In my current day job (until 2009), I am working as a researcher at the University of Armed Forces in Munich. I’ve studied sociology, ethnology and psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. In 2006 I received a PhD (Dr. phil.) for my dissertation on cosmopolitan sociology.
At the moment I am more and more often consulting (clients include Burda Community Network, ORF and webmiles AG), giving talks, workshops and theorizing about social media. I also initiated the German Social Media Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Social Media) which aims at researching and lobbying for social media producers and users. We’ll host a social measurement and marketing conference in autumn 2008.
I’ve been blogging for a year now in my German language blog viralmythen. But after I recently remarked that the English language blog scene in Germany is much to weak, I will try and write some ideas and observations about social media in this brand new English language blog.
I enjoy listening to good music ranging from alternative folk (Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart) to cool jazz (Charlie Parker, Bill Evans) and pop (Talking Heads, Pet Shop Boys). I’m also writing record reviews for German music magazines like Spex or Testcard.
Find me at FriendFeed, Twitter, Identi.ca, Flickr or SocialMedian.
Email: furukama [ta[ yahoo [dot[ de
