Nadine Strauß is Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication and Media Management at the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich.

Previously, she completed a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, where she studied the role of the news media for sustainable finance. Before that, she worked as a Postdoc at the Media Innovation Lab at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna.

Strauß obtained her Ph.D., with the thesis "News media & the stock market: Assessing mutual relationships" from the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam where she also completed a Research Master’s in Communication Science (cum laude). During her Ph.D., she undertook a research visit to the Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. 

For more info and a full CV, see www.nadinestrauss.com

ORCID (0000-0002-5050-7067) 
Google Scholar

• Sustainability communication
• Corporate communication
• Financial communication
• Financial and business journalism
• News use in the digital environment 

• Member of the Editorial Board of Environmental Communication (since 2023)
• Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Strategic Communication (since 2021)
• Member of the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich (2025)
• Co-Founder and Community Manager of the community “Sustainability” (with Dr. Mario Angst), Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich (since 2022)
• Member of the Board of Trustees of ProClim – Forum für Klima und globalen Wandel, SCNAT, Akademie für Naturwissenschaften (since 2023)
• Board Member of the Brussel-based NGO “Finance Watch – Making Finance Serve Society” (since 2020)

Strauß, N. (2023, accepted). It’s the News Stupid! The Relationship Between News Use, Literacy, Trust, Greenwashing Perceptions and Sustainable Finance Investment in Switzerland. In Paper at International Communication Association 2023 in Toronto, Canada (virtual).

Cinceoglu, V., Lievonen, M., Strauß, N. (2023, accepted). Corporate Lobbying on Sustainable Finance – How  Financial Lobbying Drives Negative Engagement Behavior on Twitter. In Abstract at International Communication Association 2023 in Toronto, Canada (virtual).

Knowles, S., & Strauß, N. (2022). The Framing of Economic Inequality through the Pandemic. In Panel “Learning from crises or stuck on repeat? Ideology, working practices and the mediation of economics” at ECREA 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Schulz, A., Volk, S., Blassnig, S., Marschlich, S., Strauß, N., Nguyen, M. H. (2022). Too much Information or  Just the Right Amount? A Qualitative Study on how People Experience Information Abundance in Different Areas of Life. In Paper at ECREA 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Kalberer, J., Bernet, L., Ceka, F., Thiraviyanathan, G., & Strauss, N. (2022). Diversity and Inclusion in the Recruitment Process. Job Advertisements as a Means of Reputation Management. ECREA 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Cinceoglu, V., & Strauß, N. (2022). Blowing the Whistle on Sustainable Investments: How Media-Intensive Whistleblower Activities in the Realm of Sustainable Finance/ESG Impact Financial Institutions. In Paper at EUPRERA 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

Strauß, N., & Mpadanes, M. (2022). Strategic Communication of NGOs in Tackling Societal Challenges as Opportunities: A Case Study in Switzerland. EUPRERA 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

Strauß, N., Krakow, J., & Chesney, M. (2022). The Relationship Between Literacy and Sustainable Finance Investment Behavior in Switzerland: The Mediating Role of Trust. In Extended Abstract at Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference, Bocconi University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Strauß, N. (2022). News Coverage about Sustainable Finance in Germany and the UK: A Cross-National Content Analysis. In Paper at International Communication Association 2022 in Paris, France.

Strauß, N., Knowles, S.., & Cinceoglu, V. (2022). Understanding Financial Institutions – The Role of   Reading Economic News in Germany and the UK. In Paper at International Communication Association 2022 in Paris, France.

Strauß, N., Baldi, F., & Benito, I. (2022). Sustainable Finance Initiatives and Their Coverage in  International Financial and Business News: Are Networks Financing a Sustainable Future? In Paper at International Communication Association 2022 in Paris, France.

Strauß, N., Painter, J., Ettinger, J., Wonneberger, A., Doutreix, M.-N., Walton, P. (2021). Linking Extreme Weather Events to Climate Change: How Journalists Reported the 2019 European Heatwaves. In Paper at the Future of Journalism Conference in Cardiff. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. (2021). Making sense of the green economy: How European journalists perceive, construct and cover sustainable finance. In Paper at ECREA 2021. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. (2021). Framing sustainable finance: A critical analysis of op-eds in the Financial Times. In Paper at ECREA 2021. Virtual Conference.

Wonneberger, A., Painter, J., Ettinger, J., & Strauß, N. (2021). Mainstream media coverage of the European heatwave of 2019 and related Extreme Event Attribution studies. In Paper at Re-MEDIAting the Wild, the 16th Conference on Communication and Environment. Virtual Conference. 

Strauß, N. (2021). Sustainable finance: Leverage to fight climate change or marketing stunt? A critical framing  analysis of op-eds in the Financial Times. In Paper at International Communication Association. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. (2021). Covering sustainable finance: The role of the news media for sustainable economic change. In Poster at International Communication Association. Virtual Conference.

Painter, J., Strauß, N., Wonneberger, A., Ettinger, J., Doutreix, M.-N. (2021). An analysis of mainstream media coverage of the European heat wave of 2019, in four countries (France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK). In Paper at International Communication Association. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. (2020). ”Sustainable finance”: examining journalism’s role in holding the financial sector accountable. Strategic Communication and the Future of Journalism. Media Discourse Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. (2020). Communicating sustainable finance: Engaging the public with strategic communication. In Paper at International Communication Association. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. & Caldecott, B. (2020). Sustainable Finance in the News: How the Move Towards a Sustainable Financial System Has Been Reported in Europe Since the Global Financial Crisis 2008. In Paper at International Communication Association. Virtual Conference.

Strauß, N. (2020). Covering the “green economy”: How European financial journalists construct and report a sustainable economy. 2nd Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication, Media and Uncertainty.

Strauß, N. (2019). Communicating sustainable finance: Engaging the public with strategic communication. In Paper at International Association for Media and Communication Research. Madrid, Spain.

Strauß, N., Muñoz, L. A., Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2019). Why reading the news, political interest and political knowledge is not enough: The mediating role of discussion frequency for network heterogeneity. In Paper at International Association for Media and Communication Research. Madrid, Spain.

Strauß, N. (2019). Financial networks on Twitter: Network and stock price dynamics during quarterly earnings announcements. In Paper at International Communication Association. Washington D.C., USA.

Strauß, N., Huber, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Liu, J.  (2019). Structural influences of the news-finds-me perception: Why people believe they don’t have to actively seek the news anymore. In Paper at International Communication Association. Washington D.C., USA.

Huber, B., Strauß, N., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Liu, J.  (2019). Big 5 und die „News-Finds-Me Perception“: Wie Persönlichkeitsmerkmale die Wahrnehmung beeinflussen, Nachrichten nicht mehr aktiv verfolgen zu müssen. [Big 5 and „News-Finds-Me Perception“: How personality traits shape individuals‘ perception to no longer need to actively seek news]. Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Tage 2019 (25 – 27 April, 2019). Vienna, Austria.

Strauß, N., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., Ardèvol-Abreu, A., Weeks, B., & Huber, B. (2018). The news-finds-me perception: Causes & consequences. Media Lab Day Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Gil de Zúñiga, H. Huber, B., Strauß, N., & Ardèvol-Abreu, A. (2018). Keynote at the European Commission’s Safer Internet Centres Conference on „Better Internet for Kids“. Brussels, Belgium.

Gil de Zúñiga, H., Strauß, N., Huber, B., & Liu, J. (2018). The proliferation of the ‚news finds me’ perception across different societies. In Paper presented at the IV Annual Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics. Reuters Insititute for the Study of Journalism. Oxford, United Kingdom.

Strauß, N., Huber, B., Ardèvol-Abreu, A. & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2018). The news-finds-me perception: Why people are not actively seeking the news anymore…and its consequences. AJC Hanoi Intensive Seminar Vienna 2018. Current Issues in European Media- and Communication Studies. Vienna, Austria.

Strauß, N., Huber, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2018). Antecedents of the ‘news-finds-me‘ perception. What makes people tune out of news? A cross-national comparison. In Paper to be presented at European Communication Research and Education Association (Preconference). Lugano, Switzerland.

Strauß, N. (2017). News media coverage and initial public offerings in Germany: Explaining flotation performance. In Paper presented at International Communication Association. San Diego, USA.

Strauß, N. (2017). Buying on rumors: How news flows affect the share price of Tesla. In Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Strauß, N. & Araujo, T.  (2017). Financial networks on Twitter: Describing network dynamics in the course of quarterly earnings announcements of Dow Jones Industrial Average firms. In Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Strycharz, J., Strauß, N., & Trilling, D. (2017). Media coverage and share price volatility: Is it only attention that matters? In Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Strauß, N., Vliegenthart, R. & Verhoeven, P. (2016). Flash trading: Stock market reactions to Reuters and Bloomberg tweets. In Poster presented at International Communication Association. Fukuoka, Japan.

Strauß, N. (2016). Trust and the financial market in light of Habermas and Luhmann: A research agenda for communication science. In Paper presented at International Communication Association. Fukuoka, Japan.

Strauß, N., Vliegenthart, R., & Verhoeven, P. (2016). News trading: How Reuters and Bloomberg tweets affect US stock market indices. In Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Strauß, N., Vliegenthart, R., & Verhoeven, P. (2015). How news media coverage drives stock market prices in the Netherlands. Paper presented at Capital, Culture, and Media. Leeds, UK.

Strauß, N., Vliegenthart, R., & Verhoeven, P. (2015). Sentiment or emotions? How news media coverage drive stock market prices in the Netherlands. Paper presented at BledCom 2015. Bled, Slovenia.

Strauß, N. (2015). Mouthpiece or corrective: How financial media responded to the cultural change promulgated by Deutsche Bank - a qualitative framing analysis. Paper presented at International Communication Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Strauß, N. & Vliegenthart, R. (2015). The interrelation between implicit frames in press release of German banks and German financial media. Paper presented at International Communication Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Kruikemeier, S., Strauß, N., van der Meulen, H.L., & van Noort, G. (2015). Communication strategies in digital diplomacy: A multi-method approach to study the use of Twitter by western embassies in GCC countries. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Antwerp, Belgium.

Strauß, N. (2015). Mouthpiece or corrective: How financial media responded to the cultural change promulgated by Deutsche Bank - a qualitative framing analysis. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Antwerp, Belgium.

Strauß, N. & Vliegenthart, R. (2015). Are press releases overrated? The interrelation between implicit frames in press releases of German banks and German financial media. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Antwerp, Belgium.

Strauß, N. & Verlegh, P.W.J. (2014). Political websites & eWOM: Why politicians should care more about the interaction with citizens on the web. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Strauß, N. (2013). Hyping nerds: Popular media and globalisation - exemplified on the Big Bang theory. Paper presented at Eastern Communication Association Conference. Pittsburgh, USA.