Since October 2020

• Research Associate and Doctoral Student at the Chair of Political Communication with a Focus on Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Region within the ERC Consolidator Grant Research Group: The Consequences of the Internet for Russia's Informational Influence Abroad (RUSINFORM) with Prof. Dr. Florian Töpfl at the University of Passau

August 2022

• Visiting Fellow at the Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia

October 2020 to September 2023

• Teaching and Research Associate at the Chair of Science Communication with Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri at the University of Passau

April 2020 to September 2020

• Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Communication with a Focus on Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Region within the ERC Consolidator Grant Research Group: The Consequences of the Internet for Russia's Informational Influence Abroad (RUSINFORM) with Dr. Florian Töpfl at the University of Passau
• Research Assistant at the Chair of Science Communication with Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri at the University of Passau

June 2019 to March 2020

• Student Assistant at the Chair of Science Communication with Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri at the University of Passau

2018 to 2020

• Master's studies of Media and Communication at the University of Passau. Degree: Master of Arts. Master's thesis: Themen und Publikumsreaktionen im russischen Auslandsmedium RT Deutsch. Eine explorative, computergestützte Analyse der Berichterstattung auf Facebook

2015 to 2018

• Bachelor's studies of Media and Communication at the University of Passau. Degree: Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor's thesis: YouTube als Kommunikationsplattform für die öffentliche Impfdiskussion. Eine quantitative Inhaltsanalyse deutschsprachiger YouTube-Videos

2024

• Beseler, A. (2024). Wie deutschsprachige alternative Medien vom Kreml unterwandert und instrumentalisiert werden. Russland-Analysen, 456, 2–4. https://laender-analysen.de/russland-analysen/456/deutsch-alternative-medien-kreml-russland

• Toepfl, F. & Beseler, A. (2024). Wie die Herrschaftselite Russlands den Krieg kommuniziert – „Strategische Regierungskommunikation“ in einer personalistischen Autokratie. In M. Löffelholz, K. Schleicher & C. Trippe (Ed.), Krieg der Narrative: Russland, die Ukraine und der Westen (pp. 33-46). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111331508-003

• Kravets, D., Beseler, A., Toepfl, F., & Ryzhova, A. (2024). The Kremlin-Controlled Search Engine Yandex as a Tool of Foreign Propaganda. Russian Analytical Digest, 313, 11–15. https://css.ethz.ch/en/publications/rad/rad-all-issues-and-articles/details.html?id=/n/o/3/1/no_313_russian_foreign_propaganda_in_occ
• Beseler, A., & Toepfl, F. (2024). Conduits of the Kremlin's Informational Influence Abroad? How German-Language Alternative Media Outlets Are Connected to Russia's Ruling Elites. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241230284

2023

• Beseler, A., Schwind, M., Schmid-Petri, H., & Klimmt, C. (2023). Beyond the Freebie Mentality: A News User Typology of Reasonings About Paying for Online Content. Journalism Practice, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2178025
• Glazunova, S., Ryzhova, A., Bruns, A., Montaña-Niño, S. X., Beseler, A., & Dehghan, E. (2023). A platform policy implementation audit of actions against Russia’s state-controlled media. Internet Policy Review, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2023.2.1711 
• Toepfl, F., Kravets, D., Ryzhova, A., & Beseler, A. (2023). Who are the plotters behind the pandemic? Comparing Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Google search results across five key target countries of Russia’s foreign communication. Information, Communication & Society, 0(0), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2065213
• Kravets, D., Ryzhova, A., Toepfl, F., & Beseler, A. (2023). Different platforms, different plots? The Kremlin-controlled search engine Yandex as a resource for Russia’s informational influence in Belarus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journalism. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231157845
• Toepfl, F., Ryzhova, A., Kravets, D., & Beseler, A. (2023). Googling in Russian Abroad: How Kremlin-Affiliated Websites Contribute to the Visibility of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories in Search Results. International Journal Of Communication, 17, 1126–1146. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19423/4042

2022

• Toepfl, F., Kravets, D., Ryzhova, A., & Beseler, A. (2022). Who are the plotters behind the pandemic? Comparing Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Google search results across five key target countries of Russia’s foreign communication. Information, Communication & Society, 0(0), 1-19.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2065213
• Schmid-Petri, H., Bienzeisler, N. & Beseler, A. (2022). Effects of politicization on the practice of science. In T. Bolsen & R. Palm (Eds.), Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science - Molecular Biology and Clinical Medicine in the Age of Politicization (pp. 45-64). Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.

2020

• Beseler, A. B., & Schmid-Petri, H. (2020). Schutz durch Impfungen versus potentielle Risiken? Die Diskussion über das Thema „Impfen und Impfungen“ in deutschsprachigen YouTube-Videos. Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 68(4), 428-446.

2024

• Beseler, A., Kravets, D., Toepfl, F., & Kling, J. (2024). Where Debunkers, Putin Sympathizers, and Anti-Vaxxers Meet – An Analysis of Highly-Active Commenters on RT German’s Facebook Page. Presentation at the 6th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM). 02-04 September 2024, Münster.

2023

• Beseler, A., & Töpfl, F. (2023). Channels for the Kremlin's information influence abroad? How German-language alternative media are linked to Russia's ruling elites (in German). Presentation at the 2nd Science Conference of the German domestic intelligence services (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz). 05-06 September, Berlin.
• Glazunova, S., Ryzhova, A., Bruns, A., Montaña-Niño, S., Beseler, A., & Dehghan, E. (2023). Deplatforming RT and Sputnik during the Russia-Ukraine war: A policy implementation audit in 10 countries. Presentation at the annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 25- 29 May, Toronto, Canada.

2022

• Beseler, A. B., Schwind, M., Schmid-Petri, H., & Klimmt, C. (2022). Beyond the freebie mentality: A news user typology of reasonings about paying for online content. Presentation at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26th to 30th of May, Paris.
• Schmid-Petri, H., Bienzeisler, N., & Beseler, A. B. (2022). A Conceptualization of Politicization in the Context of Environmental Communication. Presentation at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26th to 30th of May, Paris.
• Toepfl, F., Ryzhova, A., Kravets, D., & Beseler, A. B. (2022). How misinformation as accessed through Google varies with input language and geolocation: A comparison of Covid-19 conspiracy narratives retrieved from five countries in response to Russian- versus English-language queries. Presentation at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26th to 30th of May, Paris.
• Beseler, A. (2022). Die Interaktion mit russischen Auslandsmedien online: das aktive Publikum von RT DE. PhD Workshop Video Presentation at the 67th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 22nd to 24th of February, online.

2020

• Beseler, A. & Schmid-Petri, H. (2020). "Impfen, nein danke?" – Die Diskussion über das Thema "Impfen und Impfungen" auf YouTube. Presentation at the 65th Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 10th to 12th of March, Munich.