Claudia Mast is Professor Emeritus of Communication Science and Journalism at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. Her teaching and research activities focused on innovations in corporate communication, strategic communication and topic planning as well as business journalism and corporate reporting. Claudia Mast held a senior management role at Siemens AG for many years and […]

Karen Berger is Managing Director and Head of Communications of the Academic Society for Management & Communications. She is responsible for strategic development, manages both internal and external communications, organizes conferences and events, facilitates knowledge transfer and publications, and handles partner relations. Karen Berger studied communication and media, business administration, and sociology at Leipzig University […]

Sünje Clausen serves as a research assistant at the University of Potsdam. Since the beginning of 2020, she has been involved in the Communications Trend Radar research project and the in-depth studies of “Digital Nudging” and “Synthetic Media”. She studied Applied Cognitive and Media Sciences in Duisburg as well as Artificial Intelligence in Utrecht (Netherlands). […]

Ute Lauermann serves as the Foundation Manager of the Günter Thiele Foundation for Communication and Management. She is also a team assistant at the Academic Society for Corporate Management and Communication. Since 2020, she has been responsible for accounting, office organization, and client relation management. With a background as an academic librarian, Ute has spent […]

Dr. Christopher Ruppel is a research associate at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna and a member of the Corporate Communication Research Group (CCom). He studied communication, economics and marketing at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and holds a PhD in communication studies from the University of Vienna. One focus of […]

Lennart Rettler is a research assistant and doctoral candidate, working at the department for strategic communication at the University of Münster. He studied Media Studies and ‘Politics, Economics and Society’ at the University Bochum and Strategic Communication at the University Münster. In the context of his doctorate, he is working on community management and questions […]

Vanja Bojanic is a PhD student at the University of Vienna and also works as a Platform and Community Manager at Siemens AG. Her dissertation project focuses on CEO activism and corporate social advocacy, a phenomenon in which CEOs take a stand on controversial socio-political issues. Vanja graduated with a master’s degree from the Ludwig-Maximilian-University […]

Dr. Michelle Wloka heads the research network and knowledge transfer initiatives at the Academic Society. She has also been an integral part of the “Communications Trend Radar” research project as a research associate since January 2023. Her duties involve project conceptualization and trend scouting within management, marketing, media, and communication sectors. Wloka studied media management […]

Dr. Michelle Wloka has been involved in the research project “Communications Trend Radar” as a research associate since January 2023. She is responsible for the conception of the project as well as trend scouting for the areas of management, marketing, media and communication. Wloka studied media management and public relations at Ostfalia University of Applied […]

Thomas Voigt serves as the Group Vice President Corporate Communications and Political Affairs at the Otto Group, Hamburg. He oversees the internal and external communications for the retail and services group, comprising around 30 significant corporate entities. After studying communication sciences and business administration, Voigt began his career as a start-up entrepreneur in the publishing […]