Curriculum Vitae
| 1992-2017 and ongoing
Since 2019 |
Professor for Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, Department of Social Studies. Still teaching at Erasmus Mundus Master Journalism, Media, Globalization
Honorar Professor for Communications Research at Freie Universitaet Berlin |
| 1991 | Habilitation in Communication Studies, LMU Munich |
| 1987-1990 | Scholarship-holder for the postdoctoral qualification from the DFG |
| 1980-1987 | Research fellow at the LMU Munich, Institute for Communication Studies, Journalism department |
| 1978-1980 | Research fellow in the DFG-project „Journalistinnen. Frauen in einem Männerberuf“, LMU München, Head Prof. Langenbucher |
| 1978 | Doctorate (PhD/DPhil) in Communication Studies, LMU Munich (Prof. Wolfgang R. Langenbucher) |
| 1975 | Masters degree (M.A.), LMU Munich (Prof. Otto B. Roegele) |
| 1973-1978 | Freelance journalist and freelance research fellow at the „AFK Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kommunikationsforschung e.V.“, Munich |
Visiting professorships and fellowships
| 2015 | Universidade Católica di Lima, Peru |
| 2009 | University of California Berkeley, USA |
| 2008 | University of Technology Sydney, Australien |
| 2007 | University of Aarhus and Danish School of Journalism, Dänemark
Universität Wien, Österreich |
| 2004 | Ben Gurion University in Ber Sheva, Israel
University Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2001 | Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Griechenland |
| 1992 | Universität Wien, Österreich |
| 1984 | Universität Salzburg, Österreich |
Academic capacities (selection since 2005)
2011-2017: spokeswoman of the directorate of the RCMC „Research Center Media and Communication“ at the University of Hamburg (interdisciplinary und interfaculty Research centre)
2007-2017: Principal Investigator at the cluster of excellence CLISAP (climate change) at the University of Hamburg, financed by the DFG.
In Phase I Head of the „Media Research Group“, in Phase II Head of the Research Area „Public Perception and Communication on Climate Change“
2005 – 2017: Local Academic Director in the Erasmus-Mundus Master Programme „Journalism, Media and Globalization“, Phase I and Phase II, as part of the consortium of the UHH together with four european and three non-european cooperation-universities (Aarhus, Amsterdam, City London, Swansea as well as UC Berkeley, UTS Sydney und UC Santiago di Chile)
2005 – 2009: Founder and coordinator of the Gertrude J. Robinson Mentoring-Programms for social scientists in the field of Communication Studies (at the behest of the DGPuK)
Editorships, advisory tasks
Regularly
Reviewer for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Schweizer Nationalfond and Österreichische Forschungsförderung as well as academic journals (e.g. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft)
2011 to 2013
Member of the committee of the founding editors of the journal SCM Studies in Communication | Media (at the DGPuK’s invitation)
2001 to 2005
Editor of COVER, media magazine at the University of Hamburg
1999 to 2003
Member of the International Board of the journal Communications. European Journal of Communication Research
Memberships in academic associations
- German Communication Association (DGPuK)
- Austrian Society of Communication (ÖGK)
- (instit.) European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
- (instit.) International Communication Association (ICA)
- (instit.) International Association Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
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