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AMW students discuss corona communication with Thuringia's head of state chancellery

Participants in the BA research seminar on municipal crisis communications led by Prof. Löffelholz discussed the communications challenges during the Covid 19 pandemic with Minister Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff, head of the State Chancellery of the Free State of Thuringia, in late January 2023.

Minister Hoff (front center) with AMW students and Prof. Löffelholz

In the lively, highly interactive exchange, the AMW students addressed a variety of topics - from coordinating communications at the federal, state and local levels to dealing with misinformation and using digital technologies in crisis communications. 
Minister Hoff not only explained the conditions and goals of government crisis communication, but also gave the students insights into the coordination and decision-making processes in a federal system, which are by no means always easy.
In the research seminar, the AMW students will analyze municipal risk and crisis communication in eight federal states, including Thuringia, in the winter semester 2022/23.

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