Academic Advisory Board Constituted at the Hans Bredow Institute

On December 17, 2009 the new academic advisory board of the Hans Bredow Insitute has been constituted. In close cooperation with Hamburg’s Ministry of Science and Research, the Institute is currently implementing first steps of a development strategy, which aims to profile and strengthen the Institute’s role in science and research. In order to accompany this process, the Institute has constituted an academic advisory board, which advises the board of directors on strategic issues. This concerns subjects and questions, which the Institute will explore in the medium or long run, but also working methods and the Institute’s function within science and transfer into practice. The academic board has seven members and is composed interdisciplinary and international – according to the Institute’s working method.

The Institute is glad that distinguished colleagues answered to the appeal to accompany its development as members of the advisory board for two years. 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. 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. Nico van Eijk, Professor of Media and Telecommunication Law at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam
• Prof. Dr. Gerd Vowe, Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at the Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf