Rita Gsenger

About

Rita Gsenger is a research associate in the Research Group “Norm Setting and Decision-Making Processes”. She is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies at Free University Berlin under Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger. Her research focuses on issues of platform regulation, content moderation, evidence-based regulation, and the structural background of disinformation and conspiracy theories, as well as their countermeasures.

Rita Gsenger studied cultural and social anthropology and philosophy at the University of Vienna. This was followed by an MA in Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck and an MSc in Cognitive Science at the University of Vienna, both with distinction. In addition, Rita Gsenger was employed as a research assistant at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from 2018-2021. Since May 2021 she was a research associate in the research group "Frameworks for Data Markets" at the Weizenbaum Institute and since September 2022 she is part of the research group "Standard Setting and Decision Processes".

Research Group: Norm Setting and Decision Processes

Memberships, committees and functions

• Chair Law and Policy Section (YECREA Representative). European Communication Research and Education Association (since May 2024)
• Spokesperson Doctoral Researchers. Weizenbaum Institute (from January 2023 until December 2023)
• Membership International Communication Association (ICA)
• Membership European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
• Member Working Group Open Research. Weizenbaum Institute https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/institut/leitbild/offene-forschung/arbeitsgruppe-offene-forschung/