Sebastian Stoppe’s research has run alongside his professional positions since 2008, and the two increasingly overlap: media literacy, games in the classroom, generative AI in education.
Library work left him with a lasting interest in open access and research infrastructure. Most of his own publications are free to read.
Professional Appointments
- Since 2023 Officer for Online Communication and Task-related Public Relations, Saxony-Anhalt State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Qualification (LISA); Editor-in-Chief, Saxony-Anhalt Education Server
- 2014 – 2023 Project Manager and Research Associate, Leipzig University Library, Specialised Information Service for Media, Communication and Film Studies (FID Media; formerly adlr.link)
- 2005 – 2016 Founder and Managing Director, La Marée Filmproduktion
- 2010 – 2014 Research Associate, Research Academy, Leipzig University
- 2009 – 2012 Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University
- Previously worked for EuroArts Music International GmbH, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Kontur 21 Gesellschaft für Marktforschung, Kommunikation und Design mbH, and Braunschweiger Zeitung
Professional Service
- Since 2023 Member, Working Group on Participation and Fan Research, Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft
- Since 2020 Jury Member, “Nachwuchspreis des Büchner-Verlags”
- Since 2019 Member of the Editorial Board, “Medienwissenschaft: Berichte und Papiere”
- Since 2019 Member, Working Group on Open Media Studies, Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft
- Ongoing Peer Reviewer for various academic journals, including Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung and Kieler Beiträge zur Filmmusikforschung and others
- 2022 – 2023 Member of the Editorial Board, Open Library Medienwissenschaft, transcript Independent Academic Publishing
- 2018 – 2023 Reviewer, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2018 – 2023 Member, Expert Group “General”, Regensburg Library Classification (RVK)
- 2013 – 2021 Series Editor, “Medienrausch”
Academic Education
- 2014 Dr. phil., Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- 2005 M.A. (Magister Artium), Leipzig University
- 1998 – 2005 Studies in Communication and Media Studies, Political Sciences, and Modern History, Leipzig University
Awards
- 2024 Nominee, Communicator Award – A Tribute to Star Trek Fandom, category “Authors and Writers”
Affiliations
- Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (Society for Media Studies)
Volunteer Work
- Handball Referee, Handball Association of Saxony (SG LVB e. V.)
- Lay Judge, Leipzig District Court (Landgericht Leipzig)
Conference Organization and Panels
- 2026 Co-Host/Co-Organizer, ScienceMashup “Werte, Mythen, Religionen”, Lange Nacht der Computerspiele, HTWK Leipzig
- 2025 Panel Chair, Conference “Neue digitale Öffentlichkeiten – Ende des Journalismus oder demokratische Medienlandschaft von morgen?”, HTWK Leipzig
- 2025 Co-Host/Co-Organizer, ScienceMashup “Games und Bücher”, Lange Nacht der Computerspiele, HTWK Leipzig
- 2024 Co-Host/Co-Organizer, ScienceMashup “Games und schulische Bildung”, Lange Nacht der Computerspiele, HTWK Leipzig
- 2023 Panel Chair, Conference “Neue Plattformen – neue Öffentlichkeiten”, HTWK Leipzig
- 2022 Panel Chair, 8th Library Congress Leipzig
- 2019 Panel Chair, 7th Library Congress Leipzig
- 2018 Panel Chair, 107th German Librarians’ Conference, Berlin
- 2014 Panel Chair, Conference “Alternative Cinéphilie(n). Filmkulturen im Umbruch 1945-1989”, Zentrum für Wissenschaft und Forschung | Medien e. V. Leipzig
- 2012 Co-Organizer, Conference “Mashup”, Zentrum für Wissenschaft und Forschung | Medien e. V. Leipzig
- 2012 Co-Organizer, Seminar “Junge Wissenschaft und Praxis”, Research Academy Leipzig
- 2010 – 2013 Co-Organizer, Science Slams, Kompetenzschule ELSYS, Research Academy Leipzig
Teaching
- Winter Term 2012/13 Module “Tagungsorganisation”, Kompetenzschule ELSYS, Research Academy, Leipzig University
- Winter Term 2011/12 Seminar “Einführung in das journalistische Arbeiten”, B.A. Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Leipzig University
- Winter Term 2011/12 Module “Tagungsorganisation”, Kompetenzschule ELSYS, Research Academy, Leipzig University
- Winter Term 2010/11 Seminar “Einführung in das journalistische Arbeiten”, B.A. Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Leipzig University
- Winter Term 2009/10 Seminar “Einführung in das journalistische Arbeiten”, B.A. Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Leipzig University