Prof. Dr. Sophia Charlotte Volk

About the person

Sophia Charlotte Volk is Professor of Communication Science with a Focus on Strategic Communication at LMU Munich since October 2025. Previously, Sophia was a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). She earned her Ph.D. from Leipzig University (Germany) with a dissertation on the methodological and social challenges of comparative communication research, where she worked at the Chair of Strategic Communication. Her research and teaching interests include strategic and corporate communication, science and university communication, the impact of AI, evaluation and measurement, and information abundance and overload. Sophia is currently involved in various collaborative research projects, e.g. in the SNSF-funded project "Science Communication in the Age of AI“. Sophia currently serves as Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Academic Society for Management & Communication (AGUK) and was elected Speaker of the PR/Organizational Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) until 2026.

• Since 2025: Professor of Communication Science with a Focus on Strategic Communication at LMU Munich
• Since 2021: Editorial Board Member of Public Relations Review (since 2024), International Journal of Strategic Communication (since 2023), Global Media Journal – German Edition (since 2023), Corporate Communications: an International Journal (since 2021)
• 2022-2026: Elected Speaker of the Public Relations / Organizational Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
• 2023: Invited Member of the Evaluation Panel of MISTRA – The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
• 2021–2025: Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich
• 2015–2021: Ph.D. in Communication Science, Institute of Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University
• 2017, 2018: Visiting Scholar at the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
• 2012–2015: M.A. in Communication Management, Institute of Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University
• 2014: Visiting Student at E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, United States
• 2009–2012: B.A. in Communication Science, Department of Communication, University of Münster

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