Publications and Public Outreach
Publications
- Schwaderer, C. (2025). When Crisis Conversations Converge: How Government Messaging and Online Sense‐Making Align During Crises. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 16(4), e70042. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.70042.
- Schwaderer, C. (2025). Whom to Trust in Crises? The Influence of Communicator Characteristics in Governmental Crisis Communication. Media and Communication, 13, Article 10425. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.10425.
- Schwaderer, C., Dingler, S.C., Hayek, L., Senn, M. (2025). Inter-state blaming during crises: the role of non-institutional factors. Journal Of European Public Policy, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2566998.
- Senn, M., Schwaderer, C., Hayek, L., Dingler, S.C. (2025). Mapping rhetorical styles in political crisis communication. Policy Studies, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2025.2546385.
- Hayek, L., Dingler, S.C., Senn, M. (2025). Who Gets to Speak When the Roof Is on Fire? Leadership in Political Crisis Communication. Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 16(3), Article e70012. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.70012.
- Bates, K., Borena, W., McKee, M., Hayek, L., Bouanchaud, P., Banki, Z., Riepler, L., Rössler, A., Falkensammer, B., Paetzold, J., Walser, A., Schönherr, S., Forer, L., Knabl, L., Kimpel, J., Von Laer, D., Ulmer, H. (2025): Changes in Self-reported Physical and Mental Health, Behaviour and Economic Status among adults by known seropositivity and sociodemographic factors before and after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Ischgl, Austria. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, Article 1488108. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1488108.
- Hayek, L. (2024). Media Framing of Government Crisis Communication During Covid-19. Media and Communication, 12, Article 7774. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.7774.
- Dingler, S.C., Hayek, L., Schwaderer, C., Senn, M., Kraxberger, A.M. and Ragheb, N. (2024). Everyone will know someone who died of Corona: Government threat language during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12676.
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Bates, Katie, and Lore Hayek. (2021). Austria: a ski resort as Europe’s virus slingshot. In Political Communication and Covid-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis, edited by Darren Lilleker, Ioana Coman, Milos Gregor, and Edoardo Novelli. London: Routledge.
Data
- Hayek, Lore; Dingler, Sarah C.; Schwaderer, Christian; Senn, Martin; Kraxberger, Andreas M.; Ragheb, Nada; Nordone, Fiona C., 2024, "Communicating the COVID-19 Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of Crisis Communication by Governments and Heads of State (SUF edition)", https://doi.org/10.11587/RWHCSF.
Media Appearances
- Lore Hayek: Tirol am Wort: Platters Entschuldigung für Corona-Impfpflicht
"ORF Radio Tirol" (2025, November 5). Tirol am Wort: Platters Entschuldigung für Corona-Impfpflicht. ORF.
https://sound.orf.at/radio/tir/sendung/50196/tirol-am-wort
- Lore Hayek: "Gummistiefelpolitik" – gibt es den Hochwassereffekt?
"Der Standard" (2024, September 17). "Gummistiefelpolitik" – gibt es den Hochwassereffekt?. Der Standard.https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000236776/gummistiefelpolitik-gibt-es-den-hochwassereffekt
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Lore Hayek: Hochwasser in Österreich: Was machen Unwetter mit der Politik?
"SRF News Plus" (2024, September 16). Hochwasser in Österreich: Was machen Unwetter mit der Politik?. SRF.
https://www.srf.ch/audio/news-plus/hochwasser-in-oesterreich-was-machen-unwetter-mit-der-politik?id=12659099.
- Lore Hayek: Vertrauenskrise in Politik, Kabarett und Winterurlaub
„Tirol Live" (2021, December 20). Vertrauenskrise in Politik, Kabarett und Winterurlaub. Tiroler Tageszeitung Online. https://www.tt.com/artikel/30808565/vertrauenskrise-in-politik-kabarett-und-winterurlaub-das-war-tirol-live.
- Lore Hayek: Politologin im TT-Gespräch: Warum Gummistiefel-Politik punktet
Starck, Gabriele (2020, March 29). Politologin im TT-Gespräch: Warum Gummistiefel-Politik punktet. Tiroler Tageszeitung Online, https://www.tt.com/artikel/16810256/politologin-im-tt-gespraech-warum-gummistiefel-politik-punktet.
- Lore Hayek: Demokratie in der Krise? Corona. Freiheit. Solidarität
Hayek, Lore; Maurer, Andreas; Oberhauser, Claus; Siegetsleitner, Anne (2021). Demokratie in der Krise? Corona. Freiheit. Solidarität. Podcast "PolitikWissen". Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, https://www.uibk.ac.at/politikwissenschaft/kommunikation/artikel/podcast/hayek-corona.html.
- Lore Hayek: „Rülpser & Co“: Diskussion unter der Lupe
ORF Tirol (2021, February 1). „Rülpser & Co“: Diskussion unter der Lupe. tirol.orf.at,
https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3089891/.

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