Dr. Jens Hagelstein is a postdoctoral researcher in the Corporate Communication Research Group at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna. Previously, he was a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Strategic Communication at Leipzig University and held the scholarship of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA). […]

Lea Marie Knabben is Project Manager and Head of Research Communication at the Academic Society. She leads collaboration with the Society’s academic partner network and oversees research and knowledge-transfer initiatives. She also coordinates key events, including the Lea-dership Forum and Hermes Dinner, and fosters exchange between researchers and communication practitioners. She is pursuing a PhD […]

Günter Bentele is Professor Emeritus of Public Relations/PR at the Institute for Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University. He read German language and literature, sociology, journalism, and philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Free University of Berlin, where he also completed his doctorate and habilitation. He currently researches and publishes on the […]

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 the Academic Societie’s Managing Director and Head of Communications. She also serves as Managing Director at the Günther Thiele Foundation. Before joining the Academic Society in 2014, she worked at Siemens in corporate communications in Munich and Bangkok, overseeing projects in issues management and thought leadership. She holds degrees in communication and […]

Sünje Clausen is a reserach assistant at the University of Potsdam pursuing her doctorate. She’s involved in the Communications Trend Radar and in-depth studies on digital nudging and synthetic media. She studied applied cognitive and media science in Duisburg and artificial intelligence in Utrecht (Netherlands). She also completed academic and research stints in Växjö (Sweden), […]

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. 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. His research includes the […]

Lennart Rettler is a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Department of Stratgic Communication at the University of Münster. He studied media and ‘Politics, Economics and Society’ at the University of Bochum and strategic communication at the University of Münster. His doctorate focuses on community management and issues of control, the illusion of control, […]

Vanja Bojanic is a PhD student at the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna and works as a Platform and Community Manager at Siemens AG. Her dissertation project focuses on CEO activism and corporate social advocacy, a phenomenon where CEOs take a stand on controversial sociopolitical issues. Vanja graduated with […]