Tina Mühlbauer is Head of Communications and Operations of the Academic Society for Management & Communication. She oversees the Society’s overall coordination, including team leadership and the strategic management of internal and external communications. With more than 18 years of experience in corporate communications, Tina has worked on both the agency and corporate sides. Her […]

Felicia Weißer is a research assistant at the Academic Society, supporting the team with partner management, administrative tasks, and event coordination. She also creates content for various communication channels, including the newsletter and LinkedIn. Since October 2024, Felicia has been pursuing her Master’s degree in Communication Management at Leipzig University, following her Bachelor’s degree in […]

Dr. Sandra Binder-Tietz is the Managing Director of the Academic Society, the Guenter Thiele Foundation, and the Center for Research in Financial Communication. She also conducts research at Leipzig University as part of a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Previously, she worked at a strategic communications consultancy in […]

As project manager of the Academic Society, Lina Sommer oversees projects such as the AI competence test COMM-AIT and the AI future workshop and supports the team in the office in the areas of communication and event management. She is also the Foundation Manager of the Günter Thiele Foundation, where she is responsible for partner […]

Ingrid Wahl is a researcher in the Corporate Communication Research Group at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna. Among her research interests are internal communication, , with a particular emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as well as appreciation in the workplace.

Sophia Charlotte Volk, Ph.D., is Professor of Strategic Communication at the Department of Media and Communication (IfKW) at LMU Munich. Previously, she was a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. She received her Ph.D. from Leipzig University, where she was […]

Dr. Jan Dietrich Müller has been leading corporate communications at the global reinsurer Swiss Re, headquartered in Zurich, since 2019. Before that, he held various leadership positions at the Volkswagen Group, Deutsche Post DHL, and Airbus. He began his career in the planning staff of the CDU Germany as a speechwriter and was a member […]

Dr Michael Preuss has been Head of Communications at Bayer AG since 2016. This includes corporate and divisional external, employee and digital communications as well as the responsibilities for the Bayer brand, sports and culture as well as heritage communications. He also serves on the Supervisory Board of the Bundesliga soccer club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Preuss joined Bayer […]

Katja Leifheit is a research assistant and Ph.D. student at the Stuttgart Media University. She holds a B.Eng. in audiovisual media and a M.A. in media management from Stuttgart Media University. Before starting her Ph.D., Katja gained practical experience as the project lead for the diversity strategy at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, a German public broadcaster. The […]

Julia Lührmann is a research assistant and PhD candidate at the University of Münster. She previously completed her bachelor’s degree in communication science and master’s degree in strategic communication at the University of Münster. In her research, she focuses on strategic and organizational communication, especially internal communication, as well as sustainability and energy communication. In […]