Dr. phil. Eva Charlotte Thomm

• Understanding of scientific information (e.g., about health, climate and education matters)
• Understanding and explanation of expert controversies in science
• Understanding and evaluation of (scientific) evidence
• Search and evaluation of information sources

• “Algorithm literacy and soucring skills in extracurricular educational settings (AlLis)”, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• "Target group oriented communication of scientific uncertainty in multiple crises (UncertainTEAM)", German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

• Asberger, J., Thomm, E., Müller, M., Berger, M., & Bauer, J. (2026). Promoting belief change with refutation podcast conversations. Learning and Instruction, 105, 102420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2026.102420 
• Augsburg, F. I., Prochazka, F., Thomm, E., & Bauer, J. (2026). Communicating scientific uncertainty in times of crises: Exploring science journalists' understanding, challenges, and strategies. Public Understanding of Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261484418
• Thomm, E., Bauer, J., & Bromme, R. (2025). The role of expert pertinence for epistemic trust during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Current Opinion in Psychology, 68, 102233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102233.
• Scharrer, L., Thomm, E., Stadtler, M., & Bromme, R. (2025). What makes sources credible? How source features shape evaluation of scientific information. The Journal of Experimental Education, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2025.2477719
• Gold, B., Thomm, E., & Bauer, J. (2024). Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict preservice teachers' preferences for scientific sources. British Journal of Educational Psychology, e12643. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12643
• Thomm, E., Gold, B., Betsch, T. & Bauer, J. (2021). When preservice teachers’ prior beliefs contradict evidence from educational research. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(3), e12407. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12407
• Barzilai, S., Thomm, E., & Shlomi-Elooz, T. (2020). Dealing with disagreement: The roles of topic familiarity and disagreement explanation in reasoning about conflicting expert claims and sources. Learning and Instruction, 69. doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101367

Reviewer:

• Discourse Processes
• Educational Psychologist
• Educational Psychology Review
• Instructional Science
• Journal of the Learning Sciences
• Journal of Trust Research
• Learning and Individual Differences
• Lehrerbildung auf dem Prüfstand
• Metacognition and Learning
• Media and Communication
• Reading and Writing
• Science Communication
• Science Education
• PLOS One
• Public Understanding of Science
• Psychology Learning and Teaching
• Teaching and Teacher Education
• Thinking and Reasoning
• Thinking Skills and Creativity
• ZeHf - Zeitschrift für empirische Hochschulforschung
• Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft
• Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie/German Journal of Educational Psychology

Associate Editor:

• Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie/German Journal of Educational Psychology (01/2023-01/2025)

• Erfurter Open Science Initiative (EFOSI)
• Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioral Science (CEREB)
• European Association of Research in Learning and Instruction (Earli)
• Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)

Professional experience

• since 2017 postdoctoral researcher at the chair of Educational Research and Methodology (Prof. Dr. Bauer), Faculty of Education, University of Erfurt
• 2009 - 2016 doctoral/postdoctoral researcher at the chair of Educational Psychology (Prof. Dr. Bromme), Insitute of Psychology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Education

• 2013 Doctor of Philosophy, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Title: "Whom to ask? Whom to trust? Exploring Laypersons' Capacities to Cope with the Division of Cognitive Labor")
• 2009 University degree in Psychology (Diplom Psychologie), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany