 2017-2022 Research Associate Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies
- 2020-2021 Guest Lecturer Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies
- 2013-2016 PhD-Fellow at the Research Division: Middle East and Africa, Project: Elite Change and New Social Mobilizations in the Arab World German Research Institute for Foreign and Security studies (SWP), Berlin
Education
- 2012-2017 PhD Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Political and Social Science
- 2006-2012 Diploma Political Science Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Political and Social Science
Projects
Publications
Edited Volumes
Richter, A.; Antonakis. A., Harders, C. (ed.): “Digital Media and the Politics of
Transformation” Springer VS. Wiesbaden. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-20700-7
Peer Reviewed Articles
(2016) Contested Transformation: Mobilized Publics in Tunisia between Compliance and
Protest in: Mediterranean Politics. 21 (2016).
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2015.1081447
Book Chapters and articles
Popovic, N. & Antonakis.A. (2019) Centering War’s “Side Effects” - The Institutionalization of Conflict related Sexual and
Gender-Based Violence in International Law and its Translation into National Action Plans.
In: Scheuermann, M.; Zürn, A.: Women’s Role in Peace and Security - Prevent,
Protect, Participate. VS Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Basel.p. 103-
127. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21890-4Antonakis,A. (2018): Feminist Networks in Times of Multi-layered Transformations. Perspectives from
Tunisia. In: Carola Richter, Anna Antonakis and Cilja Harders, (ed.): “Media and the Politics
of Transformation” Springer VS. Wiesbaden.p. P.137-159. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-20700-7Antonakis, A.(2017) Zur institutionellen Aushandlung von Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in Tunesien seit 2011
- A Never Ending Bargain? In: Rechtshandbuch für Gleichstellungsbeauftragte. Das
Höfer: Diezenbach. OnlineAntonakis, A. (2015) Hashtagging the Invisible: Bringing Private Experiences into Public Debate: An
#outcry against Sexism in Germany. In: Rambukkana, Nathan: Hashtag Publics - The Power
and Politics of Discursive Networks. Peter Lang. New York. p.101-113. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3726/978-1-4539-1672-8
Essays in specialized journals and other publications
Antonakis, A. (2015): Fünf Jahre nach den Aufständen. Eine Spurensuche. Heinrich Böll Stiftung.
Antonakis. A.& Mahdhaoui, K. (2014): (Medien-) Öffentlichkeiten in Tunesien Spaltung oder/und Vielfalt? in: INAMO, 20 77,
p. 30 – 32.
Memberships
External memberships
European Association for the Study of Sciences and Technologies
European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group Internet and Politics
Swiss Association for Gender Studies
German Association for Political Science (DVPW)
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- French - Full professional proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
- Spanish - Limited working proficiency
- Arabic - Elementary proficiency
Intercultural knowledge
- Tunisia
- Germany
- Morocco
- Lebanon