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Damiano  Lombardi

Damiano Lombardi, MA

  • Assistent / Research and Teaching Assistant
Phone
+41 44 635 20 64
Room number
AND 3.08a

Curriculum Vitae

since 05/2025

PhD Student at the Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2022 - 2025 M.A. in Political Communication and Governance (Major) and Methods, Data & Society (Minor), University of Zurich, Switzerland
2019 - 2022 B.A. in Communication Science (Major) and History (Minor), University of Zurich, Switzerland

Publications & Presentations

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

1. Volk, S. C., Schäfer, M. S., Lombardi, D., Mahl, D., & Yan, X. (2024). How generative artificial intelligence portrays science: Interviewing ChatGPT from the perspective of different audience segments. Public Understanding of Science, 34(2), 132–153https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241268910

Book chapters in edited volumes

1. Fürst, S., Vogler, D., Pfeuti, S., Ryffel, Q., Lombardi, D., Blassnig, S., & Porlezza, C. (2025). Einsatz und Auswirkungen von Künstlicher Intelligenz im Journalismus – Befunde einer schweizweiten Befragung von Medienschaffenden (Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien Studie 3/ 2025) Universität Zürich. Link

Conference Presentations

2. Liu, X., Schäfer, M. S., Lokaj, G., Lombardi, D., Mahl, D., Volk, S., Metag, J., & Mede, N. (2026). From Undecided Novices to Informed Advocates: Segmenting Swiss Science Communication Audiences by AI Perceptions, Usage, and Information Sources. Paper to be presented at the 76st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, 4-8 March 2026, Cape Town, South Africa. 

1. Lombardi, D., Lokaj, G., Liu, X., Volk, S., Mahl, D., Schäfer, M. S., Metag, J., & Mede, N. (2026). Democratizing Science Communication with GenAI? AI Use and Perceptions Across Population Segments. Paper to be presented at the 71st Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 18-20 March 2026, Dortmund, Germany.