Prof. Matthias Karmasin , PhD, Dr. rer.soc.oec. is director of the institute for comparative media and communication studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Klagenfurt, where he is a full professor and chair for communication studies and serves currently as Dean of the faculty for social sciences.. He studied political sciences, philosophy, communication studies and business administration and got his venia docendi for communication studies in 1999.

Prior to joining the University of Klagenfurt he held the chair for Media Management at the Technical University of Ilmenau (Germany) and was visiting professor at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. His professional experiences include business consultancy as well as several stations abroad (mainly in the US)

Apart from various functions in academia and memberships in several editorial boards and institutions of media regulation and journalism organisations he is ordinary member of the European Academy of sciences and a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Matthias Karmasin has authored 20 monographs, edited 34 books , published more than 200 scientific articles and spoken at more than 300 scientific conferences on media economy ,media management and media accountability, political communication, communication theory, media practice and journalism.