Lena Zils, M.A.
Research assistant
Department of Communication
Room: 026
D-48143 Münster
Phone: +49 251 83-24274
Consultation-hours
by appointment
Short CV
From 2016 to 2019, dual-subject bachelor's degree in political and communication science at the University of Münster. Subsequently, a master's degree in communication studies at the University of Münster and Ghent University. During my studies, I worked on the DFG project ‘Jahrhundert des Journalismus’ and the LfM project ‘Social-Media-Sprachen’. Since July 2022, research assistant and doctoral candidate in the ‘Forms and Processes of Public Communication’ department of Prof. Dr. Julia Metag. PhD project on the coverage of the interaction between science and politics. Since July 2022, together with Dr Janine Blessing and Nils Bienzeisler, spokesperson for the non-professorial teaching staff of the DGPuK's scientific communication division. Also works as a (radio) presenter and marketing manager.
Projects
- Health communication on male infertility: pilot study (2022-23); funded individual project: Clinical Research Unit ‘Male Germ Cells: From Genes to Function’
Scientific Talks
- Zils, Lena : „Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen eigener Forschung und Gesellschaft - Eine Analyse der Zielgruppenpräferenzen“. Wisskomm Connected, Berlin, .
- Zils, Lena; Wintterlin, Florian; Metag, Julia; Mede, Niels G.; Schäfer, Mike S. : “Informed critics? Exploring media- and science-related predictors of alternative media use for information about science”. 6th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM 2024), Münster, .
- Zils, Lena; Feidicker, Theresa; Metag, Julia : “Peak of Rotten Compromise: The Role of Compromise in Media Coverage”. 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Gold Coast, .
- Zils, Lena : „Die mediale Darstellung von Science-Policy-Interfaces [Doktorandenworkshop]“. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppen Wissenschaftskommunikation und Journalistik/Journalismusforschung der DGPuK 2023, Passau, .
- Zils, Lena; Feidicker, Theresa; Metag, Julia : „‚Gipfel der faulen Kompromisse‘: Die Rolle des Kompromisses als Konfliktregulierungsstrategie in der Medienberichterstattung“. KI | Konflikte | Konventionen – Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe „Kommunikation und Politik“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), des Arbeitskreises „Politik und Kommunikation“ der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW) und der Fachgruppe „Politische Kommunikation“ der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Kommunikations‐ und Medienwissenschaft (SGKM), Düsseldorf, .
- Zils, Lena; Birkner, Thomas : “#EqualPlay and #LoveisLove? – A Qualitative Content Analysis of German Athlete’s Self-Representation Compared to Media Coverage During the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro (And the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup)”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
Other Scientific Publication