• SOSEC – Social Sentiment in Times of Crises (Alfred Landecker Foundation). Longitudinal panel on public moods, societal polarization, and democratic attitudes in DE/US. Main Applicant and PI.
• TWON – Twin of Online Social Networks (EU Horizon). A digital twin to assess how platform mechanisms and algorithms shape public discourse. Co-Applicant and Co-PI.
• MuDDi – Multi-modal Deepfake Detection (SPRIND). rPPG and multimodal methods for robust, real-world deepfake detection workflows. Main Applicant and PI.
• DiscoBoard (BMBFSJ). Youth-oriented XAI dashboard to surface and understand online disinformation. Main Applicant and PI.
• kuKI (BMFTR, full proposal submitted). Culturally sensitive, multilingual counter-disinformation assistant (DE/TR/RU). Main Applicant and PI.
• PD Digital Democracy (PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH). Main Applicant and PI.
• Tech for Democracy (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung). Main Applicant and PI.

• DeFaktS – Mitigating Disinformation using AI (BMFTR). Development of explainable AI systems for the detection and prevention of online disinformation. Main Applicant and PI.
• VIRTUS – Virtual Reality Tools for Analog and Digital Participation (BMFTR). Use of immersive VR environments to enhance participation and inclusion in urban planning. Main Applicant and PI.
• Participatory Development of the Düsseldorf City App (City of Düsseldorf). Co-design and evaluation of citizen participation features for urban communication. Main Applicant and PI.
• 1&1 Innovative AI Data Analytics (1&1 Telecommunication SE). Development of AI-based analytics for user behavior and service optimization. Main Applicant and PI.
• Take Part (BMFTR). E-participation combined with AR and VR. Project lead: FZI.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Stieglitz, S.; Fegert, J.; Krasnova, H.; Weinhardt, C. (2025). Social Media and Society. i-com, 24(2), 323–326. https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2025-0029
• Fegert, J.; Pfeiffer, J. (2025). E-Participation and the Metaverse – Insights from a Design Science Research Project on Immersive Public Participation. European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS). Accepted.
• Bezzaoui, I.; Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J. (2025). Explainable AI for Online Disinformation Detection: Insights from a Design Science Research Project. Electronic Markets. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-025-00799-3.
• Büll, J.; Fegert, J. (2024). Viral Engagement? The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on E-Participation. Journal of Political Science / ZPol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41358-025-00406-z
• Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J. (2025). Interview with Tobias Lindner on the Relationship Between Academia and Politics. Business & Information Systems Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-025-00927-5
• Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J.; Hinz, O.; van der Aalst, W. (2024). Digital Democracy: A Wake-Up Call. Business & Information Systems Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-024-00862-x
• Ludwig-Walz, H.; Bujard, M; Fegert, J.; Fegert, J.M. (2025). Integrating European Contexts and Needs into WHO Guiding Principles on Online Mental Health Content for Young People. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02566-9
• Gerke, J.; Fegert, J.; Rassenhofer, M.; Fegert, J.M. (2024). Organized Sexualized and Ritual Violence: Results from Two Representative German Samples. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106792
• Soßdorf, A.; Stein, C.; Bezzaoui, I.; Fegert, J. (2024). Literacies Against Fake News. MedienPädagogik, 59, 55–76. https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/59/2024.04.10.X
• Stein, C.; Wittmer, A.; Fegert, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2023). Digital Participation for Data Literate Citizens. Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems. https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2023180101
• Bezzaoui, I.; Fegert, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2022). Truth or Fake? International Journal on Advances in Internet Technology.
• Fegert, J.; Stein, C.; Peukert, C.; Weinhardt, C. (2021). Mission Statement Accomplished. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 16(1), 30–45.
• Fegert, J.; Pfeiffer, J.; et al. (2021). Ich sehe was, was du auch siehst. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik. https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-021-00772-6

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

• Bezzaoui, I.; Jarvers, L.; Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J. (2025). Designing Deepfake Detection Systems: Practitioner Requirements Across Sectors. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2025, Accepted).
• Schmitt, V.; Bezzaoui, I.; Jakob, C.; Sahitaj, P.; Wang, Q.; Hilbert, A.; Upravitelev, M.; Fegert, J.; Möller, S.; Solopova, V. (2025). Beyond Transparency: Evaluating Explainability in AI-Supported Fact-Checking. Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation, 63–72, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3733567.3735566
• Stein, C.; Wittmer, A.; Buß, L.; Fegert, J. (2025). The Devil is in the Details? Investigating 3D Visualization Types for E-Participation in Urban Planning. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
• Stein, C.; Wittmer, A.; Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J. (2025). From (Design) Theory to (Participation) Practice: Leveraging a Taxonomy for Digital Involvement Projects. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
• Borukhson, D.; Glaum, L.; Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J. (2025). Visualizing Social Sentiment: Designing an Interactive Dashboard for Informed Decision-Making. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
• Stein, C.; Soßdorf, A.; Kirikci, O. K.; Fegert, J. (2024). Learning while Earning? A Literature Review and Case Study on Learning Opportunities in Crowdwork. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2024 Proceedings: 19. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik.
• Speck, C.; Fritz, P.; Weinhardt, C.; Fegert, J. (2024). Guiding Policy Communication: Tailoring Energy Education to Diverse Public Sentiments. First International Conference on Sustainable Energy Education (SEED). https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000172700
• Stein, C.; Müller, M.; Fegert, J. (2024). Designing (for) Change: A Taxonomy-Based Approach to Project Design. Conference of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA 2024).
• Stein, C.; Fegert, J. (2024). Bridging Realities: Exploring Enablement Factors for XR Participatory Urban Planning. Thirty-Second European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024) Proceedings. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track17_greenis/track17_greenis/31/
• Ashraf, S.; Bezzaoui, I.; Andone, J.; Markowetz, A.; Fegert, J.; Flek, L. (2024). DeFaktS: A Fine-Grained Dataset for Analyzing Disinformation in German Media. Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024). https://aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.409/
• Bezzaoui, I.; Nikolajevic, N.; Fegert, J. (2023). Demokratiegefährdende Plattform-Mechanismen – Erkennen, Verstehen, Bekämpfen. PolKomm 2023, Düsseldorf Institute for Internet and Democracy (DIID).
• Stein, C.; Straub, T.; Jachimowicz, J.; Fegert, J. (2023). Same Same but Different – Towards a Taxonomy for Digital Involvement Projects. ECIS 2023 Research Papers. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2023_rp/258
• Stein, C.; Wittmer, A.; Fegert, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2023). Citizen Science as a Service? A Review of Multi-Project Citizen Science Platforms. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference e-Society.
• Fegert, J. (2023). Towards Inclusive Digital Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Digital Citizen Participation. International Conferences e-Society and Mobile Learning.
• Bezzaoui, I.; Fegert, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2022). Distinguishing Between Truth and Fake: Using Explainable AI to Understand and Combat Online Disinformation. International Conference on Digital Society.
• Fegert, J.; Stein, C.; Peukert, C.; Weinhardt, C. (2021). Using E-Participation for Mission Statement Development: Promises and Challenges. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference e-Society.
• Fegert, J.; Peukert, C.; Pfeiffer, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2020). Enriching E-Participation through Augmented Reality: First Results of a Qualitative Study. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik.
• Fegert, J.; Pfeiffer, J.; Peukert, C.; Golubyeva, A.; Weinhardt, C. (2020). Combining E-Participation with Augmented and Virtual Reality: Insights from a Design Science Research Project. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020) Proceedings.
• Fegert, J.; Pfeiffer, J.; Golubyeva, A.; Pfeiffer-Leßmann, N.; Hariharan, A.; Renner, P.; Pfeiffer, T.; Hefke, M.; Straub, T.; Weinhardt, C. (2019). Take Part Prototype: Creating New Ways of Participation Through Augmented and Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the 29th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2019).

Other Publications

• Ni, I.; Fegert, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2025). Understanding Anti-Democratic Sentiments: A Longitudinal Network Approach. 11th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2 2025), Norrköping, Sweden, July 21–24, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000183619
• Labbouz, A.; Borukhson, D.; Fegert, J.; Weinhardt, C. (2025). Understanding Public Opinion in Times of Crises: Combining Survey and News Data Through Multimodal XAI. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2 2025), Norrköping, Sweden, July 21–24, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000183585
• Beltermann, E.; Borukhson, D.; Breher, N.; Demirci, K.; Fegert, J.; Lehmann, H.; Ni, I.; Tröbs, L.; Weinhardt, C. (2025). Welche Themen spalten Deutschland im Wahlkampf 2025? https://interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/welche-themen-spalten-deutschland-im-wahlkampf-2025/
• Pfeiffer, J.; Fegert, J.; Greif-Winzrieth, A.; Hoffmann, G.; Peukert, C. (2021). Can Immersive Systems Help Address Sustainability Goals? Insights from Research in Information Systems. In: Market Engineering: Insights from Two Decades of Research on Markets and Information. Springer International Publishing, 135–150.
• Fegert, J. (2022). Digital Citizen Participation – Involving Citizens Through Immersive Systems in Urban Planning. Dissertation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Faculty of Economics and Management, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM). https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000147640
• Kölch, M.; Fegert, J.M.; Levitan, N.; Fegert, J. (2020). Zum Gedenken an Prof. Dr. Gerhard Oskar Baader. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie.
• Homolka, W.; Fegert, J.; Frank, J. (eds.) (2018). Weil ich hier leben will – Junge Juden und ihre Zukunft in Deutschland. Freiburg: Herder.
• Fegert, J. (2018). „Bei uns doch nicht.“ Abschottung und Abhängigkeitsstrukturen als begünstigende Faktoren für sexuelle Ausbeutung und Missbrauch in jüdischen Gemeinschaften. In Brumlik et al. (eds.), JALTA. Positionen zur jüdischen Gegenwart 04. Berlin: Neofelis Verlag.

I have taught courses in digital democracy, information systems, and the platform economy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Potsdam. My teaching connects computational methods and participatory design with questions of democratic innovation and societal resilience.

Selected Courses

• Digital Democracy (B.A. & M.A.)
• Platform Economy (B.A.)
• Platform & Market Engineering: eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Democracy (B.A. & M.A.)
• Digital Experience and Participation (B.A. & M.A.)
• Market Engineering (B.A. & M.A.)
• Information Systems I: Decision and Decision Support Systems (B.A. & M.A.)
• Digitale Demokratie – Informationssysteme und demokratische Resilienz (M.A., University of Potsdam)

• 2025 – ThinkYoung Hackathon | Google.org – Winner of the Hackathon.
• 2025 – Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) – Nominated for two Best Paper Awards.
• 2024 – Association for Information Systems (AIS) – Selected mentee in the Career Mentoring Program for highly qualified early-career researchers.
• Since 08/2022 – Schusterman Family Foundation | ROI Fellowship – Selected as an ROI Fellow for global leadership and community engagement.
• 09/2021–10/2021 – DAAD Networking Grant | Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KIT) – Awarded funding for a Visiting Scholarship at the University of Southern California (USC).
• 10/2015–05/2016 – BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt | Scholarship – Recipient of a scholarship for the M.A. program at Zeppelin University.
• 04/2015 – Duke University | Visiting Lecturer.
• 10/2010–07/2014 – Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Scholarship Fund (ELES) | Recipient of a scholarship for the B.A. program, including research visits in Porto Alegre and San Francisco.

2025

• Alle Macht den Plattformen? Wege in die Digitale Demokratie — TEDx, Saarbrücken (06/14/2025)
• Digitale Demokratie und Verwaltung unter Druck – Zwischen Disruption, Desinformation und gesellschaftlicher Spaltung — Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin (06/05/2025)
• Publikum gegen KI: Wer entlarvt die Fakes? (with CORRECTIV) — re:publica Berlin (05/28/2025)
• Defending Digital Democracy – A Conversation with Dr. Jonas Fegert — Goethe-Institut, Washington D.C. (01/21/2025)

2024

• Künstliche Intelligenz und Digitale Demokratie – Perspektiven der Wirtschaftsinformatik — AlgorithmWatch Evening Event, Berlin (12/09/2024)
• Zukunftssicher? Resiliente Digitale Demokratien gestalten — 10. Zukunftskongress Staat & Verwaltung, Berlin (06/25/2024)
• Digital und resilient? Technologiegetriebene Demokratieforschung in Krisenzeiten — SciCar Konferenz, Dortmund (09/28/2024)
• Technologiegetriebene Forschungsansätze für eine stärkere Demokratie — EFFEKTE-Reihe, TRIANGEL, Karlsruhe (08/27/2024)
• Gesellschaftliche Spaltung messen – und die Ursachen finden — re:publica Berlin (05/29/2024)
• Über Online Social Networks, ihren Einfluss auf Desinformation und Gegenmaßnahmen — Bertelsmann Foundation, Forum gegen Fakes, Berlin (04/20/2024)
• Resiliente Digitale Demokratien gestalten — Bertelsmann Foundation, Gaming for Democracy Roundtable, Berlin (02/29/2024)
• Wie Online Social Networks und KI den Umgang mit Desinformation verändern — EUROPE DIRECT, Karlsruhe (02/26/2024)

2023

• Artificial Intelligence – An Introduction — Gemeindetag des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland, Berlin (12/17/2023)
• Truth or Fake? – How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Handling of Disinformation — 28. Deutscher Bibliothekstag, Rudolstadt (10/24/2023)
• Culture of Remembrance in the Digital Age — Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit, München (10/18/2023)
• Designing for Engagement – Exploring the Role of Platform Design in Digital Participation — Landecker Foundation Community Retreat, Gut Ulrichshusen (05/24/2023)

2022

• Shaping Participation in the Digital Age – Digital Citizen Participation Approaches — Effekte Science Festival, KIT & City of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (09/14/2022)
• Democratic by Design? On the Difficulties of Creating Open and Free Spaces in the Digital Sphere — MANCEPT Workshops, Manchester Centre for Political Theory, Manchester (09/09/2022)

2021

• Participation as an Experience – Urban Planning, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement through Digital Platforms — University of Southern California, Price Visiting Scholar Workshop, Los Angeles (10/07/2021)
• Citizens are also Users – A Research Contribution to Modern Forms of Digital Participation — Usability in Germany 2021 Conference, Karlsruhe (09/23/2021, virtual)
• It’s the Platform Design, Stupid – Study Results on Modern Forms of Digital Participation — German Political Science Association (DVPW) Congress 2021, Berlin (09/15/2021, virtual)

Selected Media Coverage

• Interview with Dr. Jonas Fegert – Digital Sovereignty and Democracy — Grimme Lab Dossier “Digitalisation & the Resilient Democracy” (2025).
• ARD Tagesschau (2025): „Wie verlässlich sind KI-Chatbots?”
• STERN (2025): „Wut – das mächtigste Gefühl der Welt”
• ARD Kontraste (2025): „Ein Duell um die Wähler”
• Süddeutsche Zeitung (2025): „Migration bewegt die Wähler – aber die Wirtschaft tut’s auch”
• Tagesspiegel (2024): „Grenzen setzen – Macht und Machenschaften der KI”
• Interview with Dr. Jonas Fegert – Countering Disinformation: Strategies from Civil Society — PHINEO Magazine (2024).
• Tagesspiegel (2023): „Sprachmodell von Aleph Alpha liefert Hitler-Lob und Rassismus”
• Badische Neueste Nachrichten (2023): „Europa besonders anfällig für Fake News aus Russland und China”
• ARD Tagesschau (2023): „KI-generierte Desinformation auf dem Vormarsch”
• Bundesregierung.de (2023): „Wie KI gegen Desinformation helfen kann”
• Hessischer Rundfunk (2023): „Digital desinformiert: KI und das Ende der Wahrheit”
• WDR (2023): „Wie künstliche Intelligenz Fotos fälscht”
• Tagesspiegel (2023): „Sorgen in Deutschland gehen zurück – aber bei einigen steigt die Wut”

Podcast Host – House of Participation Podcast (HoPcast)
Host together with Pauline Reitzer; conversations on democracy, participation, and digital transformation.

Examples of Public Engagement and Outreach Activities