Employment History
since 08/2020
Research Associate (Postdoc), Communication and Media Science, Department of Social Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe, Prof. Dr. Marc Ziegele
10/2023 – 03/2024
Visiting Professor, Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
03/2019 – 05/2020
Research Manager, AGF Videoforschung
02/2018 – 02/2019
Research Associate (Postdoc), Institute for Communication Psychology and Media Education, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Prof. Dr. Michaela Maier
02/2016 – 01/2018
Research Associate (PhD Student), Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim, Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer
08/2013 – 01/2016
Research Associate (PhD Student), Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim, Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, Project “Politische Talkshows zur Unterhaltung [Political Talk Shows and Entertainment]“, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
08/2013 – 07/2015
Research Associate (PhD Student), Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim, Assistant to Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, President of the International Communication Association (ICA)
09/2008 – 01/2012 / 09/2012 – 07/2013
Student Assistant and Tutor, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim, Prof. Dr. Angela Keppler, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wessler, Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer
02/2008 – 06/2008
Tutor, German Studies Department, University of Mannheim, Prof. Dr. Beate Henn-Memmesheimer
Education
08/2013 – 01/2018
PhD Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim, degree: Dr. phil., Dissertation: “Deliberation und Unterhaltung im Kontext politischer Medieninhalte [Deliberation and Entertainment in the Context of Political Media Content]“ (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer)
09/2010 – 07/2013
Master Media and Communication Studies, Minor: Psychology, University of Mannheim, degree: Master of Arts (M.A.), Thesis: “Funny and Interesting? How Do Political Satire Programs Contribute to Viewers’ Interest in Politics?” (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer)
09/2007 – 07/2010
Bachelor Media and Communication Studies, Minor: German Studies, University of Mannheim, degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Thesis: “15 Minuten Diskurs: Eine Analyse der Deliberation in den Fernsehnachrichten zur Bundestagswahl 2009 [15 Minutes of Discourse: An Analysis of Deliberation in TV News on the German Federal Election in 2009]“, with Charlotte Löb (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wessler)
Awards and Scholarships
06/2023
Best Paper Award (Titel: „KI und Deliberation: Normative Ideale im Lichte der aktuellen KI-Forschung – Ein systematischer Literaturüberblick [AI and Deliberation: Normative Ideals in the Light of Current AI Research – A Systematic Literature Review]“), Joint annual conference of the Communication and Politics Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), of the Politics and Communication Working Group of the German Political Science Association (GPSA), and of the Political Communication Division of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM), Düsseldorf
02/2016 – 01/2018
PhD Scholarship, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
06/2016
Top Student Paper in Political Communication (Title: “Measuring political thinking: Development and validation of a scale for ‘deliberation within’”), Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Fukuoka, Japan
09/2010 – 01/2013
Deutschlandstipendium, Freunde der Universität Mannheim e. V., Federal Ministry of Education and Research
11/2011
Award for Outstanding Theses (Bachelor thesis, title: „15 Minuten Diskurs: Eine Analyse der Deliberation in den Fernsehnachrichten zur Bundestagswahl 2009 [15 Minutes of Discourse: An Analysis of Deliberation in TV News on the German Federal Election in 2009]“), Stiftung Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaften, University of Mannheim
09/2009 – 08/2010
Tuition Fee Scholarship, University of Mannheim