Former co-workers

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen, senior research assistant in the research group from October 1, 1998 to October 31, 2007.

Since November 2007, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen has held the Chair of Journalism II at the Catholic University of Eichstätt.

Since November 2016, he has been Head of the Center for Ethics of Media and Digital Society at the Munich School of Philosophy.

Dr. Claudia Auer, research assistant in the research group from 2010 to 2016.

She is currently employed as Corporate Communications Specialist Internal and Change Communication at HELLA Corporate Center GmbH.

Ines Birnschein, team assistant of the research group from 2008 to 2022.

Ms. Birnschein currently works in the Examinations Office of the Faculty of WM at TU Ilmenau.

Judith Bug, research assistant in the research group from April 1, 1998 to February 28, 2001.

Ms. Bug is currently an external lecturer at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media at the IJK (Institute for Journalism and Communication Research).

Alexandra Büttner, secretary of the research group from August 01, 2003 to May 31, 2008.

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Katrin Döveling, research assistant in the research group from April 1, 2004 to September 30, 2004.

Ms. Döveling is a substitute professor in the field of Empirical Communication and Media Research at the University of Leipzig.

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Katrin Döveling is currently Professor of Communication Sciences/ Media Communication at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences.

Matthias Duchscherer, research associate of the research group until April 30, 2010.

Matthias Duchscherer is currently Chairman of Project Lighthouse Africa e.V.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch, research assistant and member of the research group from March 1, 2002 to September 30, 2006.

In 2010, Prof. Hanitzsch was appointed to a professorship for communication science with a focus on journalism at the University of Munich.

Marion Hensel, research assistant in the research group from October 2006 to September 30, 2010. She currently works at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the scholarship coordination / doctoral advisory service.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, research assistant and member of the research group from September 1, 1999 to September 30, 2004.

Andreas Hepp is Professor of Communication and Media Studies with a focus on media culture and communication theory at the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) and its spokesperson.

Anke Janetzki, research associate in the research group from April 1, 2005 to July 31, 2006.

Anke Janetzki is a policy officer at the Association of German Women Entrepreneurs (VDU).

Ines Lehrke, research assistant in the research group from October 01, 2003 to January 31, 2004.

Ines Lehrke has been working at orgavision GmbH in the Marketing & Communication department since March 2017.

Elisabeth Lueginger Mag., worked in the research group from September 2009 to September 2010.

The communication scientist is currently working as a freelancer in Vienna, Austria.

Ahmad Makhlouf M.A., research associate in the research group from June to December 2024.

Currently Research Associate at the Media and Communication Management research group, TU Ilmenau.

Prof. Dr. Franziska Oehmer-Pedrazzi, research associate of the research group from May 01, 2008 to October 31, 2008.

Prof. Dr. Franziska Oehmer-Pedrazzi is a professor at the Institute for Multimedia Production at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden in Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt, research associate of the research group from April 1, 1998 to September 30, 2003.

Thorsten Quandt is professor and speaker of the Centre for Research on Digitized Public Spheres at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He is head of the research area "Online Communication".

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Liane Rothenberger habilitated at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies in 2018 and was a research assistant in the research group from 2008 to 2021.

Since September 2021, she has held a professorship at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt for media and the public sphere with a focus on migration.

Kathrin Schleicher M.A., research assistant at the research group from 2009 until October 2024.

Currently administrative clerk at the Statistical Office of Thuringia in Erfurt.

Carsten Schlüter, project member of the research group from April 01, 2001 to February 28, 2004.

Mr. Schlüter is currently working as an editor at Goodwill Verlag Lünen.

Dipl.-Medienwiss. Frank Sinn, research assistant in the research group from June 18, 2007 to April 30, 2008.

Dr. phil. Alice Srugies, research associate of the research group from October 01, 2010 to March 25, 2016.

Alice Srugies has been a member of the Ilmenau Center for Research and Training in Public Diplomacy since 2011.

She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Cognition and Communication at the Department of Applied IT at the University of Gothenburg.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Thomas, research associate of the research group from October 01, 2002 to October 31, 2004.

Prof. Dr. Tanja Thomas is Managing Director and Professor of Media Studies with a focus on the transformation of media culture at the University of Tübingen.

Irina Böttcher (nee Tribusean) M.A., research associate in the research group from September 1, 2017 to March 31, 2024.

Currently administrative clerk at the Bundeswehr University in Munich.

Prof. Dr. Carsten Winter, research associate in the research group from October 15, 1997 to December 31, 2000.

Since September 2007, Carsten Winter has been a university professor for media and music management at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Research at the Hanover University of Music and Drama.

Dr. Yi Xu, research assistant in the research group from January 2019 to May 2024.

Yi Xu is currently an assistant professor (lecturer) of media at Lancaster University Leipzig.