Our Team: Management and Organization

Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez

Head of the MA-Program Global Communication: Politics and Society
Kommunikationswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt vergleichende Analyse von Mediensystemen und Kommunikationskulturen
Teaching in the program: Political Communication in International Comparison, Knowledge Transfer: Academic Consultation for Politics and Society
regional Focus: Arab World, Southeast Asia, Islamic-Western Relations

Head of MA-Program (proxy) Global Communication: Politics and Society
Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Empirische Kommunikationsforschung/Methoden
Teaching in the program: quantitative Methods in int. comparison
regional Focus: Europe, USA

Coordinator and Study Advisor of the Master's-Program Global Communication: Politics and Society
Research Associate/Senior Lecturer at the Department for Media- and Communication Studies
Teaching in the Program: Introduction to Theories and Methodology of Global Comparative Media and Communication Research, Social/Cultural Communication in international comprison, qualitative Methods in international comparisons
regional Focus: Egypt, Southeast Asia, Europe

DAAD-Guest Lecturer (2023-2024)
Lecturer at the Universitas Padjadjaran (UNPAD) Bandung, Indonesia
Teaching in the Program: Communication for Social Change, ICT4D, New Media and Society, Media and Public Sphere
regional Focus: Southeast Asia, esp. Indonesia

external lecturer
Teaching in the Program: International Media Assistance and Media and Political Transformation in Fragile States
regionaler Focus: MENA-Region
Co-Founder ofMICT (Media in Cooperation and Transition) Berlin
Contact: anja.wollenberg@uni-erfurt.de

PhD Candidate at the Chair for Comparative Analysis of Media Systems and Communication Cultures (Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez)
Teaching in the Program: Transnational Public Spheres, Foreign News Coverage, South-South Communication
regional focus: BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)

Research Associate at the Department for Media and Communication Studies , Leitung des DFG-Projekts „Desinformationskontext und das Entstehen von Fact-Checking-Organisationen in Europa und Lateinamerika"
Teaching in the Program: Media Systems Comparisons, digital media transformation, international Journalism, Fact Checking, quantitative Methods
regional Focus: Latin America

external lecturer
Teaching in the Prorgam: Discourse Analysis, Nation Images, Forein Reporting, Political Education and Media Competence in international comparison
regional Focus: Russia, Europe
Freelancer for workshops in the field of global learning and political education for sustainable development
Contact: danny.schmidt@uni-erfurt.de

external lecturer
PhD candidate at the Chair for Comparative Analysis of Media Systems and Communication Cultures (Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez)
Teaching in the program: Public Diplomacy
Regional Focus: Africa, esp. Nigeria, South Africa