Biography
I am a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) of the University of Zurich, where I also completed a PhD in communication studies. My work focuses on science communication, public opinion, populism, digital media, climate change communication, and survey methodology. Together with main project lead Viktoria Cologna (Harvard University), I am currently conducting a global Many Labs study on trust in science and science-related populism – find more information on our project website.
In 2022 and 2023, I was a visiting researcher at the Department of Life Sciences Communication of the University of Wisconsin—Madison and the Oxford Internet Institute. In June 2024, I will join the Digital Media Research Centre of the Queensland University of Technology as a visiting scholar. You can also find me on Mastodon and Bluesky.
- Science communication
- Populism
- Digital media
- Climate change communication
- Survey methodology
- Open Science
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
Recent Preprints
Conference Presentations (selection)
Paper presented at the 76th Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), 19–22 September 2023, Salzburg, Austria.
Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Science Communication section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 20-22 September 2023, Passau, Germany.
Paper presented at the Pandemic Communication and Populism Symposium 2023 (PANCOPOP), 12-13 June 2023, Loughborough, UK.
Paper presented at the 2023 International Conference on Environmental Psychology (ICEP), 20-23 June 2023, Aarhus, Denmark.
Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 25-29 May 2023, Toronto, Canada.
Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 25-29 May 2023, Toronto, Canada.
Paper 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 presented 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.
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 17th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), 25–27 May 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 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 21–25 May 2020, virtual.
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 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.
Invited Talks and Keynotes (selection)
Talk in the London Public Understanding of Science Seminar Series at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 31 January 2024.
Keynote at the ScienceComm '23 in Bern, Switzerland, 2 November 2023.
Talk at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab (CSDMLab) of the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, 18 October 2023.
School of Psychology of the University of Kent, 19 July 2023.
Oxford Internet Institute (OII) of the University of Oxford, 22 June 2023.
Symposium “Populism, Polarization, Propaganda in Times of Crisis” at the University of Zurich, 18 October 2022.
Rämibühl Realgymnasium Zürich, 3 October 2022.
Health and Risk Communication Center at the Michigan State University, 9 May 2022 — with Viktoria Cologna.
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.