Next academic year (2023-’24), I will be working on a research project for which I have received an open competition grant from NWO. It is titled Telling Stories, Telling Lies: The Role of Narrative Competence in the Detection and Interpretation of Online Misinformation. In this study, I map out the narrative characteristics of online misinformation and design a measuring instrument for ‘narrative competence’: knowledge of stories and the skills to analyze them. With a large-scale survey study among students, I will investigate whether narrative competence helps in detecting and interpreting online misinformation. The study will provide insight into how we can counteract misinformation through literature education. Below, you can read my full proposal.
Student assistant vacancy (MA): Narrative Trust on Trial
We are looking for an MA-level student assistant (0.1 FTE) for the interdisciplinary project Narrative Trust on Trial: Gendered Credibility and Civic Resilience in the Digital Public Sphere, funded by TSHD seed money. The position runs from February 1 to December 1, 2026. Below you will find a description of the project and the tasks … Read more