Biography
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich, Switzerland. My research focuses on science communication, public opinion, populism and its implications for science and science communication, and survey methodology. From March to May 2022, I was a visiting scholar at the Department of Life Sciences Communication of the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
- Science communication
- Public perceptions of science
- Science-related populism
- Survey methodology
- Open Science and reproducibility
PhD, Communication and Media Research, 2022
University of Zurich, Switzerland
MA, Communication Science, 2018
University of Münster, Germany
BA, Media Management, 2016
Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Germany
Publications
Conference Presentations
Paper to be presented at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECC) of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 19–22 October 2022, Aarhus, Denmark.
Paper to be presented at the Preconference “Misinformation, Science Populism, and the Role of Citizens” at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECC) of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 17 October 2022, virtual.
Paper to be presented at the Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust (SECAT) conference, 27-28 September 2022, virtual.
Paper to be presented at the Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust (SECAT) conference, 27-28 September 2022, virtual.
Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
Paper presented at the preconference “The science of science communication: Mapping the field” at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
Paper presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), 11–13 May 2022, Chicago, USA.
Poster presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), 11–13 May 2022, Chicago, USA.
Paper presented at the 8th Political Science Day of the Austrian Political Science Association (AuPSA), 25–26 November 2021, Salzburg, Austria.
Paper presented at the 4th Science & You Conference, , 16–19 November 2021, Metz, France.
Paper presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), 2–6 November 2021, virtual.
Paper presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), 2–6 November 2021, virtual.
Paper presented at the 10th ScienceComm Conference, 15–16 September 2021, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), 25–27 May 2021, virtual.
Paper presented at DACH 21: Three-Country Conference on Communication Science of DGPuK, ÖGK, and SGKM, 7–9 April 2021, virtual.
Paper presented at the PERITIA conference “Trust in Expertise in a Changing Media Landscape”, 18–19 March 2021, virtual.
Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 5 February 2021, virtual.
Paper presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 21–25 May 2020, virtual.
Paper presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 10–12 March 2020, Munich, Germany.
Poster presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 10–12 March 2020, Munich, Germany.
Paper presented at the Doctoral Colloquium of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 5 February 2020, Münster, Germany.
Paper presented at the ECREA workshop “Constructed facts, contested truths: Science and environment controversies in media and public spaces” at the 13th Annual Conference of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA), 8–10 January 2020, Brighton, UK.
Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Pre-Conference of the Environmental Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 24 May 2019, Washington DC, USA.
Paper presented at the 21st General Online Research Conference (GOR) of the German Society for Online Research (DGOF), 6–8 March 2019, Cologne, Germany.
Paper presented at the 7th European Communication Conference (ECC) of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 31 October–3 November 2018, Lugano, Switzerland.
Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Symposium “Current Challenges to Mediatized Science Communication” of the IAMCR section “Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society”, 7–9 June 2018, Rostock, Germany.
Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Symposium “Current Challenges to Mediatized Science Communication” of the IAMCR section “Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society”, 7–9 June 2018, Rostock, Germany.
Invited Talks
Health and Risk Communication Center at the Michigan State University, 9 May 2022 — with Viktoria Cologna.
Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, 29 April 2022.
Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, 25 April 2022 — with Viktoria Cologna.
Input talk at panel discussion with PD Dr. Christian Althaus at the Paulus Academy Zurich, 28 April 2021.
Social Media Webinar 2020 of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), 29 October 2020.
ReproducibiliTea Journal Club of the Center for Reproducible Science (CRS) at the University of Zurich, 1 October 2020.
Winterkongress der Digitalen Gesellschaft Schweiz (DigiGes), 23 February 2019 — with Sabrina H. Kessler.