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Yannis Theocharis is a Professor of Digital Governance at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His research focuses on political behavior, particularly the impact of digital media on political participation, communication, governance, and online uncivil behavior. He employs survey, experimental, and computational methods to understand the changing political information environment and aims to empower users while enabling new forms of political participation. Theocharis has a rich academic background, having studied Sociology at the University of Crete and New Media at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he obtained his PhD in Political Science from University College London (UCL). Before his current role, he served as the Chair of Digital Governance at TUM starting in 2020, and held positions including Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and Research Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, and Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen. His work emphasizes innovative methods in communication media.