Yannis Theocharis is Professor for Communication and Media Studies with a focus on Methodological Innovations at the ZeMKI, University of Bremen. In his lab, he investigates how digital communication affects various aspects of democratic life, and on how the use of computational and data science methods offer new ways for understanding this impact. His research addresses topics like the evolution of digitally-enabled political participation and collective action, as well as the proliferation of trolling in online communication.