The Chief Communication Officer of Technical University of Darmstadt

As a member of the extended Executive Board, the Chief Communication Officer is in charge of the areas of responsibility Strategic Science Communication and Brand Management.

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Dr. Patrick Honecker

Contact

work +49 6151 16-20042

Work Karolinenplatz 5
64289 Darmstadt

2002 Doctorate, Trier University (Dr.phil)
2001 – 2004 Editor Science & Education, Deutschlandfunk
2004 – 2006 Head of unit (m.d.b.W), Federal and State Commission for Educational Planning and Research Promotion
2006 – 2021 Director of Communications and Marketing, University of Cologne
2017 Higher Education Communication Award, German Rectors´ Conference
since 2009 Fellow Science Management, Donors' association for the promotion of humanities and sciences in Germany
since 2022 Evaluator Volkswagen Foundation
since 2022 Member of the Board of the “Zentrums für Wissenschaftsmanagement” (Centre for Science Management) (ZWM)
since 2022 Member of the Advisory Board of the WissKom Campus of the National Institute for Science Communication (NaWiK)
since 2024 Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2011 – 2024 Member of the external Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Siegen

Project management

Strategic Science Communication and Brand Management

  Name Working area(s) Contact
Ines Schiefke Dipl.-Betriebsw. (FH)
Assistant CCO
Assistant to Chief Communication Officer, project management