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Research Associate

Sünje Clausen, M.Sc.

Address:  DigitalVilla, Karl-Marx-Straße 67, 14482 Potsdam
Mail: suenje.clausen[at]uni-potsdam.de

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Research Interests

  • Collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence
  • Corporate digital responsibility (CDR)
  • Digital ethics
  • Persuasive design, (digital) nudging

Academic Background

since 04/2023 Research associate at the Chair of Information Systems and Digital Transformation, University of Potsdam
03/2020 - 03/2023 Research associate, University of Duisburg-Essen, Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science, Digital Communication and Transformation
04/2019 - 11/2019 Master's thesis part II, University College London Interaction Centre (UCLIC), London, United Kingdom
03/2019 - 04/2019 Master's thesis, part I, DEI Interactive Systems Group, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Madrid, Spain
08/2017 - 12/2019 Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence, Utrecht University, Netherlands
09/2013 - 03/2017 B.Sc. Applied Cognitive and Media Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen

Beruflicher Werdegang

04/2016 - 09/2016 Working student, Project Management Office, Accenture, Düsseldorf
03/2015 - 07/2015 Student assistant, General Psychology: Cognition, University of Duisburg-Essen

Publications

Journals

  • Zerfass, A., Ziegele, D., Stieglitz, S., Clausen, S. (2024). Trend Research in Communication Management: Introducing an Interdisciplinary Approach Based on Futures Research Methodology. Communication Management Review 9(2), 6-25. LINK
  • Hofeditz, L., Clausen, S., Rieß, A., Mirbabaie, M., & Stieglitz, S. (2022). Applying XAI to an AI-based System for Candidate Management to Mitigate Bias and Discrimination in Hiring. Electronic Markets (ELMA), LINK
  • Jung, A.-K., Clausen, S., Franzke, A., Marx, J. (2022). ‘Cambridge Moralica’ - Towards an Ethical Framework for Social Media Analytics. Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS), 26. LINK
  • Clausen, S., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Janssen, C.P., Bianchi-Berthouze, N. (2021). Action sounds informing own body perception influence gender identity and social cognition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15(382). LINK

Conferences

  • Schewina, K., Clausen, S., Basyurt, A.S., & Stieglitz, S. (2024). Information Privacy and User Satisfaction in Mobile Applications: A Cross-National Analysis. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). forthcoming
  • Clausen, S., Brünker, F., & Stieglitz, S. (2023). Towards Responsible Augmentation: Identifying Characteristics of AI-based Technology with Ethical Implications for Knowledge Workers. Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS). LINK
  • Kocur, A., Clausen, S., Hofeditz, L., Brünker, F., Fromm, J., & Stieglitz, S. (2023). Fighting false information - Designing a conversational agent for public sector organizations. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). LINK
  • Clausen, S., Braun, L.-M., & Stieglitz, S. (2023). Towards More Digital Wellbeing in Knowledge Work - A Signaling Theory Perspective. Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii Internatinal Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). LINK
  • Clausen, S., Marx, J., Mirbabaie, M., & Stieglitz, S. (2022). From dark patterns to digital sludging – mapping the ethical debate on controversial persuasive system design. In Proceedings of the Forty-Third International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). LINK
  • Clausen, S., Brünker, F., Jung, A.-K., & Stieglitz, S. (2022). The Impact of Signaling Commitment to Ethical AI on Organizational Attractiveness. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2022 Proceedings (WI), 10. LINK *nominated for best research-in-progress paper award
  • Shahi, G.K., Clausen, S., & Stieglitz, S. (2022). Who shapes crisis communication on Twitter? An analysis of influential German-language accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). LINK

Non-academic

  • Stieglitz, S., Zerfass, A., Wloka, M., & Clausen, S. (2024). Communications Trend Radar 2024. Communications Trend Radar 2024. Information inflation, AI literacy, workforce shift, content integrity & decoding humans (Communication Insights, Issue 20). Academic Society for Management & Communication. Available online at www.academic-society.net LINK
  • Wloka, M., Clausen, S., Stieglitz, S. (2024). Das Potenzial virtueller Charaktere für die Influencer-Kommunikation. prmagazin.
  • Clausen, S., Stieglitz, S., & Wloka, M. (2023). Between fantasy and reality. Transforming influencer relations through synthetic media. (Communication Insights, Issue 19). Leipzig: Academic Society for Management & Communication. Available online at www.academic-society.net LINK
  • Zerfass, A., Stieglitz, S., Clausen, S., Ziegele, D., & Berger, K. (2023). Communications Trend Radar 2023. State revival, scarcity management, unimagination, augmented workflows & parallel worlds. (Communication Insights, Issue 17). Academic Society for Management & Communication. www.academic-society.net LINK
  • Clausen, S., Stieglitz, S., & Wloka, M. (2022). Steering behavior. The potential of digital nudging for corporate communications. (Communication Insights, Issue 15). Leipzig: Academic Society for Management & Communication. www.academic-society.net LINK
  • Stieglitz, S., Zerfass, A., Ziegele, D., Clausen, S., & Berger, K. (2022). Communications Trend Radar 2022. Language awareness, closed communication, gigification, synthetic media & cybersecurity (Communication Insights, Issue 14). Academic Society for Management & Communication. www.academic-society.net LINK
  • Stieglitz, S., Clausen, S. (2021). Digital Nudging als Instrument für die Unternehmenskommunikation. prmagazin, 12, 66-71.
  • Zerfaß, A., Stieglitz, S., Clausen, S., Ziegele, D., & Berger, K. (2021). Communications Trend Radar 2021. Denialism, Virtual Corporate Communications, Sustainable Communications, Digital Nudging & Voice Interaction (Communication Insights, Issue 10). Leipzig, Germany: Academic Society for Management & Communication. LINK
  • Stieglitz, S., Brachten, F. & Clausen, S. (2020). Automatisierte Kommunikation - Chancen und Risiken für Unternehmen. prmagazin, 6, 66-71.