Predocs

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

Paul Balluff, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49393
✉ paul.balluff@univie.ac.at

➥ Automated named entity recognition
➥ Applications for transformer models
➥ Media landscape in Europe
➥ Mediated public discourse

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

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

Michaela Forrai, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

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

➥ Health communication
➥ Media psychology
➥ Suicide prevention
➥ Media and well-being/mental health

Sebastian Galyga, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48305
✉ sebastian.galyga@univie.ac.at

➥ Manual and automated content analysis
➥ Experimental research
➥ Political communication

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

Mag. Raffaela Gmeiner, Bakk. B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49332
✉ raffaela.gmeiner@univie.ac.at

➥ Cultural & creative industries
➥ Music & media
➥ Qualitative methods
➥ Gender & minority groups

Hannah Greber, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48309
✉ hannah.greber@univie.ac.at

➥ Immersive journalism
➥ Virtual reality (VR)
➥ Constructive journalism
➥ Positive psychology

Melanie Hirsch, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49333
✉ melanie.hirsch@univie.ac.at

➥ Political communication
➥ Social media
➥ Media psychology
➥ Empirical methods

Janina Jüngst, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49358
✉ janina.juengst@univie.ac.at

➥ Film industries & TV
➥ Audiovisual media
➥ Diversity, equality & visibility
➥ Kids & youth content

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

Ruta Kaskeleviciute, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49343
✉ ruta.kaskeleviciute@univie.ac.at

➥ Media contents and effects
➥ Media psychology
➥ Political communication
➥ Empirical methods

Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-48307
✉ ahrabhi.kathirgamalingam@univie.ac.at

➥ Racism and media
➥ Language and discourse
➥ Political communication
➥ Automated content analysis

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

Helena Knupfer, Bakk. BSc MSc MA
Researcher (Predoc)

✆ +43-1-4277-49312
✉ helena.knupfer@univie.ac.at

➥ Media psychology
➥ Media effects
➥ Intergroup relations and terrorism
➥ Quantitative methods

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

➥ Transformative journalism
➥ Science journalism
➥ Comparative journalism
➥ Empirical research methods

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

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