Academic Advisory Board

In 2009, the Institute constituted an academic advisory board compliant to its statutes. The advisory board advises the Institute's board of directors on strategic issues, currently above all on the Institute's expansion. The members of the academic advisory board are:

• Prof. Dr. Otfried Jarren (Chair), Prorector Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Zurich and Professor of Media Studies at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
• Prof. Dr. Nico van Eijk, Professor of Media and Telecommunication Law at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch, Professor of Communication Theories/Media Effects and Research of Media Use and Managing Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the Free University Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Schönbach, Professor and Chair of General Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam and Chair of Media Studies at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen
• Prof. Dr. Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Professor of Political Science and Science of Public Administration, particularly Public and Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Humboldt University Berlin, and Research Professor of New Forms of Governance at the Social Science Research Center Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert, Professor of Media Studies focussing on Media Economics & Management the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich and Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Arts, University of Zurich
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe, Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at the Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf