Dr. Merle van Berkum

Research Fellow

Interessensschwerpunkte

Klimakommunikation
Klimajournalismus mit einem Fokus auf Länder des afrikanischen Kontinents sowie Deutschland und Großbritannien
Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit
Postkoloniale Theorie
Internationaler Journalismus

2023: Research Fellow am Erich-Brost-Institut, Dortmund
2023: Projektleitung für die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit des Deutsch-Afrikanischen Jugendwerks, Engagement Global, im Auftrag des BMZ
2023: Graduate Teaching Assistant für Politics and Current Affairs, Department of Journalism, City, University of London
2020-2023: Promotion (without corrections) bei Prof. Suzanne Franks und Dr. Glenda Cooper, Department of Journalism, City, University of London; „Global Issue, Global Coverage? How climate change is reported in African countries and countries in the Global North with regard to national issues and international relations.”
2020-2023: Freie Redakteurin, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
2018-2020: Studentische Hilfskraft in der UNICEF Deutschland Pressestelle
2018-2020: Masterstudium, Interkulturelle Kommunikation und Bildung, Universität zu Köln und School of Oriental and African Studies London; Masterarbeit: „Storytelling als Werkzeug journalistischer Berichterstattungen am Beispiel des Themas Klimawandel.“
2015-2018: Bachelorstudium, 2-Fach-Bachelor in Medienwissenschaft und English Studies, Universität Bonn und University of Florida

van Berkum, Merle (2023). Global Issue, Global Coverage? How climate change is reported in African countries and countries in the Global North with regard to national issues and international relations. London: University of London.
van Berkum, Merle (2023): International relations framing in national reporting on climate change: A frame analysis of climate coverage in countries allocated to the Global South and the Global North. Environment, Science and Risk Communication Working Group (ESR). IAMCR, Lyon, Frankreich.

van Berkum, Merle: International relations framing in national reporting on climate change: A frame analysis of climate coverage in countries allocated to the Global South and the Global North. Sustainability and the Local, ICA 2023 Post-conference. Toronto, Kanada, 30. Mai 2023.
van Berkum, Merle: News values in international climate change communication with a specific focus on international journalism. ECREA Section: Science and Environment Communication. ECREA 2022. Aarhus, Dänemark, 20. Oktober 2022.
van Berkum, Merle: Global issue, global coverage? How climate change is reported in African countries and countries in the Global North regarding national issues and international relations. The Science of Science Communication: Mapping the Field. Preconference at the 72nd Annual Conference of the ICA. ICA 2022. Paris, Frankreich, 25. Mai 2022.