Biography:

Born 11. November 1950 in Juelich / Germany

1980

Ph. D:, Aachen University

1999

Director-General European Institute for the Media

since 1990

Professor and Chairmann, Dept. Mass-Communication, Utrecht University

Visiting Professor, University of California at Los Angeles

1994 - 1999

President, Dutch Society of Communication Research (VSOM)

Crown-Appointed Member of the Council for Culture of the Dutch Goverment

Previous Positions

Associate Professor, Landau University

Assistant Professor, Aachen University

Secretary, "Media Eeffects Enquete", Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German National Science Foundation)

Member, Board of Directors, International Council of Psychologists

Member, Board of Directors, International Society for Research on Agression

Advisory Memberships

Elected Member of the German Unesco-Commission

United Nations Representative (NGO) International Society for Research on Aggression

Crown Appointed Member of the Dutch Goverment´s Broadcasting Commission (Com. Ververs.) and the Dutch Goverment´s Information Society Commission

Member of the Television Commission to the Presidents of Germany v. Weizäcker & Herzog; Chairman New Media Commission of the Arts-Council of the City of Amsterdam; Member of the International Preparatory Group Public Broadcasting The Amsterdam Treaty; Member of the German-Japanese Bilateral Preparatory Group "Digital Ethics" G7 Denver Meeting; Member Commission "Communication Policy 2000" of the Bertelsmann Foundation; Jury Member, C. Bertelsmann Award 1996 & 1998; Jury Member, Best New Internet Enterprises, The Netherlands, Lead Cooperation on several TV-Productions, incl. VPRO (NL) and ARD (DE)