PRODEMINFO - Dr. Christoph M. Abels
Dr. Christoph M. Abels
Post-Doctoral Fellow in the ERC-Project PRODEMINFO
Campus Golm
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam
Haus 14, Raum 3.39
consulting hours
by appointment
Research interests
- Inter-individual differences in the perception of truth and authenticity
- Individuell vulnerabilities to mis- and disinformation
- Evidence-based policymaking
Academic degrees
2023 | Dr. rer. pol. | Hertie School, Berlin |
2017 | Master of Public Policy | Hertie School, Berlin |
2015 | Bachelor of Science, Psychology | University of Hagen |
Recent publications
2024
Abels, C. M., Huttunen, K. J. A., Lewandowsky, S., & Hertwig, R. (in press). Dodging the autocratic bullet: Enlisting behavioural science to arrest democratic backsliding. Behavioural Public Policy.
Abels, C. M. (2024). Stewardship Theory. In R. A. List, H. K. Anheier, & S. Toepler (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (pp. 1–6). Springer International Publishing. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_9556-1
2023
Holford, D., Fasce, A., Tapper, K., Demko, M., Lewandowsky, S., Hahn, U., Abels, C. M., Al-Rawi, A., Alladin, S., Sonia Boender, T., Bruns, H., Fischer, H., Gilde, C., Hanel, P. H. P., Herzog, S. M., Kause, A., Lehmann, S., Nurse, M. S., Orr, C., Pescetelli, N., Petrescu, M., Sah, S., Schmid, P., Sirota, M. & Wulf, M. (2023). Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation. Science Communication, 10755470231162634. doi: 10.1177/10755470231162634.
Abels, C. M. (2022). Everybody lies: Misinformation and Its Implications for the 4th Space. The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information, 68, 120. doi:10.3390/proceedings 2022081120
Abels, C. M. & Hardegger, D. (2022). Privacy and transparency in the 4th Space: Implications for Conspiracy Theories. Filozofia I Nauka [Philosophy and Science], 10, 187-212. doi: 10.37240/FiN.2022.10.zs.8
Abels, C. M., Anheier, H. K., Begg, I., & Featherstone, K. (2020). Enhancing Europe’s Global Power: A Scenario Exercise with Eight Proposals. Global Policy, 11(1), 128-142. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.12792
Anheier, H. K., & Abels, C. M. (2020). Corporate Governance: What are the Issues? In H. K. Anheier & T. Baums (Eds.), Advances in Corporate Governance: Comparative Perspectives (pp. 10–42). Oxford University Press.