Univ.-Prof. Dr. Folker Hanusch

Curriculum Vitae:

born 1975 in Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Officially recognised translator German and English, National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI), Australia
2002 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Journalism, University of Queensland, Australia
2002-2003 Journalist, Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia
2006 Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism, University of Queensland, Australia
2007 Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education), University of Queensland, Australia
2006-2008 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Journalism, University of Queensland, Australia
2008-2014 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (from 2011) and Program Leader in Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
2010-2016 Member of the Executive, Australian and New Zealand Communication Association
since 2011 Member of the Executive Committee, Worlds of Journalism Study (Vice-Chair since 2015)
since 2012 Principal Investigator, Journalism Students across the Globe
2014-2016 Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in Journalism, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2015-2016 Associate Professor of Journalism, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2015-2016 Chief Investigator, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
since August 2016 Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
since August 2016 Professor of Journalism, Department of Communication, University of Vienna

Research stays at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany (2012, 2015); Nanyang Technological University (2016), Singapore; University of Santiago, Chile (2012).
Member of the editorial boards of Journalism Studies, Digital Journalism, Australian Journalism Review, Communication Research & Practice.

Research Areas:

* Comparative journalism studies
* Journalism culture
* Lifestyle journalism
* Indigenous journalism
* Journalism and memory