Research Interests
- Effects of social media use on well-being
- General effects of media use
- Digital, new, or social media
- Online privacy
- Open science
| 2025 | Full Professor of Empirical Communication and Media Studies, University of Zurich |
| 2024 | Associate Professor of Interactive Communication, University of Vienna |
| 2020 | Assistant Professor of Interactive Communication, University of Vienna |
| 2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hohenheim |
| 2014 | Visiting Scholar, University of California, Santa Baraba |
| 2013 | Visiting Scholar, Ohio State University |
| 2013 | Research & Teaching Assistant, University of Hohenheim |
| 2012 | Research & Teaching Assistant, Hamburg Media School |
| 2017 | Doctor Rerum Socialium (Ph.D. in the social sciences), University of Hohenheim |
| 2012 | Diplom in Psychologie (~ M.A. in Psychology), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
| 2008 | Vordiplom in Psychologie (~ B.A. in Psychology), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
| 2025 | PROMISE: Promoting Well-Being in Preteens, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Toward Improved Social Media Policies; CHANSE NORFACE; € 1,500,000 overall; € 483.812,52 ad personam; role: project leader |
| 2024 | Freiräume Schaffen; Faculty of Social Sciences, Vienna; €3,850. |
| 2021 | Study grant; Department of Communication, Vienna; €3,200. |
| 2016 | Travel Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); €1,452. |
| 2015 | Travel Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); €1,430. |
| 2013 | Full Ph.D. Scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation for 3 years (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes); €43,000. |
| 2013 | Travel Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); €577. |
| 2021 | University of Vienna Teaching Award, category “Promoting Activation and Course Completion“, €3,000. |
| 2017 | Top Paper Award: “Dienlin, T., Trepte, S., & Scharkow, M. (2017). Self-disclosure and the affordances of SNSs: Testing the privacy calculus within an experimental framework, ICA’s 67th Annual Conference, Division Communication and Technology. |
| 2016 | Promising Student Paper Award: „Bartsch, M. & Dienlin, T. (2016). Control your Facebook: An analysis of online privacy literacy“. ICA’s 66th Annual Conference, Division Information Systems. |
| 2012 | Best Diploma Thesis Award: “Dienlin, T. (2012). What is the Best Design for Online Adverts?” Association for Business Psychology, School of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, €500. |