I am co-editing a special issue at Technology, Mind & Behavior.
Deadline October 15, 2026 – early submissions welcome!
More information here:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/tmb/users-mental-models-large-language-models.html
Lab Visit in Salamanca (March/April 2025)
I’m visiting professor at the Democracy Research Unit in Salamanca, working with Homero Gil de Zuniga. I’m interested in bringing work on ambient awareness and news-finds-me perspective together, since both address knowledge-related effects from skimming social media posts. Another topic is AI use for politics/news and related credibility issues. I gave a talk on that on April 2, 2025.
Top Dissertation Award
My former PhD student Lara Wolfers (now University of Amsterdam) received the Top Dissertation Award of the Mobile Communication Division of ICA for her Dissertation on “Stress Management and Coping Using Smartphone by Mothers of Young Children”. Congrats!
Post-Doc position
I’m looking for a post-doc starting in October. Background in media psychology, communication science, or a related discipline and interest in knowledge-related social/mobile media use. Help with PhD supervision welcome (see the last three job ads). For more experienced people, the position can be E-14 Tv-L (deputy lab head)
Applications for project on algorithmic bias still possible!
Hiring PhDs for this project has been until I decided whether I take another job offer. It will be re-advertized soon with a new number, but it’s still possible to apply to this job ad: https://www.iwm-tuebingen.de/www/de/karriere/stellenangebote/anzeige.html?kind=wissenschaftlich#ausschreibung1016-2022
Background in #socialpsychology, #communicationscience or related discipline, experience with conducting #experiments
Doktorand*innenstelle in BMBF-Projekt VREUNDE (German post, because I need a German-speaking person)
Interesse an Kommunikationsmustern und Medienrepertoires in Freundesgruppen und Spaß an einem praktisch-orientiertem Projekt, in dem Kommunikationstools entwickelt und getestet werden? Das Projekt ist Teil der Nähe-Distanz Ausschreibung; Austausch mit den Projektpartner*innen und den anderen Teilprojekten ist erwünscht. Beginn kann wahrscheinlich auf 1.6. verschoben und Laufzeit entsprechend verlängert werden. https://www.iwm-tuebingen.de/www/de/karriere/stellenangebote/anzeige.html?kind=wissenschaftlich#ausschreibung1004-2023
Two PhD positions available!
Check out these two positions – the one on #sciencecommunication #corona #blurring roles is more urgent (project start May 1, 2023), the one on #algorithmicbias can also start in autumn
SAW-project on Science Communication approved
The SAW-project „NewOrder – Understanding the erosion of the traditional knowledge order in scientific online discourse and its impact in times of crisis“ has been approved for funding. The interdisciplinary project will be led by Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze, together with researchers from GESIS and the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf we will examine how changed orders of the publication process (e.g., preprints) and blurring roles in science communication affect trust in science. Job ad for a PhD student is coming out soon (conducting experiments and a longitudinal study).
DFG-project on algorithm acceptance granted
My DFG-project “Egocentric biases meet biased algorithms” has been granted – job ad for a PhD position coming soon!
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My DFG-project “Egocentric biases meet biased algorithms” has been granted – job ad for a PhD position coming soon!
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