Dr. Dirk-Claas Ulrich
Program Manager School of International and Intercultural Communication | SIIC
Curriculum Vitae
- since April 2015: Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Journalism, TU Dortmund
- since December 2013: Program Director School of International and Intercultural Communication, Erich-Brost-Institute, TU Dortmund
- 2008 - 2015 : PhD student, Chair for International and Comparative Communication Studies (Prof. Kai Hafez), University of Erfurt
- 2000 - 2006 : Information Systems, Digital Media (Diploma Program), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
- 1998 - 2000 : Vocational training (Banking/Finance), Hamburg
- *1978 in Grevesmühlen
Research Focus and Interests
- Gobalization Studies (Political Science and Communication Studies)
- Global Public Sphere
- United Nations Studies (UN media description and UN media legitimacy (crisis))
- (De-)Westernization in International and Intercultural communication
Publications
- Ulrich, Dirk-Claas (2016): Die Chimäre einer Globalen Öffentlichkeit. Internationale Medienberichterstattung und die Legitimationskrise der Vereinten Nationen. transcript. (more)
- Gruene, Anne and Ulrich, Dirk-Claas (2012)(eds.): (De-)Westernizing Media and Journalism Studies: Demarcating, Transcending and Subverting Borders. In: Global Media Journal (German Edition), vol. 2 (2), pp. 1-10. (more)
- Review: Dutta, Mohan J. (2011): Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency. London: Routledge. 342pp. In: Global Media Journal (German Edition), vol. 1 (2), Autumn 2011. (more)
Presentations/ Talks
- Panel "Comparing democracies and non-democracies: The art of possible" (invited discussant). 4th Annual Conference "Comparative media research in today's world. New methodologies and approaches". St. Petersburg State University. April 20, 2016. St. Petersburg
- Transnationalisierung von Öffentlichkeit - Emergenz einer Europäischen Öffentlichkeit? Gastvortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Europa zum Anfassen" des Moduls Studium Fundamentale der Universität Erfurt. 10.11.2009. Erfurt
Conferences
- Beyond "Center" and "Periphery": (De-)Westernization in International and Intercultural Communication. Annual Conference of the International and Intercultural Communication Section of the German Communication Association in Erfurt, Germany, October 27-29, 2011. (Initiative & Arrangement with Anne Grüne and Carola Richter)
Teaching
- Globale Öffentlichkeit? Global Governance, die Vereinten Nationen und Strukturen internationaler Medienberichterstattung (SS 2015)
Professional Affiliations
- since 2015 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK; Young Scholars Representative, Section International and Intercultural Communication)
- since 2009 Network of International and Intercultural Communication (niik, Member
- 2008 - 2011 United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN, Member)
Grants & Fellowships
- Doctoral scholarship, Hans Böckler Foundation (2008 - 2012)