Prof. Dr. Annette Leßmöllmann

Annette Leßmöllmann is a linguist and cognitive scientist by training and she holds the chair of science communication and linguistics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In her inter- and transdisciplinary research she investigates on public dialogue on and trust in AI, the rhetoric of polarised discourse, “epistemic wars” and the relevance of common ground in communication, the phenomenon of “feeling left out” in science communication, the strategic communication of universities and the digital transformation of science communication. She is unit head of the RHET AI center (rhet.ai), co-editor of wissenschaftskommunikation.de and member of the broadcasting council of Deutschlandradio.

As a guest of SOCRATES, Annette will finalise a (text-)book project systematizing science communication as a field of research and practice. She will also finalise a publication on Common ground and AI, bringing together polarisation research with human-chatbot communication research; and a publication on Common ground and it's (non?)-relevance for science communication (togeter with Susanne Winkler and Olaf Kramer). During her stay, she will also edit an anthology on epistemic wars in public discourses together with Nina Kalwa.