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Dario Siegen is a Researcher at the Institute of Communication Science and Media Research (IKMZ) at the University of Zurich, affiliated with the Department of Public Sphere and Society under Prof. Mark Eisenegger. He also held roles as Student Conference Coordinator for the International Sustainable Campus Network at ETH Lausanne and Research/Teaching Assistant during 2016-2018 under Prof. Mike Schäfer. His academic background includes a Master’s in Development Studies (Graduate Institute Geneva, 2018-2020), and a dual Bachelor’s in Journalism & Communication Science and Business Administration from the University of Zurich (2014-2017).
Research focuses on intersections between science/environmental communication, political dynamics, societal transformation, and computational methods. Notable projects include analyzing climate change media coverage during the pandemic, academic-industry engagement patterns, and South African climate perception studies. His work bridges qualitative and quantitative methods, often using automated content analysis.
Key awards include the Swiss Study Foundation’s recognition (2019) and the University of Zurich’s Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (2018). His contributions span peer-reviewed journals like Environmental Communication and Plos One, with recent conference presentations at ECREA (2022) and ICA (2022) on topics ranging from vaccination debates to media quality in conflict reporting. Active in interdisciplinary teams such as the fög Research Center, his research emphasizes societal communication challenges in contemporary issues.
