Curriculum Vitae Dr. rer. pol. Birte Fähnrich Postdoctoral Fellow Zeppelin University Chair of Political Communication Faculty of Social Sciences Am Seemooser Horn 20 88045 Friedrichshafen, Germany Email: birte.faehnrich@zu.de Personal Information Date of birth: 2. December 1981 Place of birth: Rostock (Germany) 2 children (5/2) Education PhD M.A. Dec. 2012, University of Leipzig, Faculty of the Social Sciences Thesis: Science Diplomacy Preconditions, Objectives, Forms and Effects of Strategic Communication in Foreign Science Politics (magna cum laude) July 2006, University of Leipzig, Communication and Media Studies Thesis: The impact of nation images on the European social integration (excellent) Academic Appointments 07/2015 2011 2015 2007 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Chair of Political Communication at Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen, Germany) Program Director and Research Fellow at Berlin University for Professional Studies (Berlin, Germany) Research Fellow at Leipzig University, Chair for Communication Management and PR (Leipzig, Germany) Elected Positions 02/2016 10/2015 2008-2009 Speaker of the working group Science communication of the German Communication Science Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft DGPuK) Member of the PhD committee at Zeppelin University (Germany) Member of the board of the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at Leipzig University (Germany) Practical Working Experience 2006 2007 Assistant at the Public Relations Office at Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany)
2003 2005 PR-Consultant at Heimrich&Hannot GmbH (Leipzig/Dresden, Germany) Grants and Research Contracts 2016 09/2011 04/2008 06/2011 Grant donated by the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft DFG) for the Initiation of International Cooperation Fellow in the project netpol (Network for Political Communication) funded by the Federal province of Lower Austria; the Network fosters political communication research and teaching in South Eastern and Central Europe; Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Peter Filzmaier (Danube University, Krems) Research contract with the International Office of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bonn/Berlin, Germany); objective of the collaboration was the evaluation of a Science Diplomacy initiative by the ministry, (the data were used for the doctoral thesis), Project coordination: own responsibility International Experience Forthc. (06-07/2016) 05/2014 06/2014 Visiting scholar at Royal Roads University (Victoria, Canada) Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Strategic Communication, University of Lund (Helsingborg, Sweden) 03/2010 Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Communication Science, Istanbul University (Istanbul, Turkey), EU Erasmus-Mundus-Scholarship Awards 2014 Nominated for the price for the best doctoral thesis (Forschungspreis) of the German Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) 10/2013 Best paper award at the EUPRERA conference held in Barcelona (Spain) for The German Plagiarism Crisis, together with Claudia Janssen Danyi (Eastern Illinois University) und Howard Nothhaft (Lund University) 10/2007 Best thesis award (Günther-Thiele-Preis) for the MA-thesis at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at Leipzig University
Research Contributions Books Bonfadelli, H., Fähnrich, B., Lüthje, C., Milde, J., Rhomberg, M. & Schäfer, M.S. (Eds., in press). Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation [The Field of Science Communication]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Fähnrich, B. (2013). Science Diplomacy Strategische Kommunikation in der Auswärtigen Wissenschaftspolitik [Science Diplomacy Strategic Communication in Foreign Science Politics]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Articles (peer-reviewed) Rhomberg, M., Kaiser, J, Lichtenstein, D., Fähnrich, B. (submitted). Nothing new on the way to Paris. The Framing of the 2 degree-limit in German news media 2009 2014. Metereologische Zeitschrift. Fähnrich, B. (2015). Science Diplomacy Investigating the Perspective of Scholars on Politics Science Collaborations in International Affairs. Public Understanding of Science. (online): 1-16: http://10.1177/0963662515616552. Fähnrich, B., Janssen Danyi, C., Nothhaft, H. (2015). The German plagiarism crisis: Defending and explaining the workings of scholarship on the front stage. Journal of Communication Management 19(1), 2015, pp. 20-38, DOI 10.1108/JCOM-11-2013-0081 Fähnrich, B. (2013). Integrating concepts of international governmental communication A framework for further research. Studies in Communication Sciences 13(1), pp. 15-23-. DOI: 10.1016/j.scoms.2013.01.001 Invited Chapters Kaiser, J., Fähnrich, B., Rhomberg, M. & Filzmaier, P. (submitted). What happened to the Public Sphere? The Networked Public Sphere and Public Opinion Formation. In Carayannis, E. G., Campbell, D. F. J., Efthymiopoulos, M. P. (Eds.). Handbook of CyberDevelopment, CyberDemocracy, and CyberDefense. Springer International Publishing. Fähnrich, B. (in press). Wissenschaftsevent zwischen Popularisierung, Engagement und Partizipation [Science events between popularization, engagement and participation]. In Bonfadelli, H., Fähnrich, B, Lüthje, C, Milde, J., Rhomberg, M., Schäfer, M.S. (Eds.). Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation [The Field of Science Communication]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Bonfadelli, H., Fähnrich, B, Lüthje, C, Milde, J., Rhomberg, M., Schäfer, M.S. (in press). Einleitung [Introduction]. In Bonfadelli, H., Fähnrich, B, Lüthje, C, Milde, J., Rhomberg, M., Schäfer, M.S. (Eds.). Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation [The Field of Science Communication]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Fähnrich, B. (in press). Science Diplomacy und Auswärtige Wissenschaftspolitik Überblick über Praxisfeld und Forschung und Anschlussstellen zur internationalen Bildungspolitikforschung [Science Diplomacy and Foreign Science Politics Perspectives in Research and Practise and Links toward Research in the Field of International Education Policy]. In Schmid, J. et al. (Eds.). Internationalisierte Welten der Bildung Bildung und Bildungspolitik im internationalen Vergleich [Internationalized Worlds of Education Education and Education Policies in International Comparison]. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Filzmaier, P; Fähnrich, B. (in press). Strategische Kommunikation in der Politik [Strategical Political Communication]. In: Holenweger, M. et al. (Eds.). Strategische Kommunikation [Strategic Communication]. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Seiffert, J., Fähnrich, B. (2014). Mehr als nur Rhetorik? Die Strategische Kommunikation der Bundesregierung in der Eurokrise [Just words? The Strategic Communication of the German Government in the Euro-Crisis]. In Fröhlich, R., Koch, T. (Eds.). Politik PR Persusasion. Strukturen, Funktionen und Wirkungen politischer Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [Politics, PR, Persuasion Structures, Functions and Effects of Political PR]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 261-284.
Seiffert, J., Fähnrich, B. (2014). Vertrauensverlust in die Kernenergie. Eine historische Frameanalyse [Losing Trust in Nuclear Energy an Historical Frame Analysis]. In: Wolling, J.; Arlt, D. (Eds.). Fukushima und die Folgen [Fukushima and its Consequences]. Ilmenau. Universitätsverlag, pp. 55-74. Filzmaier, P., Fähnrich, B. (2014). Public Affairs Kommunikation mit politischen Entscheidungsträgern [Public Affairs Communication with Political Decision Makers]. In: Zerfaß, A.; Piwinger, M. (Eds). Handbuch Unternehmenskommunikation [Handbook Corporate Communications], 2nd ed., Wiesbaden: Gabler, pp. 1185-1201. Fähnrich, B., Janssen, C. (2013). Kommunikative Herausforderungen in der akademischen Weiterbildung [Communicative Requirements in Academic Professional Education]. In Cendon, E.; Grassl, R., Pellert, A. (Eds.). From teaching to lifelong learning. Lehr-Lern-Formate in der akademischen Weiterbildung. Wien: Braumüller, pp. 135-146. Fähnrich, B. (2013). Branding in International Governmental Communications. Innovative Approach or Passing Fashion? In Okay, A., Carayol, V. & Tench, B. (Eds.). Researching the Changing Profession of Public Relations. Bruxelles et al.: Peter Lang, 157-168. Fähnrich, B. (2010). Integration through Exchange? The Contribution of Exchange Programmes to European Social Integration. In: Valentini, C.; Nesti, G. (Eds.). Europeanised after all: European publics in the EU communicative space. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 113-135. Bentele, G., Fähnrich, B. (2010). Personalisierung als sozialer Mechanismus in Medien und gesellschaftlichen Organisationen [Personalization as a Social Mechanism in Media and Organizations]. In Eisenegger, M. & Wehmeier, S. (Eds.). Personalisierung in der Organisationskommunikation [Personalization in Organizational Communication]. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 51-75. Conference Proceedings (peer reviewed) Fähnrich, B., Lüthje C. Zwischen den Stühlen? Sozialwissenschaftler in der Öffentlichkeit am Beispiel von PEGIDA [Between two stools? The public perception of social scientists, the case of PEGIDA] Presentation at the annual conference of the working group Science Communication of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizisitik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) in Dresden, 02/2016. Rhomberg, M., Kaiser, J., Fähnrich, B., Lichtenstein, D. Die Erreichbarkeit des Unmöglichen. Das 2- Grad-Limit in der deutschen Mediendebatte 2009-2014 [Reaching the Impossible. The 2- Degree-Limit in the German Media Discourse 2009-2014], Paper ed at 10th Deutsche Klimatagung (German Climate Conference), Hamburg (Germany), 09/2015. Lüthje, C., Fähnrich, B. The role of social scientists in crises journalism the case of the German PEGIDA movement, Paper ed at the IAMCR in Montreal (Canada), 07/2015. Fähnrich, B., Janssen, C., Nothhaft, H. The German plagiarism crisis: Defending and explaining the workings of scholarship on the front stage. Paper ed at EUPRERA 2013 in Barcelona (Spain), 10/2013, Best Paper Award. Fähnrich, B., Seiffert, J., Oliveira, E. Governmental communication in the Euro-crisis national strategies and media coverage, Paper ed at IAMCR 2013 in Dublin (Ireland), 06/2013. Fähnrich, B. Science Diplomacy zur Interaktion von Politik und Wissenschaft im Kontext internationaler Regierungskommunikation [Science Diplomacy On the Interaction of Politics and Science in the Framework of International Governmental Communication], Paper ed at the annual conference of the division of PR and organizational communication at the DGPuK in Munich (Germany), 11/2012. Seiffert, J., Fähnrich, B. Strategische Kommunikation in der europäischen Öffentlichkeit. Eine Analyse anhand der europäischen Staatsschuldenkrise [Strategic Communication in the European Public Sphere. An Analysis in the Framework of the European Sovereign Dept Crisis], Paper ed at the annual conference of the division of PR and organizational communication at the DGPuK in Munich (Germany), 11/2012.
Fähnrich, B. Branding in Governmental Communications Innovative Approach or Passing Fashion?, Paper ed at EUPRERA 2012 in Istanbul (Turkey), 09/2012. Invited Presentations Fähnrich, B. Wie erfolgreich wird der Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland in nicht-oecd Ländern vermarktet? [How effectively is German research promoted in non-oecd countries?], Introductionary note to a panel debate at the conference Internationalisierte Welten der Bildung Bildung und Bildungspolitik im internationalen Vergleich [Internationalized Worlds of Education Education and Education Policies in International Comparison] at the University of Tübingen (Germany), 02/2015. Fähnrich, B. Science Diplomacy, Presentation at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin (Germany), 07/2014. Fähnrich, B. Science Diplomacy Investigating the scholars perspective on politics-sciencecollaborations in international affairs, Presentation at the Institute for Strategic Communication at Lund University (Sweden), 06/2014. Fähnrich, B. International Governmental Communication Background, Concepts, Cases, Presentation at the Faculty of Communication Science at Istanbul University (Turkey), 03/2010. Bentele, G., Fähnrich, B. Public Relations in Germany, Presentation at the Faculty of Communication Science at Istanbul University (Turkey), 03/2010. Position papers Lüthje, C., Kristiansen, S.; Danelzik, M., Fähnrich, B., Milde, J., Rhomberg, M., Schäfer, M. S. & Wolling, J. (2012). Selbstverständnispapier der Ad-hoc-Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft DGPuK [Position Paper of the Working Group Science Communication of the German Association for Communication Research. Hamburg. Policy reports Fähnrich, B. Evaluation report on the Initiative Promote Innovation and Research in Germany, unpublished report to the International Office of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Campaign in focus: India and Germany Strategic Partners for Innovation. Bonn, 06/2011. Fähnrich, B. Evaluation report on the Initiative Promote Innovation and Research in Germany, unpublished report to the International Office of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Campaign in focus: German Initiative for Partnerships in Green Technologies. Bonn, 03/2010. Fähnrich, B. Evaluation report on the Initiative Promote Innovation and Research in Germany, unpublished report to the International Office of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Campaign in focus: Welcome to Nanotech Germany. Bonn, 12/2009. Fähnrich, B. Intermediate evaluation report on the Initiative Promote Innovation and Research in Germany, unpublished report to the International Office of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Bonn, 09/2009. Presentations to non-academic audiences Nauerz, M. Mörth, A., Fähnrich, B. Praxistransfer an deutschen Hochschulen am Beispiel der Deutschen Universität für Weiterbildung [Applied Research at German Universities, the Example of the Berlin University for Professional Studies], Presentation to a Delegation of the National Institute of Education Science (China), Berlin (Germany), 11/2014.
Fähnrich, B. Science Communication, Presentation in the course of a Chinese professional education program on Higher Education Management, Berlin University for Professional Studies, May 2013 Fähnrich, B. Science Communication, Presentation in the course of a professional education program on Higher Education Management (UNILEAD) funded and run by the German Academic Exchange Service, Berlin University for Professional Studies, February 2013. Fähnrich, B. Presentation of evaluation results on the Initiative Promote Innovation and Research in Germany, ed at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin (Germany), 03/2011 & 5/2010 Contributions to Training. From 2015 Supervisor for M.A.- and B.A.-students theses in the field of communication science, science communication, strategic communication research and public affairs research at Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen, Germany) 2011 2015 Responsible for program development and management in the fields of Public Affairs, Political Communication, Corporate Communications and European Studies for MA-programs and graduate certificates (blended courses) at Berlin University for Professional Studies (Berlin, Germany) 02/2014 02/2015 External Reviewer for MBA-theses in General Management at Carl Benz Academy (Bejing, China) 03 09/2014 External Reviewer for M.A. theses in strategic communication at the Institute for Strategic Communication at Lund University (Helsingborg, Sweden) Since 2012 Supervisor for doctoral students in the PhD program Zukunft der Demokratie in Europa [Future of Democracy in Europe] at Andrassy University (Budapest, Hungary) References available on request.