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Academic Education
since 12/2016	PhD project in the research training group "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" at the University of Münster
10/2010 - 10/2016	Diploma in Psychology at the University of Greifswald
01/2015 - 06/2015	Semester abroad at the Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
Work Experience
04/2013 - 09/2014	Research assistant at the Cognitive Psychology Lab of Professor Georg Jahn, University of Greifswald

Beware of vested interests: Epistemic vigilance improves reasoning about scientific evidence (for some people). Gierth L, Bromme R (2020) In: PloS one, 15(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Attacking science on social media: How user comments affect perceived trustworthiness and credibility Gierth Lukas, Bromme Rainer (2020) In: Public Understanding of Science, 29 (2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

Duration: 01/04/2012 - 31/03/2021 | 2nd Funding period

Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group

Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster

Stylistic Elements of YouTube Videos: What do Users Expect of Science Communicators? Gierth, Lukas (04/04/2018) Presentation at the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference 2018, Dunedin Type of talk: scientific talk
When Motivated Reasoning is Reasonable: Being Vigilant about Dubious Science Claims in Online Articles Gierth, Lukas; Bromme, Rainer (04/04/2018) Paper presented at the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference 2018, Dunedin Type of talk: scientific talk
Motivated Reasoning could be Reasonable: Vigilance in the Face of Untrustworthy Sources Gierth, Lukas; Bromme, Rainer (06/03/2018) Poster presented at the 2nd REASON Interdisciplinary Spring School 2018 “Advances in Measuring Scientific Reasoning and…, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. Type of talk: scientific talk
Wahrgenommene Interessenkonflikte bei der Rezeption wissenschaftlicher Evidenz: Wenn motivierte Informationsverarbeitung sinnvoll ist Gierth, Lukas; Bromme, Rainer (15/02/2018) Sechste Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW, Basel, Schweiz Type of talk: scientific talk
Motivated Reasoning Could be Reasonable: Warranted Vigilance when Evaluating Dubious Scientific Claims Gierth, Lukas; Bromme, Rainer (26/06/2017) Poster presented at the research workshop of the Israel Science Foundation "Public Engagement with Science Online", Technion, Haifa, Israel Type of talk: scientific talk