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Biography

Frederik is interim professor of cognitive an social psychology in the Department of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (RWU), Germany; he also is an adjunct research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; and an affiliate researcher in the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR), a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (NHMRC CRE), based at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong (UoW), Australia.

His primary research interests are in the fields of risk perception and risk communication of environmental agents as well as topics of consumer health protection.

Freudenstein studied Psychology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and finished his diploma in 2012, with a focus on risk and environmental psychology. In 2016 he completed his Ph.D. at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, investigating lay people's risk and exposure perception of radio frequency electromagnetic fields. From 2016-2019 he completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science at UoW, developing target-group-specific risk communication strategies.

Fred has worked for various scientific intuitions and projects, for instance, the Science Forum Electromagnetic Fields (WF-EMF), Berlin, Germany; the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at KIT, a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF); as a key person for the European FP7 project Low EMF Exposure Future Networks (LEXNET); the Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy (PRESEE) at Monash University; as a senior scientific officer in the Department of Risk Communication at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), reporting to the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Berlin, Germany; or as principal investigator in the international German Research Foundation (DFG) project Deciphering the Pandemic Public Sphere (DECIPHER).

Activities

Employment (7)

University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten: Weingarten, DE

2023-01 to present | Interim Professor
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Monash University: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2020 to present | Adjunct Research Fellow (Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
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Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR): Wollongong, NSW, AU

2020 to present | Affiliate Researcher
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Federal Institute for Risk Assessment: Berlin, DE

2020 to 2021 | Senior Scientific Officer (Risk Communication)
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University of Wollongong: Wollongong, NSW, AU

2016 to 2019 | Research Fellow (School of Psychology)
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Berlin, DE

2012 to 2016 | Research Fellow (Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS))
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Berlin, DE

2011 to 2012 | Student assistant (Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS))
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Education and qualifications (2)

Universität Innsbruck: Innsbruck, Tirol, AT

Diploma Psychology
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Karlsruhe, DE

Doctor of Philosophy
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Funding (1)

Understanding and Overcoming ‘Risk Communication Traps’

2017 to 2019 | Grant
National Health and Medical Research Council (ACT, ACT, AU)
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Works (32)

The criticality of risk generalization beliefs. An experimental study on communication about risk of bamboo tableware

Environmental Research
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: P.M. Wiedemann; M. Lohmann; G.-F. Böl; F. Freudenstein
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Eliminating the effects of reporting bias on risk perception

Science of The Total Environment
2023-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: P.M. Wiedemann; M. Lohmann; G.-F. Böl; F. Freudenstein
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Effects of generalization descriptions on risk perception

Environmental Research
2023-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0013-9351
Contributors: F. Freudenstein; F. Boerner; R.J. Croft; R.W.S. Leung; S.P. Loughran; P.M. Wiedemann
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Effects of as-if risk framing of hazards on risk perception and its rebuttal

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter Michael Wiedemann; Fabian Kirsch; Mark Lohmann; Gaby-Fleur Böl; Frederik Freudenstein
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Mobile phone carrying locations and risk perception of men: A cross-sectional study

PLOS ONE
2022-06-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Berihun M. Zeleke; Anat Gesser-Edelsburg; Christopher Brzozek; Chhavi Raj Bhatt; Michael J. Abramson; Frederik Freudenstein; Rodney J. Croft; Peter M. Wiedemann; Geza Benke
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BfR-Stakeholder- und Bevölkerungsbefragung: Fünfte Evaluation zum gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz in Deutschland

BfR Wissenschaft
2021-07 | Journal issue or edition
Part of ISSN: 1614-3841
Part of ISSN: 1614-3795
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Effects of communicating uncertainty descriptions in hazard identification, risk characterization, and risk protection

PLOS ONE
2021-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Peter Wiedemann; Franziska U. Boerner; Frederik Freudenstein; Michio Murakami
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Effects of selective outcome reporting on risk perception

Environmental Research
2021-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0013-9351
Contributors: F. Freudenstein; R.J. Croft; S.P. Loughran; B.M. Zeleke; P.M. Wiedemann
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Wi-fi related radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF): a pilot experimental study of personal exposure and risk perception

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2052-336X
Contributors: Berihun M. Zeleke; Christopher Brzozek; Chhavi R. Bhatt; Michael J. Abramson; Frederik Freudenstein; Rodney J. Croft; Peter Wiedemann; Geza Benke
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Framing effects in risk communication messages – Hazard identification vs. risk assessment

Environmental Research
2020-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0013-9351
Contributors: F. Freudenstein; R.J. Croft; P.M. Wiedemann; A. Verrender; C. Böhmert; S.P. Loughran
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Perception of Health Risks from Perception of Health risks from Wi-Fi radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure: A risk perception study

BioEM 2019 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2019-06 | Conference paper
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A systematic review of health risk communication about EMFs from wireless technologies

Journal of Risk Research
2019-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1366-9877
Contributors: Christoph Boehmert; Frederik Freudenstein; Peter Wiedemann
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Radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure and risk perception: A pilot experimental study

Environmental Research
2019-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0013-9351
Contributors: Berihun M. Zeleke; Chhavi Raj Bhatt; Christopher Brzozek; Michael J. Abramson; Frederik Freudenstein; Rodney J. Croft; Peter Wiedemann; Geza Benke
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Can explicit suggestions about the harmfulness of EMF exposure exacerbate a nocebo response in healthy controls?

Environmental Research
2018-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0013-9351
Contributors: Adam Verrender; Sarah P. Loughran; Anna Dalecki; Frederik Freudenstein; Rodney J. Croft
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Personal Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields among Australian Adults

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2018-10-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Berihun M. Zeleke; Christopher Brzozek; Chhavi Raj Bhatt; Michael J. Abramson; Rodney J. Croft; Frederik Freudenstein; Peter Wiedemann; Geza Benke
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Investigating the determinants of IEI-EMF: Is the nocebo effect a normal response?


BioEM 2018 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2018-06 | Conference paper
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Radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure and risk perception: A pilot study

BioEM 2018 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2018-06 | Conference poster
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Understanding and Overcoming ‘Risk Communication Traps’

BioEM 2018 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2018-06 | Conference paper
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Can messages about the harmfulness of EMF exposure trigger a nocebo response in the general population?

BioEM 2017 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2017-06 | Conference paper
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The importance of evaluating ‘endurance of RF EMF risk perception’

BioEM 2017 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2017-06 | Conference paper
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RF EMF Risk Perception Revisited: Is the Focus on Concern Sufficient for Risk Perception Studies?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2017-06-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Peter Wiedemann; Frederik Freudenstein; Christoph Böhmert; Joe Wiart; Rodney Croft
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Risk and exposure perception of radio frequency electromagnetic fields and acceptance of wireless communication technologies

2016-12 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Thematic relevance as an indicator for lay people’s RF EMF risk perception

Science and Wireless 2016
2016-11 | Conference poster
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Exposure Perception as a Key Indicator of Risk Perception and Acceptance of Sources of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields

Journal of Environmental and Public Health
2015 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1687-9805
Contributors: Frederik Freudenstein; Peter M. Wiedemann; Tim W. C. Brown
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Exposure Knowledge and Perception of Wireless Communication Technologies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2015-11-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Frederik Freudenstein; Luis Correia; Carla Oliveira; Daniel Sebastião; Peter Wiedemann
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Exposure Knowledge and Risk Perception of RF EMF

Frontiers in Public Health
2015-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Frederik Freudenstein; Peter M. Wiedemann; Nadège Varsier
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Intuitive exposure and risk perception of RF EMF: Case studies Serbia and Montenegro

2014 22nd Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR)
2014-11 | Conference paper
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Regenerative Energien in Deutschland: Welche ist die Beste im ganzen Land?

ifo Schnelldienst
2014-11 | Journal article
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Intuitive exposure and risk perception of RF EMF

BioEM 2014 - Annual meeting of Bioelectromagnetics Society
2014-06 | Conference paper
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The LEXNET Project: Wireless Networks and EMF: Paving the Way for Low-EMF Networks of the Future

IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2014-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1556-6072
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Die Risikobewertung des Handy-Telefonierens durch die IARC: Was versteht die Öffentlichkeit?

EMF Spectrum
2013-12 | Journal article
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Experimentelle Untersuchung des differenziellen Recall Bias im Zusammenhang mit Mobiltelefonnutzung

2012-02 | Dissertation or Thesis
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