Magdalena Wischnewski
From 2012 to 2018, Dr. Magdalena Wischnewski studied Psychology at the University of Freiburg. In October 2019, she completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer at the University of Duisburg-Essen. During her PhD, she investigated the cognitive and affective mechanisms involved in motivated reasoning, particularly in the context of misinformation. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Center for Trustworthy Data Science and Security. Her current research, situated within the broader field of trust in artificial intelligence, focuses on understanding how and under what circumstances users place trust in AI systems.