Selma Güney is a doctoral researcher at the chair for „Transformation of Media Cultures“.​​​​​​​

Selma Güney's research interests include critical media and communication studies and minority media practices. In their dissertation, they investigate the self-positioning of Muslim women in digital spaces.

Selma Güney received their bachelor's and master's degrees in communication studies from the Department of Communication at the University of Münster. They also studied Islamic theology and took coursework in political science, philosophy, and art history. Their studies were supported by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

In their master's thesis on "Religious Opinion Leadership among Muslims in a Minority Situation," they focused on the significance of media (persons) for the religious orientation of young Muslims in Germany. Their thesis won the best master's thesis award by MedienAlumni Münster e.V. in Communication for the year 2020. They wrote their bachelor’s thesis on "The formation of public sphere(s) in a political crisis in Europe. The failure of enacting an European Constitution."

Since 2019, Selma Güney is part of the organizing team of the Academic Network for Critical Communication Studies (KriKoWi), where they are involved in various publication projects among other activities. As a political activist, they are co-founder of various political groups working on feminist, anti-racism, and transnational topics, including the Muslima Empowerment project. They have given various political and academic lectures, hosted workshops and moderated events. During their studies, they were extensively involved in higher education policy-making.

Since 2016, Selma Güney worked as a research assistant at the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy at New York University School of Law with Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman and Dr. Stephan Tontrup. They gained further practical experience in public relations, local journalism, and youth education.

Since February 2022, Selma Güney is pursuing their PhD as a doctoral researcher at the Chair for Transformations in Media Culture. From February 2022 to February 2025 they taught coursework in media theory and methods and were responsible for the departmental exchange coordination. They are currently working as a student assistant at the Chair for Transformations in Media Culture. In their dissertation, they investigate the self-positioning of Muslim women in digital spaces.

Güney, Selma (2024): Meinungsführerschaft im digitalen Wandel – eine intersektionale Analyse der religiösen Orientierung von Muslim*innen im Marginalisierungskontext. In: Grittmann, Elke/Müller, Kathrin Friederike, Peil, Corinna/Pinseler, Jan (eds.): Medien und Ungleichheiten (Trans-)nationale Perspektiven auf Geschlecht, Diversität und Identität. Magdeburg: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V., pp. 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.91478

Güney, Selma/Hille, Line/Pfeiffer, Juliane/Porak, Laura/Theine, Hendrik (2023): Eigentum, Medien, Öffentlichkeit. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53291/9783949925092

Güney, Selma/Hille, Lina/Pfeiffer, Juliane/Porak, Laura/Theine, Hendrik (2023): Einleitung. In: Güney, Selma/Hille, Lina/Pfeiffer, Juliane/Porak, Laura/Theine, Hendrik (eds.): Eigentum, Medien, Öffentlichkeit. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend, pp. 9-25.

Güney, Selma (2021): Religiöse Meinungsführerschaft bei Muslim*innen in der Minderheitssituation. In: transfer, Vol. 25., No. 4. http://transfer.dgpuk.de/abstracts/religioese-meinungsfuehrerschaft-bei-musliminnen-in-der-minderheitssituation/ (13.12.2021)

Borchers, Nils S./Güney, Selma/Krüger, Uwe/Schamberger, Kerem (2021): Transformation der Medien – Medien der Transformation. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53291/GFNG8688.

Borchers, Nils S./Güney, Selma/Krüger, Uwe/Schamberger, Kerem (2021): Einleitung. In: Borchers, Nils S./Güney, Selma/Krüger, Uwe/Schamberger, Kerem (eds.): Transformation der Medien – Medien der Transformation. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend, pp. 9-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53291/MWNT3828.

Baumgardt, Marlen/Bojanic, Vanja/Güney, Selma/Hofman, Nadia (2020): Reden und Überreden: Kommunikative und soziale Strukturen bei Medienskepsis. In: Blöbaum, Bernd/Hanitzsch, Thomas/Badura, Laura (eds.): Medienskepsis in Deutschland. Ursachen, Ausprägungen und Konsequenzen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 159-186. Available here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31369-2_8.