Prof. Dr. Florian Meissner
Prof. Dr. Florian Meissner is Professor of Media Management and Journalism at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences, Cologne. In the DigiFit project, he is responsible for the sub-project “Development of an evidence based communication strategy to promote digital fitness” where he primarily contributes his research focus on risk and crisis communication. At ECREA, the European association for communication science, he has been on the leadership team of the Crisis Communication Section since 2018 and started to chair it in 2022. Before taking up his professorship in Cologne, Florian Meissner completed his doctorate in journalism at TU Dortmund University and later worked as a postdoc at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. His professional experience includes several years in journalism, predominantly at public broadcasters.
Macromedia University of Applied Sciences is a private, state-recognized university of applied sciences founded in 2006 and has been part of the international education group Galileo Global Education since 2013. It has around 4,750 students and over 140 professors in Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. The university belongs to the large German private universities for media, management and communication. It offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in journalism, media, coding, design, film, games, art, management, fashion, psychology and acting. The Chair of Media Management and Journalism covers a wide range of different topics in communication science. In teaching and research, Prof. Dr. Florian Meissner deals with topics such as public relations and communication conception, risk and crisis communication and journalism research. The research perspective is often international and/or interdisciplinary. Methodologically, the professorship stands for a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. More information about Macromedia University of Applied Sciences: https://www.macromedia.de/