Marco Althaus

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Marco Althaus (born January 19, 1971 in Göttingen ) is a German political scientist, journalist and expert on political public relations . He is Professor of Political Communication at the University of Public Administration and Finance in Ludwigsburg .

Life

Althaus studied political science at the Free University of Berlin and at Duke University (USA) as well as educational science at Capella University (USA). He graduated with a degree in political science with a research thesis on the Federal Chancellery, and his doctorate with Peter Lösche at the Georg-August University in Göttingen dealt with election campaign advice in the USA. He also completed a master's degree at the Graduate School of Political Management, George Washington University , Washington DC. He was also a Research Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States .

Initially he worked as a political journalist . In 1995 he did military service as an editor at Aktuell - newspaper for the Bundeswehr in the press and information staff at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn , then he completed an internship at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Frankfurt am Main from 1996–1997 , before becoming editor of state politics in 1998 of the New Press in Hanover , then from 2001 to 2003 head of the press office of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Technology and Transport under Minister Susanne Knorre . In 2003 he became head of corporate communications at the Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (dd_vg) in the Willy-Brandt-Haus .

In 2004 he was one of the founders of the German Institute for Public Affairs (DIPA) in Berlin with Sven Rawe and Michael Geffken . The DIPA company was properly dissolved in 2009. The DIPA published the book series Public Affairs and Political Management as well as the journal Public Affairs Manager at Lit Verlag under Althaus' editor .

Since 2008 he was full-time visiting professor for social sciences at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (FH) and was appointed professor for social sciences there in 2011. From 2009 to 2015 he was deputy chairman of the board of directors of the affiliated institute for further education master’s courses, the Wildau Institute of Technology (WIT). In the context of the European Management course, he acted for the university from 2013 as editor of the peer-reviewed online student journal Journal of European Management & Public Affairs Studies (JEMPAS) . From 2016 to 2017 he was a substitute professor for economics with a focus on international economic policy in Wildau.

In 2018 he accepted the position of professor for political communication at the Faculty of Management and Law at the University of Public Administration and Finance in Ludwigsburg . There he teaches the public management course. Althaus was also a lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin , the Free University of Berlin , the University for Continuing Education Krems , the Touro College Berlin , the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences (now the Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen ) and the Bremen University of Applied Sciences (international course in political management).

Memberships, advisory boards

He is a liaison professor at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which is close to the SPD . He is a member of the Politics and Communication working group of the German Association for Political Science research . He is the editorial advisory board of the magazine Politik & Kommunikation and a member of the jury of the annual Politics Award as well as a member of the board of trustees of polisphere eV, association for the promotion of political communication and information (formerly: poli-c.de, Munich).

Publications (selection)

In addition to essays and articles in research journals, the specialist press and the general public press, Marco Althaus published twelve books:

  • Marco Althaus (ed.): The media in the election campaign. Practical test for the mediators in the Frankfurt am Main democracy : Peter Lang Verlagsgruppe 2017.
  • Marco Althaus, Florian Busch-Janser (eds.): Career guide Association management Berlin: Polisphere 2016.
  • Marco Althaus, Gerhard Göhler , Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen , Christian Walther (eds.): Media, power and metropolises: Political communication in the city of Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlagsgruppe 2012.
  • Marco Althaus (Ed.): The Anti-Harvards. How education corporations are revolutionizing America's higher education system Münster and Berlin: Lit Verlag 2009.
  • Marco Althaus (Ed.): Campaign! 3 New strategies in grassroots lobbying for companies and associations Münster and Berlin: Lit Verlag 2008.
  • Marco Althaus: Delphi study Political Communication 2030. How political experts under 45 see the future at the interface of politics, business and media Berlin: Helios 2007.
  • Marco Althaus, Michael Geffken , Sven Rawe (eds.): Handlexikon Public Affairs Münster and Berlin: Lit Verlag 2005.
  • Marco Althaus, Dominik Meier (eds.): Political advice: Practice and borders Münster and Berlin: Lit Verlag 2004.
  • Marco Althaus: Machiavelli's power primer. Political Management in Cartoons Norderstedt: Bod 2004.
  • Marco Althaus, Vito Cecere (Ed.): Campaign! 2 New strategies for election campaigns, PR and lobbying Münster and Berlin: Lit Verlag 2002.
  • Marco Althaus (Ed.): Campaign! New strategies for election campaigns, PR and lobbying Münster and Berlin: Lit Verlag 2001.
  • Marco Althaus: Election campaigns as a profession. The professionalization of political consultants in the USA. [Diss.] Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlagsgruppe 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of teachers (as of November 29, 2018). In: Ludwigsburg University of Applied Sciences. November 29, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Xing profile Prof. Dr. Marco Althaus. In: Xing.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Press release: Dr. Marco Althaus becomes press spokesman for Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (dd_vg.). In: Presseportal.de. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .
  4. ^ Company announcements. In: Bundesanzeiger.de. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Series: Public Affairs and Political Management. In: Lit Verlag. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  6. ^ Newly appointed In: Die Neue Hochschule , Magazin des Hochschullehrerbund, 2/2011, p. 44, accessed on October 1, 2018.
  7. ^ Journal of European Management & Public Affairs Studies (JEMPAS). In: University server of the TH Wildau. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Xing profile Prof. Dr. Marco Althaus. In: Xing.com. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Directory of teachers (as of November 29, 2018). In: Ludwigsburg University of Applied Sciences. November 29, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
  10. ↑ FES Liaison Lecturers. In: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. September 2017, accessed December 28, 2018 .
  11. ↑ List of members of the Politics and Communication Working Group. In: German Association for Political Science. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Editorial Board. In: Politics & Communication. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  13. ^ Curatorship. (No longer available online.) In: Polisphere.eu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on December 28, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.polisphere.eu
personal data
SURNAME Althaus, Marco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 19th January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen