Education

2014	Master of Arts (M.A.), Political Science, University of Leipzig
2011	Social Science/Philosophy - Political Science, University of Leipzig

Academic Positions

Since 08/2022	Research assistant, BMBF-project: " Resilience and Evacuation Planning for Socio-Economic Infrastructures in a Medico-Social Context" (Professor Martin Voss), Disaster Research Unit (DRU), FU Berlin
08/2016 - 02/2022	Research assistant, DFG-project: "The Pope's Legions II: A Case Study on Social and Political Transformation" (Professor Mariano Barbato), Center for Religion and Modernity (CRM), WWU Münster
10/2012 - 04/2013	Student assistant, Tutor B.A. Module: Political Science, Institute of Political Science, University of Leipzig
11/2011 - 08/2012	Student assistant, research project: "Lost in Translation" (Prof. Rebecca Pates), Institute of Political Science, University of Leipzig

Research interests

• Political theory and international relations, especially political soft power
• Political communication strategies, especially communication theory of persuasion
• Digital media and disaster communication
• Public media and disaster communication
• Qualitative research, especially discourse analysis, media analysis and speech act analysis

Research projects

Since 08/2022	Research assistant, BMBF-project: "Resilience and Evacuation Planning for Socio-Economic Infrastructures in a Medico-Social Context" (Professor Martin Voss), Disaster Research Unit (DRU), FU Berlin
08/2016 - 02/2022	Research assistant, DFG-project: "Legions of the Popes II: A Case Study in Social and Political Transformation" (Professor Mariano Barbato, Center for Religion and Modernity (CRM), WWU Münster

Publications

• Löffler, Johannes Ludwig (2021): From Archangels to Virtual Pilgrims: A Brief History of Papal Digital Mobilization as Soft Power. In: Religions 12, 8, p. 657. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12080657.

• Barbato, Mariano; Löffler, Johannes (2019): Papst Franziskus und die Flüchtlinge - Die Wahrnehmung des Weltjugendtags 2016 in deutschen Medien. In: Hidalgo, Oliver/Pickel, Gert (Hg.): Flucht und Migration in Europa: Neue Herausforderungen für Parteien, Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 101-125.

• Löffler, Johannes (2019): Glaube in der Biopolis? Die biopolitischen Debatten der katholischen Kirche. In: Gerhards, Helene/Braun, Kathrin (Hg.): Biopolitiken – Regierungen des Lebens heute, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 277-299.

• Löffler, Johannes (2018): »Habemus Twitter!« Die digitale Revolution des Heiligen Stuhls. In: Barbato, Mariano/Barbato, Melanie/Löffler, Johannes (Hg.): Wege zum digitalen Papsttum. Der Vatikan im Wandel medialer Öffentlichkeit, Frankfurt a. M.: Campus, pp. 199-226.
• Barbato, Mariano; Barbato, Melanie, Löffler Johannes (2018): Wege zum digitalen Papsttum. Der Vatikan im Wandel medialer Öffentlichkeit, Frankfurt a. M.: Campus 2018.