Dr. Andreas Schwarz
Head of iRisCS-Com – International Risk, Crisis, and Science Communication Research Group
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Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Andreas Schwarz is head of the International Risk, Crisis, and Science Communication Research Group (iRisCS-Com) at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies (IfMK) at Ilmenau University of Technology. From 2017 to 2023, Schwarz was (acting) Head of the Department of Public Relations and Technology Communication at the IfMK. From 2012 to 2015, he was Managing Head of the Department of Media Studies, where he previously worked as a research assistant from 2004 to 2010. From 2006 to 2017, he was managing director and from 2017 to 2025 co-director of iRisCS-Com's predecessor: the International Research Group on Crisis Communication (IRGoCC). Andreas Schwarz was founding chair of the Risk and Crisis Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA (2011-2018): ECREA Crisis Communication Section.
His research and teaching focuses on risk and crisis communication in the context of natural disasters, pandemics, climate change and organizational crises in the non-profit sector. He also conducts research into technology communication (artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility), science communication (space exploration, astrobiology), PR and journalism. His research and networking activities have been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the COST program and the European Union, the Federal Institute of Public Health (BIÖG), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Free State of Thuringia/Thüringer Aufbaubank.
Andreas Schwarz has published in academic journals such as Risk Analysis, Science Communication, Health Communication, Journal of Risk Research, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, International Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Public Relations Review, Corporate Communications, International Journal of Strategic Communication, Communications, and the Journal of Public Relations Research. He is co-editor of the Handbook of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research published in 2016 and 2025 (Wiley Blackwell Publishing).
Andreas Schwarz has been a guest lecturer in Bulgaria, the UK, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Indonesia and the USA. He has presented the results of his research at international conferences in numerous European, North and South American and Asian countries. In addition, he advises private and public organizations on crisis communication issues and regularly gives workshops on this topic.
Books, Handbooks, & Manuals
Andreas Schwarz, Matthew Seeger, & Sora Kim (eds.) (2025). The Handbook of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (2nd ed. and revised ed.). Wiley.
Audra Diers-Lawson, Andreas Schwarz, Silvia Ravazzani, & Florian Meissner (eds.) (2024). Risk and Crisis Communication in Europe: Towards Integrating Theory and Practice in Unstable and Turbulent Times. Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003375296
Andreas Schwarz, Kathrin Schleicher, Alice Srugies, & Liane Rothenberger (2017). The crisis communication of youth welfare offices in Germany: Findings on media coverage and strategic communication, especially in the context of serious cases of child endangerment. Ilmenau: Ilmenau University Press. https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbt_derivate_00038386/ilm1-2017100014.pdf
Andreas Schwarz, Matthew Seeger, & Claudia Auer (Eds.) (2016). The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118516812
Andreas Schwarz, Kathrin Schleicher, Alice Srugies, & Liane Rothenberger (2016). Crisis in the youth welfare office. Guide to strategic crisis communication for local authorities. Published by the National Center for Early Intervention at the Federal Centre for Health Education. Online at: www.fruehehilfen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fruehehilfen.de/pdf/Publikation_NZFH_Krise_im_Jugendamt.pdf
Andreas Schwarz (2010). Crisis PR from the perspective of stakeholders. The influence of attributions of cause and responsibility on the reputation of organizations. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. (published in the series: Bentele, G. (ed.), Organizational Communication - Studies on Public Relations/Public Relations and Communication Management)
Assistant Editor of: M. Löffelholz & D. Weaver (eds.) (2008), Global journalism research. Theories, methods, findings, future. Oxford: Blackwell.
Scientific journals (peer reviewed)
Schwarz, A., Sellnow, D. D., Diers-Lawson, A., & Sellnow, T. L. (2025). The crisis response to the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes in 2023: Instructional emergency risk communication by the government, the national disaster management agency, and NGOs via press releases and microblogs. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 129, 105770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105770
Schwarz, A., & Faj, T. (2025). Public versus individual autonomous mobility and the reference to science in the news media: Frames of risks, benefits, and governance in Germany from 2018 to early 2023. SCM Studies in Communication and Media, 14(3), 421-455. https://doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2025-3-421
Schwarz, A. (2024). The mediated amplification of societal risk and risk governance of artificial intelligence: technological risk frames on YouTube and their impact before and after ChatGPT. Journal of Risk Research, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2024.2437629
Schwarz, A., Sellnow, D. D., Sellnow, T. D., & Taylor, L. E. (2024). Instructional Risk and Crisis Communication at Higher Education Institutions during COVID-19: Insights from Practitioners in the Global South and North. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 7(1), 1-47. https://doi.org/10.56801/jicrcr.V7.i1.1
Schwarz, A., & Unselt, J. J. (2024). Rage against the machine? Framing societal threat and efficacy in YouTube videos about artificial intelligence. Risk Analysis, 44(10), 2377-2395. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14299
Schwarz, A., & Diers-Lawson, A. (2024). Mediated crises and strategic crisis communication of third sector organizations: a content analysis of crisis reporting in six countries. Corporate Communications, 29(4), 567-591. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-08-2023-0117
Schwarz, A., Sellnow, T., Geppert, J., & Sellnow, D. D. (2024). Protective action as an enduring keystone of risk communication: Effective form, function and process of risk messaging as advocated by global higher education practitioners during a pandemic. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 32(1), e12545. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12545
Liu, B. F., Jin, Y., Zhao, W., Schwarz, A., Truban, O., & Seeger, M. (2024). Building the new architecture of crisis management: Global experts' insights on best and worst practices for securing external funding. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 32(1), e12539. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12539
Andreas Schwarz, Francis Alpers, Elisabeth Wagner-Olfermann & Audra Diers-Lawson (2023) The Global Study of COVID News: Scope, Findings, and Implications of Quantitative Content Analyses of the COVID-19 News Coverage in the First Two Years of the Pandemic, Health Communication. DOI: https: //doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2226932
Schwarz, A., & Seidl, E. (2023). Stories of Astrobiology, SETI, and UAPs: Science and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life in German News Media From 2009 to 2022. Science Communication, 45(6), 788-823. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231206797
Andreas Schwarz & Alexander Fritsch (2014). Communicating on Behalf of Global Civil Society: Management and Coordination of Public Relations in International Nongovernmental Organizations. Journal of Public Relations Research, 26(2), 161-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2013.864242
Andreas Schwarz (2012). How publics use social media to respond to blame games in crisis communication: The Love Parade tragedy in Duisburg 2010. Public Relations Review 38(3), 430-437[reprinted in the series "SAGE Benchmarks in Communication" on Crisis Communication, edited by Timothy Coombs, 2013]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2012.01.009
Andreas Schwarz (2012). Stakeholder attributions in crises: the effects of covariation information and attributional inferences on organizational reputation. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 6(2), 174-195.[reprinted in the series "SAGE Benchmarks in Communication" on Crisis Communication, edited by Timothy Coombs, 2013]. https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2011.596869
Andreas Schwarz & Franziska Pforr (2011). The crisis communication preparedness of nonprofit organizations: The case of German interest groups. Public Relations Review 37, 68-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2010.10.002
Andreas Schwarz (2008). Covariation-based causal attributions during organizational crises: Suggestions for extending Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT). International Journal of Strategic Communication, 2(1), 31-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/15531180701816601
Andreas Schwarz (2008). Who is responsible for the crisis? A reception-oriented approach to crisis public relations. Media and Communication Studies, 56(1), 60-81. doi.org/10.5771/1615-634x-2008-1-60
Andreas Schwarz (2006). The theory of newsworthiness applied to Mexico's press. How the news factors influence foreign news coverage in a transitional country. Communications, 31(2), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1515/COMMUN.2006.004
Trade journals (without peer review)
Gema Lobillo Mora, Andreas Schwarz, & Almudena Barrientos Báez (eds.) (2022). Gestión de la Comunicación de Crisis. Presente y futuro. Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI, 55.
Andreas Schwarz & Gema Lobillo (2022). Introducción a este número: Posicionamiento de la comunicación de riesgos y crisis como disciplina ante los retos globales, tecnológicos y sociales. Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI, 55.
Andreas Schwarz (2019). The state of strategic organizational crisis communication resesarch in the context of global and digital communication. RAEIC, Revista de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación, 6(11), 279-310. doi.org/10.24137/raeic.6.11.15
Andreas Schwarz (2018). Crises in child and youth services: findings and suggestions for crisis communication by youth welfare offices. Our youth 70(1), 29-38.
Andreas Schwarz (2018). Crisis communication in child protection. Communicatio Socialis 51(3), 269-285. www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0010-3497-2018-3-269.pdf
Handbook and anthology contributions
Schwarz, A. (2023). Journalism and public relations. In M. Löffelholz & L. Rothenberger (Eds.), Handbuch Journalismustheorien (2nd ed.). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32153-6_48-1
Schwarz, A., & Faj, T. (2024). Communicating and Perceiving Risks of Artificial Intelligence as an Emerging Technology. In T. L. Sellnow & D. D. Sellnow (Eds.), Communicating Risk and Safety (pp. 503-526). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752427-027
Andreas Schwarz (2021). Conflict and crisis communication. In P. Szyszka, R. Fröhlich & U. Röttger (Eds.), Handbook of Public Relations: Scientific foundations of professional action. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28034-5_43
Andreas Schwarz & Martin Löffelholz (2020). Crisis communication: Preparation, implementation, success factors. In: A. Zerfaß, M. Piwinger, & U. Röttger (eds.), Handbook of Corporate Communication: Strategy - Management - Value Creation (3rd ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
Andreas Schwarz & Johanna Büker (2018). The crisis communication of universities. In B. Fähnrich, J. Metag, S. Post & M. S. Schäfer (Eds.), The research field of higher education communication (pp. 271-295). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Andreas Schwarz & Alexander Fritsch (2018). The international public relations work of NGOs in the 21st century: Global coordination and local differentiation of strategic communication. In L. Rademacher & N. Remus (Eds.), Handbook of NGO communication: strategies - conceptions - case studies (pp. 343-364). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Andreas Schwarz, Wolfgang Broll, Andreas Mitschele-Thiel & Jean-Christophe Binetti (2016). New technologies and applications in international crisis communication and disaster management. In: A. Schwarz, M. Seeger, & C. Auer (Eds.), The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (pp. 465-477). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
An-Sofie Claeys & Andreas Schwarz (2016). Domestic and international audiences of organizational crisis communication: State of the art and implications for cross-cultural crisis communication. In: A. Schwarz, M. Seeger, & Claudia Auer (Eds.). The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (pp. 224-235). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Andreas Schwarz (2016). Crisis communication research in Germany. In: A. Schwarz, M. Seeger, & C. Auer (Eds.), The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (pp. 357-372). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Andreas Schwarz, Matthew Seeger, & Claudia Auer (2016). Significance and structure of international risk and crisis communication research. In: A. Schwarz, M. Seeger, & C. Auer (Eds.), The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (pp. 1-10). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Claudia Auer, Matthew Seeger, & Andreas Schwarz (2016). Communication - Conclusions for an integrative approach to international crisis communication research. In: A. Schwarz, M. Seeger, & C. Auer (Eds.), The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (pp. 66-71). Wiley-Blackwell.
Matthew Seeger, Andreas Schwarz, & Claudia Auer (2016). Risk, crisis, and the global village international perspectives. In: A. Schwarz, M. Seeger, & C. Auer (Eds.), The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (pp. 510-517). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Andreas Schwarz, Liane Rothenberger, Kathrin Schleicher, & Alice Srugies (2016). Crisis management from an internal perspective: Analysis of crisis communication in German youth welfare offices. In S. Huck-Sandhu (Ed.), Internal communication in transition. Theoretical concepts and empirical findings (pp. 225-246). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Andreas Schwarz (2016). La investigación en la comunicación de crisis en la era de la globalización y la hibridación. In M.T. Mercado & M. Chávez (Eds.), La comunicación en situaciones de riesgo y crisis (pp. 29-57). Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanc. Colección Comunica.
Andreas Schwarz (2016). Journalism and public relations. In M. Löffelholz & L. Rothenberger (Eds.), Handbook of journalism theories (pp. 619-638). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Andreas Schwarz (2015). Strategic crisis communication of organizations. In R. Fröhlich, P. Szyszka, & G. Bentele (Eds.), Handbook of Public Relations: Scientific foundations and professional action. With lexicon. 3rd ed. (pp. 1001-1016). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Andreas Schwarz & Alexander Fritsch (2015). Strategic communication practice of international nongovernmental organizations. In: D. Holtzhausen, & A. Zerfass (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of strategic communication (pp. 459-480). New York, NY: Routledge.
Andreas Schwarz (2014). The nuclear catastrophe as a subject of international crisis communication: A country and cultural comparative study of Fukushima reporting based on the framing approach. In J. Wolling & D. Arlt (Eds.), Fukushima and the consequences - media coverage, public opinion, political consequences (pp. 153-182). Volume 2 of the series: Sustainability, energy and environmental communication. Ilmenau: Univ.-Verl. Ilmenau.
Shirley Beresford & Andreas Schwarz (2014). Managing Public Relations. In: S. Moss & B. Walmsley (Eds.), Entertainment Management: Towards Best Practice (pp. 60-76). Wallingford: CABI.
Andreas Schwarz & Martin Löffelholz (2014). Crisis communication: Preparation, implementation, success factors. In: A. Zerfaß & M. Piwinger (Eds.), Handbook of Corporate Communication: Strategy - Management - Value Creation (pp. 1303-1319) (2nd ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
Andreas Schwarz (2014). The relevance of attributions of cause and blame in the context of news production and reception: Theoretical and methodological potentials of attribution theories. In W. Loosen & M. Dohle (eds.), Journalism and (its) audience. Interfaces between journalism research and reception and impact research (pp. 275-299). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Andreas Schwarz (2013). International and comparative crisis communication research: Relevance, state of the art and research agenda. In D. Ingenhoff (Ed.), International PR research (pp. 261-289). Constance: UVK.
Andreas Schwarz (2012). The Love Parade in Duisburg: Lessons from a tragic blame game. In A. George & C. Pratt (Eds.), Case Studies in Crisis Communication: International Perspectives on Hits and Misses (pp. 340-360). Routledge.
Andreas Schwarz & Franziska Pforr (2010). The crisis communication of German associations. In O.Hoffjann & R. Stahl (Eds.), Handbook of association communication (pp. 353-377). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Andreas Schwarz (2010): La teoría de los valores noticiosos y su validez externa: Cómo influyen los factores noticiosos en la cobertura de las noticias internacionales en la prensa mexicana. In: M. E. Hernández Ramírez (Ed.), Estudios sobre periodismo: marcos de interpretación para el contexto mexicano (pp. 19-53). Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara.
Martin Löffelholz & Andreas Schwarz (2008). The crisis communication of organizations: Approaches, results and perspectives of research. In T. Nolting, & A. Thießen (Eds.), Crisis management in the media society - potentials and perspectives of crisis communication (pp. 21-35). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Maria E. Hernández Ramírez & Andreas Schwarz (2008): Journalism research in Mexico. In M. Löffelholz & D. Weaver (eds.), Global journalism research. Theories, methods, findings, future (pp. 211-224). Oxford: Blackwell.
Further publications
Andreas Schwarz (2017). Crisis communication: Research-based profession or trial-and-error method? ikp PRspektiven 05/2017, 12-14.
Andreas Schwarz (2013). Scapegoating. In K. B. Penuel, M. Statler & R. Hagen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Crisis Management. Volume 2. (S. 857-859). Sage.
Andreas Schwarz (2013). Does communication influence the course of crises and wars? In Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (Ed.), 50 questions on 50 years of DGPuK (pp. 118-119). Eichstätt/Hamburg: DGPuK.
Andreas Schwarz (2010). The perception of companies as crisis causers: Scientific findings and implications for reputation management in crises. pr magazin 08/2010, 58-63.
Andreas Schwarz (2010). International and intercultural public relations: Theoretical approaches, findings and problem areas. Ilmenau University of Technology. URL: www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DocumentServlet.
Franziska Pforr & Andreas Schwarz (2010). The crisis communication of German associations: Instruments, institutional framework conditions and perceived crisis risk. Verbändereport 3/2010, 6-14.
Andreas Schwarz (2009). International and intercultural PR in business. Status quo and implications of organizational communication research. pr magazin 7/2009, 61-68.
Conference papers (peer reviewed)
Framing threats and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the United States: A comparative analysis of news media coverage in seven countries integrating framing and risk communication theory [accepted; with Francis Alpers]. ECREA 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 09.2024
The conceptual and methodological evolution of global crisis and risk communication research: Emergence, Future, and Cultural Dynamics of a Multidisciplinary Field [panel accepted; with Matthew Seeger & Sora Kim]. ECREA 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 09.2024
The Future of Risk and Crisis Communication Research: Global Experts' Insights on Best and Worst Practices for Securing External Funding [with Brooke Fisher Liu, Yan Jin, Wenqing Zhao, Olivia Truman, Matthew Seeger]. ICRCC, Orlando, March 12, 2024
The Mediated Instructional Effectiveness and Institutional Trust during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the Crisis News Coverage in Europe and the US from a Risk Communication Perspective [with Francis Alpers, Audra Diers-Lawson]. ICRCC, Orlando, 13.03.2024
The Mediated Risks of Autonomous Driving and Public Transportation: A Media Framing Analysis of Science and Technology in Germany [with Tatjana Faj]. ICRCC, Orlando, 13.03.2024
Close risk encounters of the third kind? Frames of societal threat and efficacy in the context of emerging sciences. Crisis7 - Crisis Communication from a Citizen Perspective: Urban Risks and Crises, Gothenburg, 07.10.2023.
The mediated societal threat and efficacy in public health crises: A seven country study of COVID-19 from a risk communication perspectiveCrisis7 - Crisis Communication from a Citizen Perspective: Urban Risks and Crises, Gothenburg, 06.10.2023. [with Francis Alpers]
The global study of COVID-19 news coverage: A meta-analysis of scope, methodological quality, theoretical lenses, and cross-national findings. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, 10.2022. [with Francis Alpers & Elisabeth-Wagner Olfermann]
Cross-cultural comparative crisis communication research: Experiences from an 18 country study on internal risk communication on COVID-19 at higher education organizations. Panel submission: Methodological Challenges: Studying Crisis Communication During a Crisis. NCA 108th Annual Convention 2022 [with Matthew Seeger, Brooke Fisher Liu, Timothy Sellnow, Deanna Sellnow, et al].
Framing risks of Artificial Intelligence in Germany, the US, and the World (YouTube). The 2020 Annual International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRC), Orlando, March 11, 2020 [with Laura Martin].
Public risk perception of Artificial Intelligence in Germany and the United States. Crisis6 - Innovations in Risk and Crisis Communication. Leeds, 05.10.2019. [with Laura Martin]
Crisis Communication and Resilience of International NGOs and IGOs: Content Analysis of international news coverage of NGO and IGO crises.7th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Lugano, 02.11.2018. [with Karoline Oelsner & Martin Löffelholz].
Journalists' framing of artificial intelligence across borders and its societal implications. International Conference "Journalism across Borders: The Production and 'Produsage' of News in the Era of Transnationalization, Destabilization and Algorithmization. Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau, 27.09.2018 [with Laura Martin]
Crises on campus: Crisis preparedness and crisis response of higher education organizations in Germany. Fifth International Conference on Crisis Communication in the 21st Century - Crisis5. Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 20.10.2017. [with Johanna Büker]
Framing infanticide and child maltreatment as crisis: A media analysis of smoldering social crisis and the crisis response of German government authorities. Fourth International Conference on Crisis Communication in the 21st Century - Crisis4. Lund University, Helsingborg, 08.10.2015. [with Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
Crisis Management from an Internal Perspective: Analysis of Crisis Communication in German Youth Welfare Offices. Section PR/Organizational Communication of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Pforzheim, 01.11.2014. [with Liane Rothenberger, Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
Matching crisis response strategies to covariation information during organizational crisis: An experimental study of a major public health crisis in Germany. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Lisbon, 12-15.11.2014, accepted.
The use and relevance of social media in a crisis context: Nonreactive analyses to test the Situational Crisis Communication Theory. German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Passau, 30.05.2014. [with Matthias Jahn & Franziska Niedermeir]
Crisis communication of youth and child welfare agencies: A theory-driven analysis of governmental communication practice and its impact on well-being for employees and stakeholders in local communities. International Communication Association (ICA). Seattle, USA, 23.05.2014. [with Liane Rothenberger, Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
"They should be served their own strawberries": Sodexo's Response to the foodborne Novovirus outbreak in Germany 2012. National Communication Association (NCA). Washington D.C., USA, 23.11.2013.
Theorizing cultural value's impact on cross-cultural crisis framing: Findings from a comparative content analysis of the Fukushima crisis. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Dublin, Ireland, 27.06.2013.
The relevance of attributions of cause and blame in the context of news production and reception: Theoretical and methodological potentials of attribution theories. Specialist groups Journalism Studies/Journalism Research and Reception and Impact Research of the German Association for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Hamburg, 04.02.2011.
Crisis communication across borders: A culture-sensitive approach. Section PR/Organizational Communication of the German Association for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Fribourg, 04.11.2011.
How publics respond to blame games in crisis communication: The case of the Love Parade in Duisburg 2010. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Istanbul, Turkey, 16.07.2011.
Communicating on behalf of civil society: Public relations conditions and practices of international NGOs in the 21st century. Barcelona Meeting Com #1: International PR 2011 Conference, Barcelona, 28.06.2011. [with Alexander Fritsch]
How international NGOs organize strategic communication: Advocacy between global integration and local responsiveness. International Communication Association, Pre-Conference "Strategic Communication", Boston, 26.05.2011. [with Alexander Fritsch]
International and Cross-Cultural Crisis Communication Research: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Hamburg, 12-15.10.2010. [with W. T. Coombs, F. Frandsen, W. Johansen, M. Löffelholz, K. Schleicher]
Crisis communication and the role of stakeholder attributions: the effects of covariation information and attributional inferences on organizational reputation. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Braga, Portugal, 21.07.2010.
Organizational crises, attributions and reputational risks: Research-based starting points of innovative crisis communication strategies. German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Ilmenau, 14.05.2010.
International public relations: The development of a research-based professional profile and training models for the advancement of intercultural competence of PR practitioners. Network of Intercultural and International Communication. Ilmenau, 31.10.2008. [with Yurisqui Medel de Schwarz]
The future of comparative journalism research. International Communication Association (ICA). Montreal, Canada, 25.05.2008. [with Thomas Hanitzsch]
Difficult conditions in difficult times? The mutual perception of journalism and PR under crisis conditions. German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Lugano, Switzerland, 01.05.2008. [with Ansgar Thießen]
Who is responsible for the crisis? An attribution-theoretical and reception-oriented approach to crisis public relations. Section PR/Organizational Communication of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK). Berlin, 06.10.2007.
Covariation-based causal attributions during organizational crises: Suggestions for extending Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT). International Communication Association (ICA). San Francisco, USA; 27.05.2007. [Top doctoral student paper]
The emergence of journalism research in Mexico: a metatheoretical descriptive synopsis. Brazil Conference - Thinking Journalism Across National Boundaries. International Communication Association (ICA), Porto Alegre, Brazil, 04.11.2006.
The theory of newsworthiness and its intercultural validity. A comparison of Mexican and German news selection. International Communication Association (ICA), New York, USA, 29.05.2005. [Interactive poster session].
Invited presentations and conference papers
Mediated public trust in managing COVID-19: A quantitative analysis of 21 news media outlets in seven countries. Habilitation Colloquium, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau, 25.11.2024.
Rage against the machine? Digital narratives about the threats and opportunities of artificial intelligence before and after ChatGPT. Science Forum, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau, 10.07.2024.
Transboundary mega-crises and risk: Perpetual crisis communication or continual risk communication? Crisis Research Retreat 'Perpetual crisis or continual risk? Theory at the intersection of multiple extremes', University of Stavanger/Centre for Security & Society/Freiburg University, Freiburg, 29.11.2023.
Opportunities, barriers, and (wrong) incentives: The diffusion of risk and crisis communication wisdom in practitioner communities. Crisis7 - Crisis Communication from a Citizen Perspective: Urban Risks and Crises, Gothenburg, 06.10.2023.
Crisis communication by universities. Higher Education Policy Forum of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Theodor Heuss Academy, Gummersbach (online), 01.09.2023.
Risk and Crisis Communication: Strategic Crisis Communication and Best Practice Exercises (Workshop). European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) & German Federal Office for Risk Assessment (BfR), Parma, Italy. 15.06.2023
Fatalism or confidence? Effective communication of risks and crises in corporate insolvency. ReMeP, Congress on Corporate Restructuring, Vienna, 25.04.2023
How do we perceive technology risks? Artificial intelligence and autonomous mobility in Ilmenau and the world. Citizens' campus, TU Ilmenau, 28.10.2022.
How to talk about the unbelievable? - Communicating the Ukraine war and other social crises in companies. KWA, Protestant Association Church Economy Working World, online. 21.06.2022.
Risk and Crisis Communication of the COVID-19 pandemic: Global insights on the internal pandemic response of universities. Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 24.03.2022
Risk and Crisis Communication: Strategic Crisis Communication and Best Practice Exercises (Workshop). European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) & Federal Office for Risk Assessment (BfR), online. 24.03.2022
Risk and Crisis Communication in the Context of First Contact, Signal and Artifact Finding Scenarios: Initial reflections on an exo-communication science. Interdisciplinary Research Center Extraterrestrial (IFEX), University of Würzburg, online, 17.03.2022
Deciphering the "pandemic sphere": Opportunities and challenges for risk and crisis communication research communities, International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, Orlando, USA, 09.03.2022 [with Martin Löffelholz]
Risk and Crisis Communication in the Context of a Pandemic: Insights and Implications of Communication Science. German Center for Rail Transport Research (DZSF), online, 28.01.2022
COVID, lockdown and conspiracies: Does talking make you (un)healthy? Children's and Youth University of the TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, 24.11.2021
Efficient Crisis Communication? A story of ignorance, dubious expectations, and science-based practice. German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S., Atlanta, online, 04.11.2021
Crisis Communication: Introduction, Crisis Prevention and Preparation, Crisis Response, Best Practice Exercises (Workshop). European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) & Federal Office for Risk Assessment (BfR), online. 25.03.2021
Keynote: Internal Risk and Crisis Communication on the COVID-19 pandemic: Global experiences of higher education institutions. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Crisis2021 - Covid-19: Learning & Consequences for International Crisis Communication & Practice. Online, 05.02.2021
Risk and Crisis Communication: Myths - Facts - Practice. International Lake Constance Tourism GmbH. Online/Constance, 05.11.2020
Crisis Communication: Introduction, Crisis Prevention and Preparation, Crisis Response, Best Practice Exercises (Workshop). European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) & Federal Office for Risk Assessment (BfR), online. 13.08.2020
Theory & Practice of Crisis Communication: Using the Example of Youth Welfare Offices in Germany. University of Zurich, 12.12.2019.
Scandal, natural disaster, terrorist attack and rampage: How do we get information in an emergency and what do they do to us? Children's and Youth University of the TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, 20.11.2019.
Crisis communication in/by youth welfare offices: Scientific findings & practice. Conference of the district youth welfare offices of Saarland. Merzig, 07.11.2019
Crisis communication in/by youth welfare offices: Scientific findings & practice. Annual conference for ASD managers, Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), Siegburg, 24.10.2019
Keynote#1: Global Risk and Crisis Communication Management in the Digital Age: Are we missing the essentials? 12th Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM) 2019, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 19.06.2019
Crisis Communication: Introduction, Crisis Prevention and Preparation, Crisis Response, Best Practice Exercises (Workshop). European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) & Federal Office for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin. 21.03.2019
Strategies and cases in crisis communication: The role of the media in framing organizational crisis. University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 06.03.2019
How stakeholders perceive causes of crises: The covariation-based approach to crisis communication and its implications for practice. University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 06.03.2019
Relevance and implications of attribution theory for intercultural crisis communication. University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 05.03.2019
Risk communication and emerging technologies: Media Frames of Artificial Intelligence in Germany and the US. University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 04.03.2019
Comunicación institucional e imagen en situaciones de crisis. XXX Jornadas De Formación AUGAC: Nuevas Formas De Comunicar En La Universidad Creación De La Imagen En El Entorno Digital, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, 19.10.2019
How does advertising work and what does it have to do with YouTube? Children's University of the TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, 11.2018.
Leadership & Crisis Communication: Stories of Professionalism, Hubris, and Breakdown. Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden, 20.09.2018
Crisis communication research on institutional environments, strategic maturity, perceptions, and technology: Past and future research agenda of the International Research Group on Crisis Communication (IRGoCC). Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden, 19.09.2018
Managing Strategic Crisis Communication: Concepts, Findings, and Application to NGOs. Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden, 18.09.2018
The Automation of Communication - Otomatisasi komunikasi. Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 04.09.2018 [with Gunther Kreuzberger & Martin Löffelholz]
Managing Strategic Crisis Communication. Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 03.09.2018
Strategic Crisis Communication: Prevention, Preparation, Emergency Findings and Practical Relevance of International Communication Research. Business talk "Communication in the crisis", HessenMetall: Association of Metal and Electrical Companies in Northern Hesse, Kassel, 22.08.2018
Public relations in crisis contexts: Cases and findings in a German/European context. University of Central Florida, Orlando, 09.03.2018
Media relations in times of influencer marketing, social bots and fake news. Employment Agency, Eisenach, 06.12.2017.
Media relations in the age of social media, social bots and fake news: time for journalist-PR couple therapy? German Public Relations Association (DPRG), Ilmenau, 26.10.2017.
Crisis communication in/by youth welfare offices: insights & practice, 11th Child & Youth Protection Conference Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, 15.09.2017 [with Kathrin Schleicher, Alice Srugies]
La gestión de la comunicación de crisis. Malaga University, Malaga, 21.04.2017.
Relaciones entre periodismo y relaciones públicas: Modelos, resultados, practicas. Malaga University, Malaga, 20.04.2017.
Reputación: Concepto, medición y aplicación en las relaciones públicas. Malaga University, Malaga, 20.04.2017.
Contribution of the International Crisis Communication Research Group to the project "Communication Concept Flood and Flood Risk Management", Bayrisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Augsburg, 07.03.2017.
Strategic crisis communication and media: Findings from international communication research. 8th qualityaustria Food Forum "Precious (food) resources in times of globalization", Linz, 12.10.2016.
Strategic crisis communication: alchemy, esotericism or profession? Findings and implications of international communication research. Workshop wiko preventK, Innsbruck, 11.10.2016.
From international to transcultural crisis communication: research-based management or best guess? DPRG, Working Group Crisis Communication and Issues Management, Berlin, 03.06.2016.
Strategic Crisis Communication: Basics, Findings & Practice. University of Salzburg, 03.05.2016
Crisis communication in the digital and global age of the 21st century: Research insights and practice implications. New Bulgarian University, Sofia, 21.04.2016.
Crisis communication research: Trends in theory development, methodology, and challenges for PhD projects. Doctoral workshop, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky, Sofia, 22.04.2016.
Risk and crisis communication in the context of natural disasters: Concepts and findings in communication science on risk and crisis perception of crisis stakeholders and organizations. Conference "Land unter - der Mensch vor der Katastrophe: Menschliche Wahrnehmung singulärer hydrologischer Ereignisse" Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg & International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin (KHR/CHR), Halle, 21.03.2016
Crisis communication: alchemy, esotericism... or profession? Ewald & Rössing, Mainz, 04.03.2016
Crisis Communication Management in Public Institutions: Learning from crises - strategic evaluation and reputation impact. Workshop "Crisis Communication in Public Institutions and Organizations. For International & National Communication Experts.", European Academy for Taxes, Economics & Law, Berlin, 23.03.2016.
Crisis Communication Management in Public Institutions: Key Dimensions and Pre-crisis Challenges. Workshop "Crisis Communication in Public Institutions and Organizations. For International & National Communication Experts.", European Academy for Taxes, Economics & Law, Berlin, 22.03.2016.
Crisis communication in the digital and global age of the 21st century: Research insights and practice implications. Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsky, Sofia, 08.01.2016.
Communication of youth welfare offices in the context of crises. Arbeitsberatung der Thüringer Jugendämter, Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Erfurt, 25.11.2015. [with Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
Framing infanticide and child maltreatment as crisis: The crisis communication of German child protective services and its media construction. Institute Colloquium of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, 18.11.2015. [with Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
Introducción a la carrera: Las relaciones públicas como profesión en Europa y Latino America. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Queretaro, Mexico, 26.08.2015.
Introducción a la vida profesional: Las relaciones públicas como profesión y la gestión de comunicación de crisis. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Queretaro, Mexico, 26.08.2015.
Reputación: Concepto, modelos, medición y aplicación. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Queretaro, Mexico, 25.08.2015.
Las relaciones públicas como profesión en Europa y Latino America. Universidad de Celaya, Celaya, Mexico, 21.08.2015.
Crisis communication and public diplomacy: State of research, applications, and limitations. International Conference on Risk and Crisis Communication in government, private, and the non-governmental sector. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico, 29.06.2015. [in Spanish].
Crisis communication from an academic perspective: State of the art, trends, and limitations. Pre-conference of the Netherlands Flemish Communication Association (NeFCA), opening lecture, Antwerp, Belgium, 02.02.2015.
Keynote: Crisis communication in an era of hybridization and globalization - Research-based insights from an organizational perspective. Congreso Internacional "Estrategias de comunicación en situaciones de riesgo y crisis", Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain, 04.07.2014.
The communication of youth welfare offices in the context of crises: Findings and implications. Workshop, Nationales Zentrum Frühe Hilfen, Cologne, 27.06.2014. [with Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies].
Von Watergate, Guttenplag und Wikileaks: Journalismus und Public Relations als Berufs- und Forschungsfeld. Open Day, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau, 26.04.2014.
The communication of youth welfare offices in the context of crises: Findings on internal and external perceptions of crisis preparation, crisis communication and learning processes, conference "Kinderschutz - Handeln mit Risiko", Berlin, 27.03.2014 [with Christiane Firnges, Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
Public Relations in Germany: Dark legacy or bright future? University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 19.11.2013
Professional Communication in the Context of Crises - Analysis and Improvement of Crisis Communication of Youth Welfare Offices. Presentation at the working group "Learning from problematic child protection processes" at the German Institute of Urban Affairs, Berlin, 15.11.2013. [with Kathrin Schleicher & Alice Srugies]
Social media and crisis communication: State of knowledge & lack of research. Research workshop, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 12.11.2013
The Fear of Shitstorms: Myths and Best Practice of Crisis Communication in the Social Web. Lecture at the invitation of IBM in the run-up to the Petersberg Talks, Bonn, 17.10.2013
New technologies and applications in international crisis communication. Third International Conference on Crisis Communication in the 21st Century. Erfurt, 05.10.2013. [with Jean-Christophe Binetti, Wolfgang Broll & Andreas Mitschele-Thiel]
Crossing boundaries in crisis communication: Welcome speech. Third International Conference on Crisis Communication in the 21st Century. Erfurt, 03.10.2013.
Crossing boundaries in crisis communication: Summing up and looking ahead. Third International Conference on Crisis Communication in the 21st Century. Erfurt, 05.10.2013.
Professional communication in an emergency: Fundamentals and practice of crisis communication. Schloss Eichholz, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Wesseling; 13.09.-14.09.2013. [with Brigitte Kaltwasser].
Use of new technologies in crisis management - current state of research. Workshop Management in crisis situations: Increasing efficiency through the use of modern software solutions? CONVIS Consult & Marketing GmbH, Berlin, 07.06.2013
Investigación de la Comunicación en Crisis en el Siglo 21: Conceptos, Hallazgos y Pistas para Futuras Investigaciones. University of Guadalajara, Mexico, 01.04.2013
Professional communication in an emergency: Basics and practice of crisis communication. Academy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin; 07.03.-08.03.2013. [with Brigitte Kaltwasser].
Strategic Crisis Communication: Basics, Findings & Practice. University of Salzburg, 15.01.2013
Crisis communication: Rules and background of press and public relations work. Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Europe & Saxon State Association for the Social Administration of Justice e. V., Bautzen, 14.12.2012
The role of conflict-sensitive journalism in producing a well-balanced perspective on migration from the countries of the Arab Spring and its impact on Europe. Conference In Focus: Media - Conflict - Migration: The conflict potential of the media coverage regarding migration from the countries of the Arab Spring to Europe, Conference of the Bonn International Center for Conversion, Deutsche Welle & the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., Bonn, 04.12.2012
Crisis communication and social media: Themes and findings from European and international communication research. Crisis Prevention Symposium of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief and Beta-Verlag, Kassel, 21.11.2012
Crisis communication. Practical workshop of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Schloss Eichholz; 04.05.-05.05.2012. [with Brigitte Kaltwasser].
Development of cross-departmental crisis management under the aspect of successful risk and crisis communication. Research workshop of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance on the cross-state crisis management exercise (LÜKEX), Bad Breisig, 03.05.2012 [with Kathrin Schleicher]
Industrial disasters in an international context: Reflections on the influence of culture on crisis communication and crisis interpretation. Network platform "Industrial crisis communication". University of Konstanz, 23.03.2012.
PR in crises: Insights and methods for effective crisis communication. Seminar of the CDU parliamentary group leaders of Lower Saxony/Minister President. Norderney, 10.03.2012.
Crisis management 2.0 - Standing firm in the storm of online comments. PR breakfast of the German Public Relations Association (DPRG). Nuremberg, 29.02.2012.
Bayerntrojaner, Loveparade & Guttenberg - Opportunities and limits of research-based crisis communication. Keynote speech, workshop for press spokespersons of the Bavarian state government, Gmund, 19.12.2011.
What is hidden behind advertising? KINDERUNI 2011, Ilmenau University of Technology, 11.11.2011.
Methodology in crisis communication. International conference "Communicating Crisis in an Age of Complexity", Aarhus Business School, Aarhus University, Denmark, 06-08.10.2011.
Crisis communication on the net. Govermedia 2011: Designing public authority communication digitally. Bundeswehr Academy for Information and Communication. Strausberg, 20-21.06.2011. [with Martin Löffelholz & Claudia Auer]
Strategic crisis communication: Attribution-based principles for managing reputation in threatening situations. Lecture series Trends in Media and Communication Theory. Ilmenau University of Technology, 23.05.2011.
Crisis communication and the freedom of choice. International Student Week Ilmenau, Ilmenau University of Technology, 16.05.2011.
Crisis communication. Practical workshop of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Schloss Eichholz; 29.04.-01.05.2011. [with Brigitte Kaltwasser]
Crisis communication in the entertainment industry: The case of the Love Parade festival in Duisburg 2010. Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, Great Britain, 22.03.2011.
Functional, institutional and instrumental characteristics of corporate crisis communication. Network platform "Industrial crisis communication". University of Konstanz, 29.10.2010.
Ilmenau crisis bible? The latest "rules of thumb" and "recipes" for successful crisis management. PR breakfast of the German Public Relations Association (DPRG). Nuremberg, 27.04.2010.
The crisis communication of German associations: Instruments, resources and perceived crisis risk. Swiss Society for Communication and Media Studies, Lucerne, Switzerland; March 27, 2010 [with Franziska Pforr].
Crisis communication. Practical workshop of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Schloss Eichholz; 09-10.09.2010. [with Martin Löffelholz & Brigitte Kaltwasser]
Attributions of cause and responsibility: How stakeholders perceive organizational crises. International Research Group on Crisis Communication, TU Ilmenau, 10.10.2009.
Communication on terrorism, war, disaster, and organizational crisis - Searching for an integrative approach to crisis communication research. International Research Group on Crisis Communication, TU Ilmenau, 08.10.2009. [with Martin Löffelholz].
Causal and responsibility attributions of stakeholders and their influence on organizational reputation in a crisis context. Colloquium of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, TU Ilmenau, 24.06.2009.
Strategic communication in crisis situations: research and consequences for the professional practice. University of Guadalajara, Mexico, 22.02.2008. [in Spanish].
The value of public relations: a German perspective on principles and techniques for the evaluation of public relations practice and programs. College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA din Bucuresti), Bucharest, Romania, 10.05.2007.
How stakeholders perceive organizational crises: the contribution of social psychology to the understanding and strategic planning of crisis public relations. College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA din Bucuresti), Bucharest, Romania, 07.05.2007.
The management of crisis communication: Challenges for a young field of research in communication science. Colloquium of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, TU Ilmenau, 10.05.2006.
Public relations research in Germany. College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA din Bucuresti), Bucharest, Romania, 20.04.2006.
Public relations in times of crisis: concepts, findings, methodology, and research challenges. College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA din Bucuresti), Bucharest, Romania, 18.04.2006.
2021
"Disagree clearly and audibly", interview with Dr. Andreas Schwarz on the COVID-19 pandemic, Freies Wort, Meininger Tageblatt, Südthüringer Zeitung, Frankenpost, Neue Presse Coburg, Nordbayerischer Kurier, 04.12.2021
Bild der Wissenschaft, 04/2021, Science in the spotlight, expert statement by Dr. Andreas Schwarz on crisis communication in the COVID-19 pandemic
"Polarization of society", interview with Dr. Andreas Schwarz on the COVID-19 pandemic, Freies Wort, Meininger Tageblatt, Südthüringer Zeitung, Frankenpost, Neue Presse Coburg, Nordbayerischer Kurier, 14.05.2021
2020
Spiegel, Issue 21, 16.05.2020, Jumped too far: Professionals, Two top German athletes spread cryptic theories via Instagram. This puts the associations in trouble. (Statement on crisis communication by sports associations, p. 99)
Kulturmanagement Network Magazin (No. 153), Interview with Dr. A. Schwarz: Control is a myth (issue on the topic "Culture, crisis, communication")
2019
Der Handel (business magazine, 10/2019), interview on the topic of cybercrime
2018
Campushunter (career magazine, summer semester 2018), media project by TU Ilmenau students with the International Red Cross successfully completed.
2017
PR Report, KEINE ESOTERIK: Why PR practice should listen more to research. A wake-up call from scientist Andreas Schwarz (p. 10).
Mittelbayrische Zeitung 23.05.2017, Expert statement on crisis communication by Regensburg Mayor Wolbergs.
2016
WikopreventK Newsletter, Interview on strategic crisis communication
8th qualityaustria Food Forum - Quality Austria, YouTube interview on crisis communication in the food industry
2014
Meedia (online industry service on the subject of media), 05-2014, expert statement on Burger King's crisis communication (after reporting by RTL/Wallraff team)
Meedia (online industry service on the topic of media), 02-2014, Expert statement on the candystorm/shitstorm at Vapiano (restaurant chain)
2013
Pressesprecher (industry magazine), issue 11/2013, statement on the state of research on international crisis communication by US companies
HR Info, Interview on the crisis communication of the Federal Ministry of Defense and the Minister of Defense Lothar de Maizière in the 'Euro Hawk crisis'
2012
FAZ, 29/30.09.2012, Expert statement on the article 'Suche Krisenmanager für Shitstor
Die News, issue 10/2012, interview on corporate crisis communication
PR Report, interview on the findings of crisis communication research
Detektor FM, interview on crisis reporting on the Fukushima reactor disaster and Tepco's crisis management
dpa, study and background discussion on the Love Parade crisis 2010
Brand eins, issue 02/2012, expert statement on crisis communication by activists on the social web ('shitstorms')
2011
SWR Radio, interview on crisis communication by ministries, authorities and health institutions in the context of the spread of the EHEC pathogen
Evangelisch.de (epd partner), statement on reporting on the nuclear disasters in Fukushima and Chernobyl
Press spokesperson (industry magazine), assessment of research on international public relations work
2010
PR-Journal, short report on the study "Crisis communication of German associations"
HR Info, interview on the Catholic Church's crisis communication in the context of the abuse scandal
politik&kommunikation, September issue, expert statement on Barack Obama's crisis communication in the context of the BP crisis in the Gulf of Mexico
2009
dpa, Interview on the international conference "Crisis Communication at the Beginning of the 21st Century"
2008
WDR television, Westpol, interview on crisis communication at Bayer AG
2007
Tour - das Rennrad-Magazin, statement on the crisis communication of the German Cycling Federation
PR-Guide (GPRA), conference report on the DGPuK specialist group conference "Who communicates, who receives?"
* Note: Regularly appearing articles in the local and regional press in Ilmenau/Thuringia were not listed (e.g. Thüringer Allgemeine, Freies Wort)
Andreas Schwarz offers the following courses, among others:
Research interests:
Risk communication and science communication in the context of emerging technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence) and scientific research (e.g. astrobiology)
Risk and crisis communication of organizations (structures, statement creation, impact) in the context of pandemics, climate change, and disasters, focus: non-profit organizations
Relevance and impact of social media in organizational communication
International/intercultural communication, focus on international PR
Empirical public relations research, reputation research
Head, International Risk, Crisis, and Science Communication Research Group (iRisCS-Com)
Member, European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Member, German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK)
Germany Representative and member, CA23126 - AlertHub: Warning Communication Knowledge Network
Member, International Crisis and Risk Communication Association (ICRCA)
Member, SETI Post-Detection Hub, St. Andrews University
Chair (2011-2018), Crisis Communication Section, ECREA
