Wolfgang Hünnekens
Wolfgang Hünnekens (born April 4, 1958 in Düsseldorf ) is honorary professor for digital communication at the University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK).
Professional
In 1999, Hünnekens was one of the first German Internet pioneers in this segment to be the initiator and founder of the Institute of Electronic Business (IEB), the first affiliated institute of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). The IEB finances the Electronic Business course there and Hünnekens was the first chairman of the IEB board from its foundation until 2003. He is also a co-founder of the Research Center for Digital Communication at the UdK.
Since the summer semester of 2008, he has been visiting professor for digital communication at the Berlin University of the Arts in the “Leadership for digital communication” course offered by the UdK in cooperation with the University of St. Gallen. In 2012 he was appointed honorary professor for digital communication at the UdK. Until 2017 he was deputy chairman of the Freundeskreis der Universität der Künste eV - Karl Hofer Society .
From 2004 to 2012 Hünnekens was chairman of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry Committee “ Creative Industries ” (formerly “Communication and Media”). Furthermore, from May 2008, at the invitation of the Berlin Senate Department for Economy, Energy and Enterprises, he was a member of the Berlin steering committee for the “ICT, Media and Creative Industries” cluster.
Hünnekens is the founder and board member of the funding organization "Friends of the WZB " of the " Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH" and is currently its treasurer.
He has been a member of the Advisory Board of Berliner Sparkasse since 2014.
From February 2013 to the end of 2015 he was the founder and managing partner of iDeers Consulting (today: VORN Strategy Consulting GmbH).
Since 2015 he has been the founder and managing partner of the management consultancy “von Neuem”, which specializes in digital transformation .
Personal
Hünnekens is married, has two children and lives in Berlin.
Publications (selection)
- The I-Senders: The Social Media Principle - Successfully Using Twitter, Facebook & Communities
- Guest article in the DPRG online magazine Streusandbuechse: "Courage to Brand"
- Guest post at Lead digital: "How social collaboration does away with e-mail"
- Wolfgang Hünnekens - Dealing with digital communication in business transactions | ARD media library | Vis a vis
- Overview of the contributions by Wolfgang Hünnekens in The Huffington Post
- Article about the future of radio on Radioszene.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of relevant persons of the IEB
- ^ Karl Hofer Society
- ^ Board of the Friends of the WZB
- ↑ Overview of the advisory board members of the Berliner Sparkasse
- ↑ Horizont.net: Agencies as business consultants
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Hünnekens in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV on the UdK website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hünnekens, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and cultural manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |