Claire Roney, BA BA MA
Universitätsassistent (Prae-Doc)
Main Research Areas
- Science and health communication
- Political communication
- News, media and society
- Quantitative methods
Claire Roney (she / her / hers) is a PhD candidate with the Political Communication Research Group (POLCOM) at the University of Vienna, under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sophie Lecheler. In her dissertation, she focuses on the shifting relationships between science, the media and society at the intersection of politics and science. Her research interests in science and political communication, the media and society, stem from professional experiences as a freelance journalist covering health and science topics, and as a research administrative assistant at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology over the course of the pandemic. She holds a master's degree in Journalism, Media and Globalization from the Erasmus Mundus program with Aarhus University and the University of Amsterdam (2023).
Publications
2026
Roney, C., Egelhofer, J. L., & Lecheler, S. (2026). The “bread and butter” of science: Understanding how scientists communicate uncertainties. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 13, Article 666. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07026-0
2025
Roney, C., Wiesner, D., Riedl, A. A., & Eberl, J.-M. (2025). Rally and Recalibrate: Political Dynamics of Audience Expectations of Journalism During Times of Crisis. The International Journal of Press/Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203
Roney, C., Anziano, E., Fage-Butler, A. (Ed.), Ledderer, L. (Ed.), & Nielsen, K. H. (Ed.) (2025). Portraying Pesticides: An Application of Construal-Level Theory in Online News Coverage of Glyphosate. In A. Fage-Butler, L. Ledderer, & K. H.Nielsen (Eds.), Science Communication and Trust (pp. 281-300). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1289-5_14