Chair of Communication - Science and Technology Communication
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Prof. Dr. Sven Engesser
Chair of Communication - Science and Technology Communication
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Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft
Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft
Visiting address:
Bürogebäude Zellescher Weg, 2. Etage, Raum A255b Zellescher Weg 17
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Monday:
- 10:30 - 12:00
Consultation hours are held exclusively via Zoom. Arrangement by mail to sven.engesser@tu-dresden.de
Publications
- Science communication (esp. climate, health, false balance)
- Technology communication (esp. voice assistants, trust, privacy)
- Political communication (esp. populism, narratives, negativity)
- Media systems (esp. international comparison)
- Journalism (esp. participation)
| 10/2021 – 10/2025 | DIPCY – Disruptions of Networked Privacy (with S. Wagenknecht, J. E. Möller and S. Köpsell, TUD) |
| 07/2019 – 07/2024 |
Ethical Implications of the Tactile Internet (with M. Schmauder, G. Grübler und L.Hagen, associated with DFG excellence cluster CeTI – Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop of the TUD) |
| 02/2021 – 05/2021 | SAMT – Sprachassistenten: Medienvielfalt und Transparenz (with J. Möller, Landesanstalt für Medien Northrine-Westphalia) |
| 02/2019 – 01/2022 |
PaCE – Populism and Civic Engagement (overall leadership: B. Edmonds, Horizon 2020) |
Academic Positions
| 2017 - Present |
Chair of Media and Communication with focus on Science and Technology Communication |
| 2010 – 2017 |
Senior research and teaching associate |
| 2006 – 2010 | Research and teaching assistant Department of Communication Science and Media Research, LMU München |
Education
| 2012 |
PhD |
| 2006 |
MA |
| Katrin Etzrodt | Voice Assistants as Social Actors |
| Nassim Ghondaghsaz | Trust in Sofware-Defined Supply Chains |
| Deborah Kunze | Countering Stigmatization |
| Teresa Lindenauer | Populist Narratives |
| Ayanda Rogge | Artificial Companions |
| Dan Teng’o | Journalistic Frame-Setting in Climate Communication |
| Lisa Weidmüller | Trust in Voice Assistants |
Science communication (lecture, BA)
Research project: Communication in the Internet of Things (seminar, MA)
Media content research (seminar, MA)
BA Thesis colloquium
MA Thesis colloquium
| 2019 – Present | Member of the Boysen TU Dresden Graduate School |
| 2018 – Present | Academic launch partner of the Trustable Technology Mark by ThingsCon e. V. with support from Mozilla Foundation |
| 2018 – Present | Mentor in ECREA’s Mentoring Program for Young Scholars in Political Communication Research (Mentee: Ondrej Pekacek) |
| 2017 – Present |
Member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Technological Development, TU Dresden |
| 2010 – Present | Ad-hoc reviewer for academic journals (e.g. Communication Research, Journal of Communication, New Media & Society, Political Communication), national science organizations (DFG, FNR, NOW, ÖAW, SNF), and communication associations (ICA, ECREA, DGPuK) |
| 2014 – 2018 | Member of the Management Committee, COST Action IS1308 Populist Political Communication in Europe |
| 2018 |
Kaid Sanders Best Article of the Year Award der Political Communication Division der International Communication Association (ICA) (mit P. Müller, C. Schemer, M. Wettstein, A. Schulz, D. Wirz & W. Wirth) |
| 2017 |
Top Conference Paper Award der Political Communication Division der ICA (mit N. Ernst, F. Büchel & F. Esser) |
| 2010 |
Top Conference Paper Award der Journalism Division der ICA (mit R. Fröhlich & O. Quiring) |
| 2019 - Present |
Global communications. Open Book Publishers (mit M. Brüggemann, C. Richter, M. Lim, M.-S. Frère & I. Bachmann) |
| 2017 - Present | Studies in international, transnational and global communications. Springer VS (mit C. Richter, M. Brüggemann & S. Fengler) |
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Kraske, M. (2021, April). Verzerrte Darstellung. journalist
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Rodemann, J. (2020, Dezember). 30 Sekunden für die Polarschmelze. Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Mundus, J. (2020, März). Interview: Auch in der Corona-Krise: Ehrlich bleiben! Sächsische Zeitung
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Hoffmann, M (2019, November). Interview: Effektive Kommunikation: Warum die E-Mail noch lange nicht tot ist Spiegel Online
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Mundus, J. (2019, Oktober). Interview: Beine statt Auto. Sächsische Zeitung
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„Dienstags direkt“ (2018, September). Zuhören, streiten, ignorieren? Wie sollten wir mit den Rissen in unserer Gesellschaft umgehen? MDR Sachsen - Das Sachsenradio
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Paul, M. (2018, Juli). Interview: Warum man Fakten und Meinung trennen sollte. MDR Sachsen-Anhalt
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„Dienstags direkt“ (2018, Juni). Die Gewalt der Sprache: Wenn Worte sprachlos machen. MDR Sachsen - Das Sachsenradio
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Tominski, K. (2018, Juni). Interview: Wirkung sozialer Netzwerke weder über- noch unterschätzen. MDR Sachsen - Das Sachsenradio
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Engesser, S. (2018, April). Why “Black Panther” is useful for countering populism. Euronews
In addition to the information provided on our main page, we expect you to follow these recommendations (German) when writing your thesis (in the Bachelor's or Master's program) at the Chair of Technology and Science Communication.