Mareike Stürenburg

Research associate

Mareike Stürenburg is a research assistant in the Media and Public Spheres department of Prof. Dr. Annett Heft at the University of Tübingen. She is working towards her doctorate at the Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism.

She focuses on

Instrumentalization of gaming communities and platforms by right-wing actors
Characteristics and strategies of digital fascism
Online communities as spaces for political mobilization and discourse

Research projects

Current research projects:

COM Community Data Sprint: Onboarding data owners to the AVERA data trust (Com-DS): The aim of the Com-DS project is to anchor the community data trust AVERA more firmly in the research community and make it more visible. AVAERA records actors with links to far-right political online communication and their social media accounts, primarily in Germany.

CV

since 2025: Research associate at the Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen
05/2021-05/2025: Analyst - Good Gaming Well Played Democracy & Democreate, Amadeu Antonio Foundation
2018–2024: M.A. Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
2011–2017: B.A. Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin

Publications

Stürenburg, Mareike. (2025). „Rechte Spiele & Modifikationen” in: Handbuch Gaming und Rechtsextremismus: Voraussetzungen, Folgen, Auswege, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. eds. F. Zimmermann, A. Brandenburg, und L. Schlegel (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung).

Stürenburg, Mareike (2023). Beyond the Game: How Discriminatory Practices Play Out in Online Gaming In: Birdal, E., Yurdakul, G., Arnold, S., Trejo Picazo, M., Kalkan, B., Koch, N., Schleifer, J., Yosefov, O., Stürenburg, M. (2023). Getting Respect in Germany. Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research BIM. https://doi.org/10.18452/27482