Susanne Baumgartner (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. She is a member of the Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media, and the Digital Communication Methods Lab. Her research focuses on the role of digital media in adolescent development. Specifically, she is interested in how digital technologies affect the cognitive and emotional well-being of youth. In addition, she studies how social media design features affect adolescent’s social media engagement and social media overuse. She employs innovative methodological approaches, such as experience sampling, smartphone tracking data, and longitudinal field studies. She received several rewards and grants, among others from the International Communication Association and from the Dutch research council.
