Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walter
Academic Career and Research Areas
Stefanie Walter's (*1986) work analyzes how societies navigate crises and scientific challenges in times of rapid technological change. Her research focuses on media debates, particularly those on climate change and different social groups, and their influence on crisis narratives and public perceptions. Methodologically, she combines computational social science methods for analyzing images and texts with qualitative approaches.
Since 2024, Stefanie Walter is an Assistant Professor for Science and Crisis Communication at TUM’s School of Social Science and Technology. She also leads the Emmy Noether Research Group “The Media Portrayal of Majority and Minority Groups” (DFG). Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bremen and the University of Hamburg. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Mannheim and studied Political Communication at Cardiff University and Social Sciences at the University of Düsseldorf.
Key Publications (all publications)
Walter, S., Kinski, L., & Boda, Z. (2023). Who Talks to Whom? Using Social Network Models to Understand Debate Networks in the European Parliament. European Union Politics, 24(2), 410-423.
AbstractWalter, S., & Brüggemann, M. (2020). Opportunity Makes Opinion Leaders: Analyzing the Role of First-Hand Information in Opinion Leadership in Social Media Networks. Information, Communication & Society, 23(2), 267-287.
AbstractWalter, S. (2019). Better off Without You? How the British Media Portrayed EU Citizens in Brexit News. International Journal of Press/Politics, 24(2), 210-232.
AbstractWalter, S., Brüggemann, M., & Engesser, S. (2018). Echo Chambers of Denial: Explaining User Comments on Climate Change. Environmental Communication, 12(2), 204- 217.
AbstractWalter, S. (2017). EU Citizens in the European Public Sphere: An Analysis of EU News in 27 EU Member States. Wiesbaden: Springer.
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