Dr. Nadine Hammele

Short CV:

Dr. Nadine Hammele is an expert in artificial intelligence (AI), digital ethics, and storytelling. Since October 2025, she has been working as a research associate in the DigiLLab team at LMU Munich, contributing her expertise to the development and enhancement of innovative teaching formats at the Chair of Empirical Education and Educational Psychology.

In her doctoral thesis, she analysed science fiction films from 1970 to 2020 that address artificial intelligence, exploring the thought patterns, fears, and desires reflected in these narratives. Her findings show that AI often serves as a projection surface for human questions of control, emancipation, and the nature of relationships.

During her doctoral studies, Nadine Hammele was a research associate at the Institute for Digital Ethics, where she conducted research on the acceptance of and trust in AI and developed educational materials to foster ethical competences in the digital world. She has also worked in marketing at Allianz and in the editorial department of The Walt Disney Company Germany. In addition, she has been working for several years as a freelance keynote speaker, consultant, and workshop facilitator on AI literacy, AI ethics, and storytelling.

• Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in Media Studies, University Passau
• M.A. in Corporate Communication, with a focus on Digial Ethics and Storytelling, Stuttgart Media University
• B.A. in Advertising and Market Communication, Stuttgart Media University
• B.A. in Business Administration – Taxation and Auditing, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University

• Since October 2025: Research Associate at the DigiLLab, Chair of Empirical Education and Educational Psychology, LMU Munich
• Since December 2015: Freelance consultant, workshop facilitator, and keynote speaker on artificial intelligence and storytelling (www.hammele.eu)
• January 2023 – June 2024: Editorial staff member at The Walt Disney Company Germany, Original Production for Disney+ and Disney Channel
• June 2021 – December 2022: Marketing Manager, Allianz
• May 2018 – May 2021: Research Associate at the Institute for Digital Ethics, Stuttgart Media University
• December 2016 – February 2018: Student Research Assistant at the Institute for Digital Ethics, Stuttgart Media University

• Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics
• Narratives of Artificial Intelligence in Film and Popular Culture
• Narrative Theory and Semiotic-Media Analysis
• Learning with Digital Media

• Digital Sovereignty as a Goal of Innovative Teacher Education for Languages, Social Sciences, and Economics in the Digital World (DiSo-SGW). Teilprojekt Digitale Simulationen – funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  Development of a simulation-based learning environment that enables teachers to foster pupils’ digital text literacy through targeted assignments and effective interaction.
• Automated Screening and Assessment Tool for Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects in MTI Research Projects (ELSI-SAT) – funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  Evaluation of ethical AI guidelines, project management, and the design and implementation of an ethics-and-law support tool for developers to promote responsible AI development.
• Co-operative Driver–Vehicle Interaction (KoFFI) – funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  Conducting and analysing narrative interviews on human–technology interaction and deriving recommendations for human-centred technology design.
• Preventive Digital Security Communication (PräDiSiKo) – funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  Analysis of online advertising videos on security communication and development of recommendations for international online campaigns in the field of digital prevention.

• Hammele, Nadine (2024): Künstliche Intelligenz im Film. Narrative und ihre Entwicklung von 1970 bis 2020. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
  Link zur Publikation

• Hammele, Nadine (2020): Digitale Ethik – Fünf Praxisideen für die Einbindung von Medien im Unterricht. Benediktbeuern: Benedict Press.

• Grimm, Petra & Hammele, Nadine (2019): Das optimierte Ich: Mit Selbstvermessung und Inszenierung zum Glück? In: Digitale Ethik – Leben in vernetzten Welten. Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag.
  Link zur Publikation

• Grimm, Petra & Hammele, Nadine (2019): Künstliche Intelligenz: Was bedeutet sie für die Autonomie des Menschen? In: Digitale Ethik – Leben in vernetzten Welten. Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag.
  Link zur Publikation

• Hammele, Nadine (2015): Storytelling in der viralen Markenkommunikation. München: Grin Verlag. Nominiert für den Etzold-Preis.