Marvin Fendt, M. A.

• Shortbio:

A PhD candidate in Learning Sciences, my research focuses on developing and testing “Pedagogical-Psychological Interventions against Misinformation”, supervised by Prof. Peter Edelsbrunner and Prof. Mario Gollwitzer. I hold Master's degrees in Pedagogy (LMU) and Research in Social Work (Munich University of Applied Sciences), and a Bachelor's in Social Work. My Master's theses focused on interventions to promote source credibility assessment and media education in stationary youth welfare. My work is supported by a doctoral scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation. Alongside my research, I teach courses in Pedagogy, Learning Sciences, and Social Work at the Chair of Empirical Pedagogy and Educational Psychology. I completed a semester abroad at the University of Bristol, England, in Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky's TedCoG Lab.

I am interested in research on misinformation, conspiracy beliefs and populism. This includes trust in established media, institutions and science. I particularly focus on designing effective interventions and putting them into practice. I am also involved in media education projects on media education, media addiction, etc.

Detailed Curriculum Vitae (PDF) (PDF, 113 KB)

• Educational-psychological interventions to promote skepticism towards dubious information and sources as well as trust in credible information and sources
• Misinformation, populism, conspiracy
• Trust in science, high-quality information and established institutions
• Media education, media literacy, media addiction

Topics for Bachelor and Master theses (PDF, second page) (PDF, 110 KB)