Prof. Dr. Christian Möller
Professor Campus BerlinB.A. Journalismus und Unternehmenskommunikation
M.A. Public Relations and Digital Marketing
c.moeller[at]media-university.deBackground
Prof. Dr. Christian Möller holds a doctorate in media science and has been Professor of Corporate Communications at Media University in Berlin since October 2019. He teaches mainly in the international Master's program Public Relations & Digital Marketing.
After studying Media and Literature Studies, German Studies and Public Law at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Möller was a project manager in the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, where he was primarily responsible for policy development in the area of online media freedom and internet governance and conducted numerous projects and conferences in the 57 OSCE participating states. He is one of the founding members of the Dynamic Coalition on Media Freedom Online at the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2007 in Rio de Janeiro.
From 2008-2010 Möller was press spokesman for the U.S. Consulate General in Hamburg, and from 2010-2015 program manager at the Hamburg Foundation for Business Ethics. Since 2001 he has been a lecturer at the Media Department of the Kiel University of Applied Sciences, where he also heads the Institute for Applied Journalism (ifap). Since 2017, Möller has been a member of the Commission for the Determination of Financial Requirements of Public Broadcasting Corporations (KEF), and since 2012 he has been an honorary examiner at the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Fernsehen (FSF).
Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2019 | Dr. phil. in media sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel | |
| Fall Semester 2014 | Visiting Scholar, Annenberg School of Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia/USA | |
| 06/2012 | Dart Academic Fellow for Journalism & Trauma, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York/USA | |
| 2000-2001 | Certificate 'Cultural Management' (CAU Kiel) | |
| 1996-2003 | M.A. (Magister Artium) Media and literature studies, German studies, public law at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel |
Work Experience
| Since October 2019 | Professor for Corporate Communications at Media University Berlin | |
| Since 2017 | Member of the Commission for the Determination of the Financial Requirements of Public Broadcasting Corporations (KEF) | |
| Since 2011 | Lecturer at Fachhochschule Kiel | |
| 2010-2015 | Program Manager at the Hamburg Foundation for Business Ethics | |
| 2008-2010 | Spokesman of the US Consulate General in Hamburg | |
| 2003-2008 | Project Manager in the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna | |
| 1999-2000 | Independent State Office for Broadcasting (ULR), Kiel | |
| 1997-1998 | Nordostseeradio RADIO NORA, Kiel |
Publications
Möller, Christian (2019) Kommunikationsfreiheit im Internet. Das UN Internet Governance Forum und die Meinungsfreiheit. Springer VS: Wiesbaden.
Möller, Christian (2013): New Technology, Minorities and Internet Governance. In: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) (Vol. 12, No. 4), S. 16–33. Online verfügbar unter http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2013/Moeller.pdf.
Möller, Christian (2013): Saluting Professional Journalism. Germany’s Media Coverage of the Anders Breivik Trial. In: Journal of Mass Media Ethics (Vol. 28 Issue 1). Online verfügbar unter http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EDdCSs8GMjbWTUe8aAmV/full.
Möller, Christian; Stone, Michael (Hg.) (2013): 2013 Social Media Guidebook. Vienna: OSCE The Representative on Freedom.
Möller, Christian (2008): Internet Governance in the OSCE Region: Media Freedom, Human Security and the Multi-Stakeholder Approach. In: Wolfgang Benedek, Veronika Bauer und Matthias C. Kettemann (Hg.): Internet governance and the information society. Global perspectives and European dimensions. Utrecht: Eleven International Pub, S. 95–106.
Möller, Christian; Amouroux, Arnaud (Hg.) (2007): Governing the Internet. Freedom and regulation in the OSCE region. Vienna: The Representative on Freedom of the Media Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Möller, Christian; Popescu, Alexandra (2005): Transformation of the Journalism System: The Implementation of Media Independence in Eastern European Countries since 1989. In: Freimut Duve und Michael Haller (Hg.): Editorial Independence. Putting Principle into Practice. Wien: OSCE The Representative on Freedom.
Duve, Freimut; Möller, Christian (2005): Medienfreiheit als sicherheitspolitische Voraussetzung. Die OSZE im Spannungsfeld zwischen sicherheitspolitischer Stabilität und menschenrechtlicher Veränderung. In: Sicherheit und Frieden 23 (2), S. 73–78. Online verfügbar unter http://www.sicherheit-und-frieden.nomos.de/fileadmin/suf/doc/SuF_05_02.pdf.
Möller, Christian; Amouroux, Arnaud (Hg.) (2004): The Media Freedom Internet Cookbook. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Wien: OSCE The Representative on Freedom. Online verfügbar unter http://www.osce.org/fom/13836?download=true.
Dohnanyi, Johannes von; Möller, Christian (2003): The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional Journalism. Vienna: OSCE The Representative on Freedom. Online verfügbar unter http://www.osce.org/fom/13870?download=true.
Hardy, Christiane; Möller, Christian (Hg.) (2003): Spreading the Word on the Internet. 16 Answers to 4 Questions. Reflections on Freedom of the Media and the Internet Amsterdam Conference, June 2003. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Vienna: OSCE The Representative on Freedom. Online verfügbar unter http://www.osce.org/fom/13871?download=true.