Great surprise for Fabian Saxinger, M.A.: His master's thesis on “Digital Leadership in Corporate Communication” was awarded the BdKom Talent Award 2024 by a top-class jury at the gala event of the Kommunikationskongress 2024 at Admiralspalast Berlin, attended by almost 1,000 participants. The prize…
Caroline Siegel, M.A., received the prestigious James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig Outstanding Thesis Award 2024 of the International Communication Association (ICA). The award, which is named after the doyens of public relations research, recognizes the best master thesis in the field of…
Dr. h.c. Günter F. Thiele has passed away at the age of 90. His visionary work has significantly shaped modern communication consulting. Through his generous support, research and education in corporate communication at the University of Leipzig have gained national and international recognition. In…
Hanover, May 16 – Jens Hagelstein received the Scientific Award of the German Public Relations Association (DPRG) and Klenk & Hoursch for his dissertation "Image transfers in personalised organisational communication. Development and validation of the dual-process model of image transfer". The award…
The Günter-Thiele-Foundation for Communication and Management announces that Prof. Dr. Bernd Schuppener (71) is stepping down as Chairman of the Board after many years of leading the Board. Prof. Dr. Christof E. Ehrhart (57) will become the Foundation's new Chairman of the Board. He has been an…
Information on the latest state of research and exchange on practical issues with the leading German think tank for strategic communication management. This was the motto of this year's REFRESH conference on communication management, which took place in Leipzig on 12 April 2024. This time at the…
Professor Zerfass and his team are experts in strategic communication, corporate communications, positioning and management of communication departments, measurement and evaluation, communication consulting, digital communications, CommTech and international communications.
An overview of all current and past research projects and publications can be found in the databases linked here.
For those who are able to read German is also worth taking a look at the current annual report of the department.
The following institutions are located at the Chair of Strategic Communication. They support research and teaching at the Institute for Communication and Media Studies in various ways.
