Dr Ingrid Volkmer
Associate Professor, Media and Communications
Deputy Director, Media and Communications
Biography
Ingrid Volkmer has been appointed as Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia in February, 2007. She is also Deputy Director of the Media and Communication program.
Ingrid Volkmer has taught at various international universities, such as in Europe, the US (New School University, New York) and New Zealand (University of Otago). She has been Visiting Scholar at MIT, Cambridge (2001), Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) (2002) as well as at the University of Amsterdam (ASCoR) (2003-2006).
Prof Volkmer has worked for many years in the field of global communication. She has submitted various books and articles on these issues. Her particular interests are the new worldwide media infrastructure of political communication and the impact on societies and cultures.
She has been a speaker on a variety of international conferences, such as "50 Years European Communication Research" (University of Amsterdam, 2005), "ICT and Capacity Building" (UNESCO, Paris, 2005), "Globalization, Identity, Diversity," Forum of Cultures, Barcelona, Spain.
Recent publications
News in Public Memory.An International Study of Media Memories Across Generations New York: Peter Lang, 2006. 302 pages,
'Governing the "Spatial Reach" ? Spheres of Influence and Challenges to Global Media Policy, ' International Journal of Communication, published by Annenberg School, USC, Los Angeles, Vol 1, 2007, pp 56-73
"'Foreign' Journalism in the Global News World," in: Allan, S. (ed) Journalism: Critical Issues. Maidenhead and New York: McGraw-Hill and Open University Press, 2005, pp. 357 - 369
She is also Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia Globalization (London:Routledge, 2007) and on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Communication (Annenberg/ USC), Global Media and Communication (London: Sage), War, Media and Conflict (London: Sage) and The Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill).
Ingrid Volkmer is Vice Chair of the Philosophy of Communication Division of the International Communication Association (Washington, DC).
She is currently working on a book manuscript "The Global Public Sphere" for Polity Press, Cambridge.