Dr. Friederike Hendriks

• Vertrauen in Wissenschaft, epistemisches Vertrauen.
• Weiterbildung und Identitätsentwicklung kommunizierender Wissenschaftler:innen.
• Wissenschaftskommunikation und -partizipation.
• Wissenschaftsrezeption und Wissenschaftsverständnis. 

Gastherausgeberschaften

Rosman, T., Edelsbrunner, P., Hendriks, F., Vaupotic, N., Wingen, T. (2025). Leveraging Psychological Insights for Effective Science Communication. Zeitschrift für Psychologie 233(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000584

Jucks, R. & Hendriks, F. (2021). Introduction: Language and Communication Related to COVID-19. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 40(5-6), 539–544. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X211045728

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften (Peer Reviewed)

Fick, J., Hendriks, F. & Thies, B. (accepted). How to Talk About Science in Ways that are Comprehensible and Interesting? Evaluation of an Evidence-based Science Communication Training Program for Graduate Students. Frontiers in Education.

Banse, L., Hendriks, F., & Taddicken, M. (in press). A New Obligation or a Natural Extension? STEM Scientists’ Science Communication in the Context of Their Professional Role Identities. Science Communication (Online First). https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251341839.

Hendriks, F.*, Barel-Ben David, Y.*, Banse, L., Fick, J., Greussing, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Rakedzon, T., Taddicken, M, & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2025). Generative AI in Science Communication: Fostering Scientists’ Good Working Habits for Ethical and Effective Use. Science Communication (Online First). https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251343486 (* = shared first authorship)

Momme, J. M., Hendriks, F., & Enzingmüller, C. (2025). From Participation to Trust? Understanding Trust Dynamics in Participatory Science Communication. Science Communication (Online First). https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251333399

Fick, J., Rudolph, L., & Hendriks, F. (2025). Jargon avoidance in the public communication of science: Single- or double-edged sword for information evaluation? Learning and Instruction, 98, 102121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102121

Fick, J., Hendriks, F., Kumpmann, N., & Thies, B. (2025). Teaching Science Communication to Master’s Students in STEM. European Journal of Psychology Open, 2673-8627/a000073. https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000073

Hendriks, F., Janssen, I., & Jucks, R. (2023). Balance as credibility? How presenting one- vs. two-sided messages affects ratings of scientists’ and politicians’ trustworthiness. Health Communication, 38(12), 2757–2764. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2111638

Hendriks, F., & Bromme, R. (2022). Researchers’ Public Engagement in the Context of Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Learning and Reflection from Boundary Crossing. Science Communication, 44(6), 693–718. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470221137052

Wintterlin, F., Hendriks, F., Mede, N. G., Bromme, R., Metag, J., & Schäfer, M. S. (2022). Predicting Public Trust in Science: The Role of Basic Orientations Toward Science, Perceived Trustworthiness of Scientists, and Experiences With Science. Frontiers in Communication, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.822757

Janssen, I., Hendriks, F., & Jucks, R. (2021). Face Masks Might Protect You From COVID-19: The Communication of Scientific Uncertainty by Scientists Versus Politicians in the Context of Policy in the Making. Journal of Language and Social Psychology,40(5-6), 601–625. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X211044512

Menz, C., Spinath, B., Hendriks, F., & Seifried, E. (2021). Reducing educational psychological misconceptions: How effective are standard lectures, refutation lectures, and instruction in information evaluation strategies? Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000269

Hendriks, F.*, Seifried, E.*, & Menz, C. (2021). Unraveling the “Smart but Evil” Stereotype: Pre-service Teachers’ Evaluations of Educational Psychology Researchers versus Teachers as Sources of Information. Zeitschrift für pädagogische Psychologie, 35(2-3), 157–171. https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652/a000300 (* = shared first authorship)

Hendriks, F., Mayweg-Paus, E., Felton, M., Iordanou, K., Jucks, R., & Zimmermann, M. (2020). Constraints and Affordances of Online Engagement with Scientific Information—A Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572744

Hendriks, F., & Jucks, R. (2020). Does Scientific Uncertainty in News Articles Affect Readers’ Trust and Decision-Making? Media and Communication, 8(2), 401–412. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i2.2824

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D. & Bromme, R. (2020). Replication Crisis = Trust Crisis? The Effect of Successful vs. Failed Replications on Laypeople's Trust in Researchers and Research. Public Understanding of Science, 29(3), 270-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662520902383 

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2016). Disclose Your Flaws! Admission Positively Affects the Perceived Trustworthiness of an Expert Science Blogger. Studies in Communication Sciences, 16(2), 124–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scoms.2016.10.003

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2016). Evoking Vigilance: Would You (Dis)Trust a Scientist Who Discusses Ethical Implications of Research in a Science Blog? Public Understanding of Science, 25(8), 992–1008. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662516646048

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D. & Bromme, R. (2015). Measuring Laypeople's Trust in Experts in a Digital Age: The Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory (METI). PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139309. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139309

Buchkapitel, Beiträge in Sammelbänden und Konferenz-Archiven

Hendriks, F. (2024). Vertrauen in Wissenschaft als Grundlage für und Ziel von Wissenschaftskommunikation. In: Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (Hrsg.) Jahrbuch 2022 der Braunschweigischen Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft. Cuvillier Verlag.

Hendriks, F. (2024). Kompetent mit Wissenschaft im Alltag interagieren können. Zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaftsverständnis und informiertem Vertrauen. In: Graulich, N. & Arnold, J., Sorge, S., & Kubsch, M. (Hrsg.). Lehrkräftebildung von Morgen. Waxman. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830997962.04

Bromme, R. & Hendriks, F. (2024). Trust in Science: Considering Whom to Trust for Knowing What is True. In: R. C. Mayer & B. M. Mayer (Eds.) A Research Agenda for Trust: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 37–49). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802200942.00011

Hendriks, F., Distel, B., Engelke, K. M., Westmattelmann, D., & Wintterlin, F. (2021). Methodological and Practical Challenges of Interdisciplinary Trust Research. In B. Blöbaum (Ed.), Trust and Communication in a Digitized World: Empirical Results and Implications (pp. 29-57). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72945-5_2

Hendriks, F., & Kienhues, D. (2019). Science understanding between scientific literacy and trust: contributions from psychological and educational research. In A. Leßmöllmann, M. Dascal, & T. Gloning (Eds.), Science Communication (pp. 29–50). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110255522-002

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2016). Trust in Science and the Science of Trust. In B. Blöbaum (Ed.), Trust and Communication in a Digitized World. Models and Concepts of Trust Research (pp. 239–251). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28059-2

Westphal, S., Hendriks, F., & Malik, M. (2015). Vertrauenswürdigkeit ohne Vertrauen? Wie die Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Unsicherheiten die Bewertungen und Entscheidungen von Rezipienten beeinflusst. In Schäfer, M. S., Kristiansen S., Bonfadelli, H. (Ed.): Wissenschaftskommunikation im Wandel (pp. 342–365). Herbert von Halem.

Online-Publikationen 

Mede, N. & Hendriks, F. (2024). Auch die Forschung zur Wissenschaftskommunikation verdient Gehör! In: wissenschaftskommunikation.de. https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/auch-die-forschung-zur-wissenschaftskommunikation-verdient-gehoer-76731/

Hendriks, F., Banse, L., & Fick, J. (2023). Wie können Wissenschaftler*innen dazu motiviert und befähigt werden, im Bereich Wissenschaftskommunikation aktiv zu werden? — Ein Forschungsüberblick. Berlin: Transfer Unit Wissenschaftskommunikation. https://transferunit.de/thema/wie-koennen-wissenschaftlerinnen-zu-wissenschaftskommunikation-motiviert-und-befaehigt-werden/

Hendriks, F. (2022). Wissenschaftskommunikation in der COVID-19 Pandemie und ihr Umgang mit Unsicherheit und öffentlichem Vertrauen. In: Lohse, D., Knobloch, J. (Hrsg.) Workshop: Wissenschaft und Politik in der Pandemie - Lektionen der COVID-19 Krise; Logbuch. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-85825-1

Hendriks, F. (2021). Evaluation von den Zielen her denken! In: wissenschaftskommunikation.de. https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/evaluation-von-den-zielen-her-denken-46995/

Hendriks, F. (2021). Expertise, Integrität und Wohlwollen – Rückschlüsse aus dem Wissenschaftsbarometer 2021. In: wissenschaftskommunikation.de. https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/expertise-integritaet-und-wohlwollen-rueckschluesse-aus-dem-wissenschaftsbarometer-2021-53289/

Dunwoody, S., Hendriks, F., Massarani, L. & Peters, H. P. (2018). How journalists deal with scientific uncertainty and what that means for the audience. Retrieved from the PCST Archive of Conference Papers: https://www.pcst.network/document/how-journalists-deal-with-scientific-uncertainty-and-what-that-means-for-the-audience/

Hendriks, F. (2018). Strapaziertes Vertrauen. In: wissenschaftskommunikation.de. https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/strapaziertes-vertrauen-17545/

Hendriks, F. (2017). Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft – blind oder kritisch? In: wissenschaftskommunikation.de. https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/vertrauen-in-die-wissenschaft-blind-oder-kritisch-6437/

Eingeladene Voträge (Auswahl)

Hendriks , F. (2022). Science Communication and its Role for Public Trust in Science. Invited Presentation at the conference “Science for Resilience – Learnings from the Pandemic”, Vienna, Austria (Online).

Hendriks, F. (2021). Informed Trust in Science as a Way of Dealing with Science in Daily Life. Keynote presented at the Junior Researchers of EARLI (JURE) conference, Gothenburg, Sweden (Online).

Hendriks, F. (2017). Wie Wissenschaft Vertrauen (zurück)gewinnt. Eingeladener Vortrag bei der Tagung „Wissenschaft braucht Gesellschaft“ der Volkswagen-Stiftung, Hannover, Deutschland.

Konferenzbeiträge (Auswahl)

Momme, J. M., Hendriks, F., Altenmüller, M., Dürmeier, K. & Gollwitzer, M. (2025, September). Vertrauen in und Teilnahmeintentionen an Citizen Science – Ergebnisse einer Repräsentativbefragung. Beitrag wird präsentiert auf der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppen Gesundheitskommunikation und Wissenschaftskommunikation. München, Deutschland.

Hendriks, F., Banse, L. & Lüttig, M. (2025, June). A Systematic Review of Researchers’ Motivations for Science Communication. Paper to be presented at the Pre-Conference “Science Communication Research: Role and Contributions to Communication Science and Beyond” to the the 75^th conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver, USA.

Hendriks, F., Janssen, I., & Jucks, R. (2022). Providing pro and contra evidence in scientific information benefits expertise ascriptions to scientists and politicians as sources of information. In: Altenmüller, M. S. (Chair). “Trust in and within science”. Symposium at the 52. Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.  

Jannsen, I., Hendriks, F., & Jucks, R. (2021). “Mask wearing might be effective!” Does uncertainty communication affect source evaluation? In: Hendriks, F., Mayweg-Paus, E., Zimmermann, M. (Chairs). "Is this credible information?" Investigations on the Evaluation of Scientific Online Information. Symposium at the 19th biannial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Gothenburg, Sweden (Online).

Barel-Ben David, Y., Enzigmüller, C., Hendriks, F., & Peters, H. P. (2021). Communicating their own research: What do we need to know about the role of scientists and researchers in science communication? Roundtable organized at the 16th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Aberdeen, UK (Online).

Hendriks, F., Kumpmann, N., & Jucks, R. (2019). Über psychologische Themen urteilen: Wie Methodenwissen zur Beurteilung eigener Strategien zur Informationssuche und Entscheidungsfindung beiträgt. Beitrag präsentiert auf der Fachtagung für Entwicklungs- und Pädagogische Psychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Leipzig, Deutschland.

Hendriks, F., Ilse, T., & Jucks, R. (2018). Does knowledge about research methods help laypeople to deal with uncertainty in scientific evidence? Paper presented at the 51. Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Frankfurt, Germany.  

Hendriks, F., Niederhoff, D., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2018). Scientists’ views on their own engagement in science communication and outreach activities. Paper presented at the 15th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2017). Können Replikationen die Glaubwürdigkeit von Forschungsergebnissen und die Vertrauenswürdigkeit von Forschern beeinflussen? Beitrag präsentiert auf der 1. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe „Wissenschaftskommunikation“ der DGPuK, Landau, Deutschland.  

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2017). How Scientific Literacy Benefits Laypeople’s Persuasiveness Judgments About Scientific Evidence. In: Hendriks, F., & Rinehart R. W. (Chairs). Dealing with Health Information: Evaluation of Scientific Evidence and Expert Sources. Symposium at the 17th biannial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Tampere, Finland.

Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (2015). The effect of ethical concerns on source evaluation and argumentation about a socio-scientific issue. Paper presented at the 16th biannial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus. (This paper received the Maslovaty Foundation Award 2015 for the best EARLI SIG 13 Young Researcher's Paper Presentation.)

Wintersemester 2022/23

• Seminar Wissenschaftskommunikation

Sommersemester 2024

• Vorlesung Erziehungspsychologie