In the artist's words:

Thomas Petersen, Dr., studied journalism, ancient history and pre- and early history at the University of Mainz from 1987 to 1992. 1993 Master's degree. 2001 doctorate. 2010 habilitation. 1990 to 1992 journalist at Südwestfunk in Mainz. Since 1993 research assistant at the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research, project manager since 1999. Since 1995/1996 lecturer at various universities, including Mainz University, TU Dresden, Berlin University of Applied Sciences. 2007/2008 Deputy Professor of Methodological and Historical Foundations of Political Science at the University of Hamburg. Past president of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), spokesman for the "Visual Communication" section of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Main areas of research: Methods of demoscopy, field experiments, visual communication, political communication, election research, market and social research, theory of public opinion.