Dr. Dirk-Claas Ulrich
Program Director MEDAS 21 & SIIC
Curriculum Vitae
- since April 2018: Program Director Research School MEDAS 21 - Media Development in the 21st Century, Erich Brost Institute, TU Dortmund
- since December 2013: Program Manager School of International and Intercultural Communication | SIIC, 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
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
- Media Development Studies, UN Media & Peacekeeping
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
- "The missing global consciousness: The media, the United Nations, and the legitimization quandary". Conference: The role of the factual mass media in post-conflict reconstruction. Center for Freedom of the Media (CFOM), University of Sheffield, 11.06.2018, Sheffield.
- 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, 20.04.2016, 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
- De-Westernization, Entangled Histories and international / intercultural Communication and Media Studies (SIIC seminar, 2016)
- International and Comparative Communication & Media Studies: An Introduction (SIIC seminar, 2016)
- Globale Öffentlichkeit? Global Governance, die Vereinten Nationen und Strukturen internationaler Medienberichterstattung (SS 2015)
Professional Affiliations / Community Activities
- 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)
- External reviewer: Binational Master's Program "Global Communication and International Journalism" at Free University Berlin and State University Sankt Petersburg (2018)
Grants & Fellowships
- Research School MEDAS 21 - Media Development in the 21st Century (2018 - 2022), 1.7 Mio. EUR grant by Volkswagen Foundation (together with Susanne Fengler (TU Dortmund), Barbara Thomaß (Ruhr University Bochum) and Jens Loenhoff (University Duisburg-Essen))
- Doctoral scholarship, Hans Böckler Foundation (2008 - 2012)