Predocs

Jennifer Adams, MAIS
Researcher (Predoc)
Comms Policy Collaborative Expert

➥ Policy impact and sustainability
➥ External outreach and stakeholder engagement
➥ Grant development and management
➥ Research advocacy and incubation initiatives

Lisa Christiane Alfonzo, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49346
✉ lisa.christiane.alfonzo@univie.ac.at

Jana Bernhard, Bakk. BA M.Sc. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48306
✉ jana.bernhard@univie.ac.at

➥ Automated text analysis
➥ Quantitative methods
➥ Political communication
➥ Digitalization of communication professions

Mgr. Dominika Betakova, Bc.
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49378
✉ dominika.betakova@univie.ac.at

➥ Political communication
➥ News usage and news avoidance
➥ Quantitative research methods and computer-assisted content analysis
➥ Experimental research methods

Mag. Dr. Manina Biermayer, Bakk.
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49382
✉ manina.mestas@univie.ac.at

➥ Media literacy
➥ Advertising effects
➥ Health communication

Stephanie Bührer, BSc MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49342
✉ stephanie.buehrer@univie.ac.at

➥ Digital hate and media psychology
➥ In- and outgroup effects
➥ Social identities
➥ Methodological research

Angeliki Chatziefraimidou, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49348
✉ angeliki.chatziefraimidou@univie.ac.at

➥ Kids, youth and media
➥ Privacy protection online
➥ Digital literacy

Veronika Ebner, B.A. B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48304
✉ veronika.ebner@univie.ac.at

➥ Climate change communication
➥ Social media
➥ Political communication and journalism
➥ Quantitative methods

Michaela Forrai, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49340
✉ michaela.forrai@univie.ac.at

➥ Media change and media innovation, especially artificial intelligence
➥ Media psychology
➥ Health communication
➥ Media use and well-being/mental health/suicide prevention

Dott. Dott. mag. Diego Garusi
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49368
✉ diego.garusi@univie.ac.at

➥ Boundaries of journalism
➥ Folk theories of journalism
➥ Journalistic values
➥ News media trust

Melanie Haberl, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49310
✉ melanie.haberl@univie.ac.at

➥ Emotions in journalism
➥ Ethnography
➥ Day-to-day journalistic work
➥ Language and narrations

Selma Hodzic, BA MA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48302
✉ selma.hodzic@univie.ac.at

Dominik Hokamp, M.A.
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49332
✉ dominik.hokamp@univie.ac.at

➥ Emotions in journalism
➥ Media reception research
➥ Mediatized public sphere and democracy
➥ Journalistic work practice

Jeannine Huber, BA BSc MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48320
✉ jeannine.huber@univie.ac.at

Azade Esther Kakavand, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49359
✉ azade.kakavand@univie.ac.at

➥ Social solidarity
➥ Stereotypes in media
➥ Automated content analysis
➥ Quantitative methods

Jaroslava Kaňková, Bc. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49308
✉ jaroslava.kankova@univie.ac.at

➥ Misinformation
➥ Social media
➥ Health communication
➥ Media literacy

Elif Imran Kartal, MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49318
✉ elif.imran.kartal@univie.ac.at

Maryam Khaleghipour, B.A M.A
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48326
✉ maryam.khaleghipour@univie.ac.at

➥ Cyberbullying
➥ Media effects on children and youth
➥ Mediated Participation
➥ Children's mental health and well-being

Thomas Kirchmair, Bakk. BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49372
✉ thomas.kirchmair@univie.ac.at

➥ Digital media effects
➥ Natural language processing
➥ Quantitative methods
➥ Corpus-assisted discourse analysis (CADS)

Florence Klauda, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✉ florence.klauda@univie.ac.at

Maximilian Klesl, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49383
✉ maximilian.klesl@univie.ac.at

➥ Political engagement in digital environments
➥ Election campaign communication
➥ Digital media use in childhood and adolescence
➥ Media change and social relationships

Aytalina Kulichkina, BA MA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49354
✉ aytalina.kulichkina@univie.ac.at

➥ Agent-based modeling
➥ Network analysis
➥ Computational social science
➥ Quantitative methods

Noelle Sophie Lebernegg, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48303
✉ noelle.sophie.lebernegg@univie.ac.at

➥ Automated content analysis
➥ VR and immersive journalism
➥ Political communication and journalism
➥ Opinion and election research

Birte Marina Leonhardt, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49387
✉ birte.marina.leonhardt@univie.ac.at

➥ Journalistic Roles
➥ Journalistic Values
➥ Interventionist Journalism
➥ Constructive Journalism

Kim Dana Löhmann, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49392
✉ kim.loehmann@univie.ac.at

➥ Sustainable journalism
➥ Comparative journalism
➥ Lifestyle journalism

Jula Lühring, B.A. M.Sc.
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49349
✉ jula.luehring@univie.ac.at

➥ Political communication
➥ Misinformation
➥ Information processing
➥ Computational Social Sciences

Kateryna Maikovska, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48330
✉ katernya.maikovska@univie.ac.at

➥ Agent-based modeling
➥ Network analysis
➥ Digital activism
➥ Mixed methods research

Sophie Maria Mayen, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-483 10
✉ sophie.mayen@univie.ac.at

➥ Media usage in every day life
➥ Media use and effects among children and adolescents
➥ Health communication, especially on women's health
➥ Framing effects