Dr. Andreas Schwarz is a senior researcher for risk, crisis and science communication at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies (IfMK) at the Ilmenau University of Technology. From 2017 until 2023, he was chair of the Research Group Public Relations & Communication of Technology. His research interests include public relations, risk and crisis communication, communication with/about emerging technologies, science communication, and cross-cultural communication research. He teaches in the fields of public relations, media theory, risk/crisis communication, and scientific methods. He was visiting lecturer in Romania, Mexico, UK, USA, Spain, Indonesia, and Bulgaria.
Andreas Schwarz was acting head of the Research Group of Media Studies at Ilmenau University of Technology from 2012 to 2015. Since 2006 he is managing director and since 2017 co-director of the International Research Group on Crisis Communication (IRGoCC, www.crisis-communication.de). He was the founding chair (2011-2018) of the ECREA section "Crisis Communication" (ECREA = European Communication Research and Education Association).
The work of Andreas Schwarz was published in journals like Risk Analysis, Science Communication, Health Communication, International Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Public Relations Review, Corporate Communications, the Journal of Public Relations Research, the International Journal of Strategic Communication, Communications, and Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (German).
He received his Ph.D. in crisis communicatiuon (2009) at the Ilmenau University of Technology.
Member of the following associations:
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
DGPuK - German Communication Association
