Nina Vaupotic, PhD
Nina is a post-doctoral researcher who is working on the public perception of environmental risks in the frame of two Horizon Europe projects. As part of GOLIAT, she is using in-depth qualitative interviews to explore experts' and non-experts' mental models of the impact of 5G technology on people's health.
In addition, as part of SOS_ZEROPOL, she is conducting a large quantitative survey in several European countries to capture public perceptions of threats and solutions related to different environmental pollutants, from microplastics to underwater noise.
Before joining the University of Vienna, she was a PhD student and research assistant at the University of Münster, where she worked on topics related to trust in science, public engagement with science, and intellectual humility. She holds a BA and MA in Psychology from the University of Ljubljana.