Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Barkela, B., Schäfer, C., & Altenmüller, M. S. (2025). Artistic activism: Can aesthetic reception reduce adverse effects of disruptive protest? Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000767
• Barkela, B., & Ress, J. (2025). Does art make a difference? – An experimental investigation of differential perception and processing in the reception of artistic and non-artistic apocalyptic climate images. Empirical Studies of the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374251320816
• Ennenbach, S., & Barkela, B. (2024). Effects of CSR-related media coverage on corporate reputation. Corporate Reputation Review. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41299-024-00193-3
• Christner, C., Merz, P., Barkela, B., Jungkunst, H., & von Sikroski, C. (2024). Combatting climate disinformation: Comparing the effectiveness of correction placement and type. Environmental Communication, 18(6), 729–742. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2316757
• Welzenbach-Vogel, I., Werling, K., Barkela, B., & Milde, J. (2022). Plastics in mass media: A content analysis of German media coverage of plastic-associated risks and sustainable alternatives to plastics. Environmental Communication, 16(2), 179–194.
• Barkela, B. (2021). Leadership communication and knowledge integration across the artistic, technical and administration area in theatres. Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632921.2021.1974628
• Barkela, B., Werling, K., Filler, S., & Heidbreder, L. (2021). Fasting plastic – The role of media reports in a ‘window of opportunity’ to reduce plastic consumption. Sustainability, 13(21), 11807. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111807
• Werling, K., & Barkela, B. (2021). COVID-19 contextual conditions’ influence on employees’ internal social media usage intention. Journal of Social Media for Organizations, 5(1).
• Barkela, B. (2019). Theatre leadership from a communication perspective. Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, 5(2), 135–164.
• Maier, M., Milde, J., Post, S., Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., & Barkela, B. (2016). Communicating scientific evidence: Scientists’, journalists’ and audience expectations and evaluations regarding the representation of scientific uncertainty. Communications, 41(3), 239–264.

Chapters in Edited Books

• Barkela, B., & Schäfer, C. (2025). Kunst oder Aktivismus? Anerkennung künstlerischer Protestaktionen als Kunst durch das Publikum. In N. T. Zahner & M. Rosenkranz (Eds.), Plurale Verschränkungen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Barkela, B., López, T. G., & Klöckner, C. A. (2022). A license to disrupt? Artistic activism in environmental public dissent and protest. In C. A. Klöckner & E. Löfström (Eds.), Disruptive Environmental Communication. Psychology and Our Planet (pp. 57–74). Cham: Springer.
• Barkela, B. (2021). Leadership communication with multiple managers and its influence on internal integration of different functional areas in theatres. In P. Schneckenleitner, W. Reitberger, A. Brunner Sperdin & A. Haller (Eds.), Conference Proceedings Trends in Business Communication 2020 (pp. 1–18). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
• Barkela, B., Glogger, I., Maier, M., & Schneider, F. (2021). Ziele und Wirkung der internen Organisationskommunikation. In S. Einwiller, S. Sackmann, & A. Zerfaß (Eds.), Handbuch Mitarbeiterkommunikation (pp. 171–188). Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Werling, K., Barkela, B., & Fiedler, A. (2020). Leading by example and expectation. In K. Werling, Motivating and Hindering Factors for Internal Organizational Communication Media Usage Intention (pp. 46–68). Doctoral dissertation, University of Koblenz-Landau.
• Richter, S., Barkela, B., Faas, T., Maier, J., & Maier, M. (2019). TV-Duelle. In S. Roßteutscher, R. Schmitt-Beck, H. Schoen, B. Weßels, & C. Wolf (Eds.), Die Bundestagswahl 2017 (pp. 309–323). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Maier, M., Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., Barkela, B., & Milde, J. (2018). Kommunikation ungesicherter wissenschaftlicher Evidenz. In N. Janich & L. Rhein (Eds.), Unsicherheit als Herausforderung (pp. 94–111). Frankfurt: Lang.
• Barkela, B., & Maier, J. (2017). Das Studiendesign. In T. Faas, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Merkel gegen Steinbrück. Das TV-Duell 2013 (pp. 11–29). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Milde, J., & Barkela, B. (2016). Wie Rezipienten mit wissenschaftlicher Ungesichertheit umgehen. In G. Ruhrmann, S. H. Kessler, & L. Guenther (Eds.), Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Risiko und (Un-)Sicherheit (pp. 193–211). Köln: Herbert von Halem.
• Schneider, F. M., Retzbach, A., Barkela, B., & Maier, M. (2014). Psychologie der internen Organisationskommunikation. In M. Piwinger & A. Zerfaß (Eds.), Handbuch Unternehmenskommunikation (pp. 449–469). Wiesbaden: Springer-Fachmedien.

Monographs

• Barkela, B. (2020). Führungskommunikation in Theatern [Leadership communication in theatres]. Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau.

Barkela, B. (2022, July). Vorsicht vor falschen Erwartungen – interdisziplinäre Forschung im Kulturmanagement [Beware of false expectations – interdisciplinarity in cultural management research]. Eröffnungsvortrag beim Get-Together 2022 des Fachverbandes für Kulturmanagement [Opening Keynote at the Get-Together 2022 of the Association for Cultural Management], Leipzig.

Barkela, B. (2020, October). Plastik in den Medien [Plastics in the Media]. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kunststoffe im Landbau [Annual Conference of the Society for Plastics in Agriculture], Neustadt/Weinstraße.

• Barkela, B., Welzenbach-Vogel, I. C., Zagovora, O., & Aroyehun, S. (2025, June). Shifting rhetoric? Evidence-based vs. ethical-normative reasoning in parliamentary debates on climate change and migration [Conference presentation]. 4th Science Communication Preconference at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO.
• Barkela, B., Zinnatullin, A., Hemesath, S., Sydorova, M., Makhortykh, M., Maier, M., & Wenzelburger, G. (2025, June). Navigating uncertainty: Political actors’ strategic communication of scientific evidence [Conference presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO.
• Fock, L., Barkela, B., & Winter, S. (2025, June). Spin to win? Discourse strategies of stakeholders in politicized debates about biodiversity [Conference presentation]. 4th Science Communication Preconference at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, United States.
• Kiesbauer, L., Barkela, B., Rueff, M., & Loy, L. S. (2025, June 18). Social acceptance of wind turbines: How citizens’ subjective acceptance and perceived public acceptance are related to behavior [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Environmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Barkela, B., & Welzenbach-Vogel, I. (2025, February). Wechselnde Rhetorik in parlamentarischen Debatten. [Shifting Rhetoric in Parliamentary Debates] [Conference poster]. DGPuK-Fachgruppentagung „Mediensprache – Mediendiskurse“, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Barkela, B., Zinnatullin, A., Fock, L., & Maier, M. (2024, October). Strategische Wissenschaftskommunikation. [Strategic Science Communication] [Poster presentation]. Closing event: Listen to the (real) Experts, Berlin, Germany.
• Fock, L., Barkela, B., & Winter, S. (2024, October). Fehlendes Verständnis oder bewusste Verzerrung? [Poster presentation]. Closing event: Listen to the (real) Experts, Berlin, Germany.
• Barkela, B., & Gross, H. (2024, October). Fächer und Bezugswissenschaften des Kulturmanagements: Paradigmen, Perspektiven und Potentiale [Discussion Panel/Workshop]. Jahrestagung Fachverband Kulturmanagementforschung e.V., Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
• Filler, S., Barkela, B., Maier, M., Winter, S., & von Sikorski, C. (2024, September). Uncertain futures: Communicating scientific modelling in the public space [Paper presentation]. 10th ECREA European Communication Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Zinnatullin, A., Barkela, B., & Maier, M. (2024, September). Communication in crisis and uncertainty: when and to what extent do mainstream media become politicized on the example of Coronavirus disease 2019? [Poster presentation], Workshop on Computational Linguistics, KONVENS, Vienna.
• Zinnatullin, A., Barkela, B., Fock, L., Hemesath, S., & Maier, M. (2024, August). Corona Protesters in Germany and Framing Scientific Evidence [Conference presentation], ECPR General Conference, Dublin.
• Barkela, B. (2023, June). Media portrayals and media effects of artistic environmental protest [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Environmental Psychology, Aarhus.
• Barkela, B., Altenmüller, M., & Schäfer, C. (2023, May). Effects of Artistic Protest on Public Support [Conference presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the ICA, Toronto.
• Christner, C., Merz, P., Barkela, B., Jungkunst, H. F., & von Sikorski, C. (2023, May). Combatting climate disinformation: Comparing the effectiveness of correction placement and type [Conference presentation]. 73rd ICA Conference, Toronto.
• Barkela, B., & Muñoz, K. (2022, November). Mycotoxins in food: Communication and psychological trade-offs [Conference presentation]. 44th Annual AIS Conference, Rohnert Park, CA.
• Barkela, B., Altenmüller, M., & Schäfer, C. (2022, October). Öffentliche Wahrnehmung von künstlerischem Protest [Conference presentation]. Annual Conference, German Sociological Association, Berlin.
• Barkela, B., Muñoz, K., & Werling, K. (2021, October). Successes and challenges in interdisciplinary research on environmental risks of plastics [Conference presentation]. 43rd AIS Conference, Cedar City, UT.
• Barkela, B. (2020, December). Leadership communication with multiple managers and its influence on internal integration of different functional areas in theatres [Conference presentation]. Trends in Business Communication 2020, Kufstein.
• Muñoz, K., Schaefer, M., Barkela, B., et al. (2019, October). Pre-graduate study program “Human and Environment” [Poster presentation]. 41st AIS Conference, Amsterdam.
• Werling, K., Barkela, B., & Fiedler, A. (2019, April). Leading by example and expectation [Conference presentation]. IABD 31st Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
• Barkela, B. (2019, January). Leadership and internal communication in theatres [Conference presentation]. 12th Annual Cultural Management Conference, Vienna.
• Barkela, B. (2018, January). Leadership communication in arts organizations [Conference presentation]. 11th Annual Cultural Management Conference, Hamburg.
• Milde, J., Barkela, B., & Retzbach, A. (2015, January). Wie Rezipienten mit Unsicherheit umgehen [Conference presentation]. 2nd annual Science Communication Conference, DGPuK, Jena.

2020–dato: Interdisciplinary Research Group: Environment (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau)

2020: PhD, Media- and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Psychology (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau)

2018–dato: Researcher (Applied Communication Psychology University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau)

2014–2017: Press and Marketing Officer (Sandkorn-Theater, Karlsruhe)

2012–2018: Media Center/Press Office (Universität Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau)

2011–2016: Financial Assistant to the Director (Karl-Ludwig-Böke-Gesellschaft e.V., Leer/Ostfriesland)

2012: Diploma, Social Scientist (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau)