Academic Activities

Since 09/2016: Executive Director, EUPRERA (European PR Education and Research Association)
Since 06/2016: Chair (and Founder) of the Public Diplomacy Interest Group at ICA; ICA Board Member
Since 01/2016: Vice Dean, Faculty for Economics and Social Science, University of Fribourg
Since 01/2015: Representative of the Swiss Social Science Policy Council at the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Since 04/2014: President of the SACM (Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research)
Since 03/2014: Scientific member of the Steering Board of the Foundation for Media Quality Switzerland
2011 – 2014: President of the Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Fribourg
2009 – 2013: Representative of the Swiss National Foundation Research Commission, University of Fribourg
2009 – 2012: Editor of Studies in Communication Sciences (Elsevier)
2005 – 2017: Chair of the Organizational Communication and Public Relations Division at SACM