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The Institute for Communication & Media (ikum)

The Institute for Communication and Media (ikum) brings together the faculty of Media’s activities in research and knowledge transfer relating to a wide range of aspects of digital and analogue media, thereby actively contributing to the development of the Media Campus’s academic profile. The ikum supports the transfer of research and development findings both internally into teaching at the Media Campus and externally to industry and the professional world by involving students in project work. Through its range of high-quality training and further education programmes, the ikum makes an important contribution to lifelong learning. The ikum actively supports the development of early-career researchers at the Media Campus by offering opportunities for doctoral studies in close collaboration with internal university institutions and external research organisations.

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Research

Early-career researchers

From sustainable gaming concepts and journalistic autonomy to innovative media technologies – the Institute of Communication and Media is where the doctoral theses of tomorrow are being written.

Early-career researchers

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ikum

Institute for Communication and Media

  • Faculty: Media
  • Dieburg Campus
  • Address: Max-Planck-Straße 2
    D-64807 Dieburg

Executive Board

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Henriette Heidbrink

Prof. Dr. Henriette Heidbrink

Head of programme

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Pia Helferich

Prof. Dr. Pia Helferich


Online communication and organisational communication

Pia Sue Helferich is a professor of online communication, specialising in organisational communication, at Darmstadt University of Applied...


Sciences. She has worked on various projects and in companies, focusing on online communication, public relations and adult education. Her work also concentrates on lifelong learning, digital transformation and communication in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Portrait of Lisa Müller

Lisa Müller


Institute for Communication and Media (ikum)

Deputy Head of the Institute for Communication and Media (ikum) in the Media Department

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Portrait of Vanessa Kokoschka

Vanessa Kokoschka


Research assistant and lecturer

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Thomas Pleil

Prof. Dr. Thomas Pleil


Public relations with a focus on online communication

Thomas Pleil is a professor of public relations with a focus on online PR. He has many years of experience in journalism, PR agencies and PR...


management at a university. His work focuses on online communication, social media, lifelong learning and sustainability communication.

Pleil established the Online Communication (B.Sc.) degree programme. He is also spokesperson for the board of directors of the Institute for Communication and Media (ikum) and spokesperson for the Research Centre for Digital Communication and Media Innovation (dkmi). In R&D, he is involved in the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Zukunftskultur (SME Digital Centre for Future Culture) and the System Innovation for Sustainable Development project, among others. Personal website
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