Dr. Esther Greussing

Awards

• "Award of Excellence" des österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (Staatspreis für die besten Dissertationen des Studienjahres 2020/21)

• VÖZ Media Research Award 2021 (Dissertation Category) of the Association of Austrian Newspapers

• sowi:doc Award 2021 der sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien für herausragende Forschungsleistungen im Rahmen der Dissertation
• Top Student Paper Award der Journalism Studies Division der International Communication Association (ICA) für den Beitrag "Showing off your social capital: Homophily of professional reputation and gender in journalistic networks on Twitter" (2019, gemeinsam mit Phoebe Maares und Fabienne Lind, Universität Wien)

Fundings

• Funding from the Volkswagen Foundation: Scoping Workshop “AI and the Future of Science Communication: Navigating the Transformative Impact of AI-Infused Science on Public Engagement and Education” (August 13-15, 2025)
• Uni:docs Förderprogramm für Doktorand*innen, Universität Wien (kompetitiv, 2016 - 2019) 

Other

• Fellow of the German-South African Public Engagement Exchange Fellowship Program (PEX) of the Public Engagement and Impact Unit of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin in cooperation with Stellenbosch University and the Hasso Plattner Institute – School of Design Thinking (Class of 2025). Link to the fellowship program.
• Participation in the Gertrude J. Robinson Mentoring-Programme of the DGPuk (class of 2020/21). Link to the mentoring programme.

• Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Middleton, L., Nielsen, K. H., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2025). Exploring temporal and cross-national patterns: The use of generative AI in science-related information retrieval across seven countries JCOM, 24(2), A05. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24020205
• Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T. E., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Nielsen, K. H., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2025). The perception and use of generative AI for science-related information search: Insights from a cross-national study. Public Understanding of Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241308493
• Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2025). Voice-Based Assistants as Intermediaries for Sociopolitical Issues: Investigating Use Patterns, Expectations, and Prior Indirect Experiences. International Journal Of Communication, 19, 22. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23009/4889
• Klein-Avraham, I., Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E. and Baram-Tsabari, A. (2024). How to make sense of generative AI as a science communication researcher? A conceptual framework in the context of critical engagement with scientific information JCOM 23(06), A05. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23060205
• Eberl, J. M., Greussing, E., Huber, R. A., & Mede, N. G. (2023). Populist attitudes towards politics and science: how do they differ? Political Research Exchange, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2022.2159847
• Greussing, E., Haux, R., Kuballa, S., Mielke, C., Schulze, M., & Taddicken, M. (2023). Trans-O-MIM - An International Research Project on Open Access Transformation: Outcomes and Lessons Learned. Methods of Information in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1761499
• Greussing, E., Kuballa, S., Taddicken, M., Schulze, M., Mielke, C., & Haux, R. (2022). Individual and institutional influences on Open Access publishing around the globe. A two-tier study on the perspectives of medical informatics researchers on a barrier-free communication of science. OBS* Observatorio, 16(1), 60-89. https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS16120221877
• Breves, P., & Greussing, E. (2022). Virtual and augmented reality in environmental communication. In B. Takahashi, J. Metag, J. Thaker, & S. E. Comfort (Eds.), ICA-Routledge Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication. doi.org/10.4324/9780367275204
• Huber, R. A., Greussing, E., & Eberl, J. M. (2021). From populism to climate scepticism: the role of institutional trust and attitudes towards science. Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2021.1978200
• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2021). Promises and pitfalls. Taking a closer look on how interactive infographics affect learning from news. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1-22.
• Eberl J.-M., Huber, R. A., & Greussing, E. (2021). From populism to the ‘plandemic’: Why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(sup1), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.1924730
• Maares, P., Lind, F., & Greussing, E. (2020). Showing off your social capital: Homophily of professional reputation and gender in journalistic networks on Twitter. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2020.1835513
• Greussing, E., Kuballa, S., Taddicken, M., Schulze, M., Mielke, C., & Haux, R. (2020). Drivers and Obstacles of Open Access Publishing. A Qualitative Investigation of Individual and Institutional Factors. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.587465
• Greussing, E., Kessler, H. S., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2020). Learning from science news via interactive and animated data visualizations: An investigation combining eye tracking, online survey, and cued retrospective reporting. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547020962100
• Song, H., Tolochko, P., Eberl, J-M., Lind, F., Eisele, O., Greussing, E., Heidenreich, T., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2020). In validations we trust? The impact of imperfect human annotations as a gold standard on the quality of validation of automated content analysis. Political Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2020.1723752

• Greussing, E. (2019). Powered by immersion? Examining effects of 360-degree photography on knowledge acquisition and perceived message credibility of climate change news. Environmental Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1664607

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2019). Simply bells and whistles? Cognitive effects of visual aesthetics in digital longforms. Digital Journalism, 7(2), 273-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1488598

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2017). Shifting the refugee narrative? An automated frame analysis of Europe's 2015 refugee crisis. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(11), 1749-1774. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1282813

• Greussing, E. (2016). Erfassung ausländischer Bildungsabschlüsse im Mikrozensus. Ergebnisse einer Evaluationsbefragung im 3. Quartal 2015. Statistische Nachrichten, 71(12), 958-964.

• Plate, M., Baumgartner, K., Oismüller, A., Greussing, E., & Zucha, V. (2016). Fragebogentests als Mittel der Qualitätssicherung; aktuelle Beispiele aus Mikrozensus und EU-SILC. Statistische Nachrichten, 71(2), 150-159.

• Greussing, E., Jonas, E., Taddicken, M. (2025, September 15-17): From human experts to artificial authorities? Reconsidering the concept of epistemic authority in the context of generative AI [Accepted Presentation]. First joint conference of the „Digital Communication“ specialist group of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) and the interest group ‘Human-Machine Communication’ of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden, Germany.

• Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Middleton, L., Nielsen, C. H., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2025, June 13). Cross-National Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: A Segmentation Analysis of AI-Related Risk and Benefit Perceptions Across Seven Countries and Over Time [Accepted Presentation]. 75^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

• Greussing, E.; Jonas, E.; Taddicken, M. & Guenther, L. (2025). Generative KI als Autorität? Empirische Befunde aus Nutzungsperspektive [Presentation]. 70^th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Berlin, Germany.

• Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., E., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Nielsen, K. H., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2024, October). Mapping cross-national patterns: The use of generative AI in science-related information retrieval across seven countries [Presentation]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) China Symposium 2024, Suzhou, China.
• Jonas, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, September). Unravelling (hybrid) trust in generative AI as intermediaries for science-related information – Insights from a qualitative interview study [Presentation]. 10^th European Communication Conference (ECC), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, September). The Perception and Role of Transparency in LLM-based Chatbots for Science Information Retrieval [Presentation]. 10^th European Communication Conference (ECC), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

• Jonas, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 20-24). Hybrid Trustworthiness of AI-based Chatbots - A Qualitative Exploration of Users Perceptions of ChatGPT and Bing Chat as Intermediaries for Science-related Information [Presentation]. 74^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.

• Jonas, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 6). How do laypeople assess their trust in LLM-based chatbots when they seek science-related information? Results from a qualitative interview study using a hybrid trust approach [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.
• Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 7). The Impact of Transparency: A Qualitative Investigation of LLM-based Chatbots in Science-Related Information Search [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.
• Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., et al. (2024, June 6). Predicting and Describing the Use of Generative AI in Science-Related Information Search: Insights from a Multinational survey [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.
• Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, April). Beyond the Bot: Hybrid Trust and Transparency in GenAI-Mediated Science Communication [Poster presentation]. Concluding Conference of the Human-Agent Interaction Network ‘Interactions With Language-Based AI’, Tübingen, Germany.
• Klein-Avraham, I., Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2024, March). A theoretical framework to evaluate AI-based information technologies for critical engagement with science: A proposition [Presentation]. NARST Annual International Conference, virtual.

• Peter, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2023, September). ChatGPT als Wissenschaftskommunikator? Die Rolle epistemischer Überzeugungen und Vertrauen bei der KI-gestützten wissenschaftsbezogenen Informationssuche [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting of the Science Communication and Journalism/Journalism Research Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Passau, Germany.

• Greussing, E., Peter, E., & Taddicken, M. (2023, May 28). Asking voice assistants about science: A typology of Regular Voice Assistant Users in Germany [Presentation]. 73^rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

• Greussing, E., Peter, E., & Taddicken, M. (2023, May). Sprachassistenten als Informationsintermediäre: Eine Typologie regelmäßiger Nutzer*innen in Deutschland [Presentation]. 68^th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Bremen, Germany.

• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2023, April). Socio-scientific issues meet AI technology: Reflections on the cognitive order of society [Presentation]. 17^th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, virtual.

• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022, October). Changing epistemic roles through communicative AI? [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Aarhus, Denmark.
• Eberl, J.-M., Huber, R., Mede, N. G., & Greussing, E. (2022, May 30). Measuring political and science populism: A tale of two scales? [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
• Taddicken, M., & Greussing, E. (2022, May 28). Into the spheres: Analytical framework on multi-level influences on communicating scientists [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022, May 25). Changing epistemic roles through communicative AI? [Presentation]. Pre-Conference "The Science of Science Communication: Mapping the Field" at the 72^nd Annual Conference of the ICA, Paris, France.
• Mede, N. G., Huber, R., Eberl, J.-M., & Greussing, E. (2022, May). Measuring public attitudes toward political and science-related populism in surveys: A tale of two scales? [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Chicago, USA.

• Greussing, E., & Kessler, S. H. (2021, September 6-9). Learning from science news via interactive and animated data visualizations: A multi-method investigation [Presentation]. 8^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.

• Huber, R. A., Greussing, E., & Eberl, J.-M. (2021, April). Is it all about science? Populist attitudes and climate skepticism [Presentation]. 66^th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), virtual.

• Eberl J.-M., Huber, R. A., & Greussing, E. (2021, February). From Populism to the ‘Plandemic’: Why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies and what trust in science has to do with it [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), virtual.

• Greussing, E., & Kessler, S. H. (2020, March 10-12). Interaktive Datenvisualisierungen in der Klimawandelkommunikation: Eine multimethodische Untersuchung der Rezeption [Presentation]. 65^th Annual Meeting of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany.

• Greussing, E. (2020, January). Participation in the Visualising Climate 2020 Hackathon, organised by Saffron O’Neill (Exeter University) and Toby Smith (Climate Visuals/ Climate Outreach), Exeter, UK.

• Greussing, E. (2019, May). Looking, clicking, learning? How interactive information visualizations in online news contribute to individuals' factual and structural knowledge [Contribution]. 10^th Annual Doctoral Consortium der Communication and Technology Division und der Mobile Communication Interest Group der International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.

• Greussing, E. (2019, May). All flash and no substance? Examining modality effects of climate change imagery on knowledge acquisition and perceived message credibility [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2019, May). More than a thousand words? How affective and cognitive functions of interactive infographics contribute to learning from news [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.

• Maares, P., Greussing, E., & Lind, F. (2019, May). Showing off your social capital: Homophily of professional reputation and gender in journalistic networks on Twitter [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington DC, USA.

• Maares, P., Greussing, E., & Lind, F. (2018, November). "Welcome to the most arrogant network of the world!": Journalistic homophily and its effect on public discourse on Austrian Twitter [Presentation]. 6^th Day at the Politikwissenschaft der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (ÖGPW), Innsbruck, Austria.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2018, November 7-9). Mehr als tausend Worte? Ein Experiment zum Einfluss von interaktiven Infografiken auf den Wissenserwerb [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Digital Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2018, May). Simply bells and whistles? Cognitive effects of visual aesthetics in digital longforms [Presentation]. 68^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech.

• Greussing, E. (2018, February). The more you see, the more you know? Knowledge effects of static, dynamic, and interactive visualizations in online news [Contribution]. Doctoral Workshop of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Cologne, Germany.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2017, May). Shifting the refugee narrative? An automated frame analysis of Europe's 2015 refugee crisis [Poster presentation]. 67^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

• Greussing, E., Tolochko, P., & Eberl, J-M. (2017, May). Who drives the debate? Applying document similarity measures in political agenda setting and news diffusion research [Presentation]. 67^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2017, March). Learning from multimedia use? Effects of multimedia journalism on citizens' factual political knowledge [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Unit "Journalism Studies" of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Odense, Denmark.

ALIES

Talking to machines, deciding with machines: Public engagement with science in the era of Artificial Intelligence