Monika Taddicken

Monika Taddicken serves as Professor of Communication Science at Braunschweig University of Technology since 2014, with prior research roles including Senior Researcher at the DFG Cluster of Excellence CliSAP (2013-2014), Visiting Research Scholar at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013), and Post-Doctoral positions at Universität Hamburg (2009-2013) and Universität Hohenheim (2008-2009).

Her doctoral training culminated in a 2008 PhD from Universities of Hohenheim and Bamberg, where her dissertation Method effects in web surveys: Limitations of Data Quality due to a 'Reduced Communication Medium'? earned the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation Dissertation Award.

Taddicken's research critically examines media methodology constraints, audience reception patterns, and specialized communication domains including environmental narratives, digital platforms, and scientific discourse. Her climate communication work through CliSAP and the KlimaRez project demonstrates interdisciplinary rigor in analyzing public interpretation of complex scientific topics.

Major recognitions include:

• ICA Environmental Communication Division's Top Faculty Paper Award (2020)
• DGPuK conference Best Paper Award (2nd place, 2012)
• Symposium for Applied Online Research Best Paper Award (Mannheim, 2009)
• General Online Research Conference Poster Award (Vienna, 2009)
• Alcatel-Lucent-Stiftung Dissertation Award (2009)

She has directed DFG-funded initiatives including the KlimaRez project (2013-2016) on climate change perception, securing German Research Foundation support for media effects analysis. Her international collaboration with University of Wisconsin-Madison's Life Sciences Communication department underscores transnational research engagement.