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)