MoU Signing with Pancasila University Jakarta

After two years of research collaboration between the department of Empirical Media Research and Political Communication Technische Universität Ilmenau with the Communication Department Universitas Pancasila Jakarta, both partners aim to strengthen the research cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, 14 June 2022. The MoU was signed at Ernst Abbe Zentrum TU Ilmenau by the rector of Technische Universität Ilmenau, Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kai-Uwe Sattler and the Rector of Pancasila University, Prof. Dr. Edie Toet Hendratno. The MoU signing was also attended by the Education Attaché of Indonesian Embassy in Berlin, Prof. Dr. Ardi Marwan.

The MoU is an important fundament for further international cooperation on research, teaching and departments staff exchange between the two universities in the future. After the MoU signing, the members of the EMPK research group presented their current research projects and discussed them with the Indonesian delegation. Furthermore, possible directions and opportunities for research collaborations particularly in the field of sustainability, environmental and science communication were analyzed.