Offices/Activities
- since May 2025 and 2015-2017 Managing Director of the Institute Human-Computer-Media at the University of Würzburg
- since October 2025 and 2017-2021 Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Würzburg
- since 2023 Member of the Equal Opportunities Commission of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Würzburg
- Since 2022 Head of the Master's programme in Media Entertainment
- since 2021 Member of the Commission for Budgetary Affairs of the University of Würzburg
- since 2017 Additional member of the Faculty of Management and Economics at the University of Würzburg (secondary membership)
- 2023-2024 Advisory Board of the Society for Popular Music Research
- 2013-2016 and 2019-2025 Head of degree programme/examination chair for Master's in Media Communication, University of Würzburg
- 2012-2013 Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Arts II (today: Faculty of Human Sciences) at the University of Würzburg and member of the Presidential Commission
- 2010-2013 Programme Director/Examination Chair Bachelor Media Communication, University of Würzburg
- 2007-2011 Spokesperson for the Reception and Effects Research Section of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK)
- Member of the editorial boards of the journals
- Yearbook of Music Psychology/Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie, Leibniz Institute for Psychology (since 2019)
- Journal of Media Psychology, Hogrefe Verlag (2007-2015, 2021-2024)
- Samples, Society for Popular Music Research (2020-2024)
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Routledge (since 2018)
- Musicae Scientiae - The Journal of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Sage Publications (2015-2021)
- Media Psychology, Routledge (2007-2024)
- Communication and Sport, Sage Publications (2015-2021)
- Annals of the International Communication Association, Routledge (2016-2020)
- Media & Communication Science, Nomos Verlag (Advisory Board 2008-2011)
- Editor of the book series
- Music and Media, Springer VS, Wiesbaden (since 2008)
Series Music and Media - Reception research, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden (2007-2015)
Reception research series - Entertainment Research, Herbert von Halem Verlag, Cologne (2006-2016)
Series Entertainment Research - Sports Communication, Herbert von Halem Verlag, Cologne (2004-2016)
Series Sports Communication
- Music and Media, Springer VS, Wiesbaden (since 2008)
- Advisory board of the book series
- Yearbook of Music Psychology, Waxmann Verlag, Münster (2019-2024)
- Advertising - Consumption - History, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Munich (since 2019)
- Reception research, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden ( since 2015)
- Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Annals of the International Communication Association, Human Communication Research, Communication Research, Media Psychology, Journal of Media Psychology, Musicae Scientiae, Communication & Sport, Poetics, Journal of Children and Media, Mobile Media & Communication, Journal of Promotion Management, Sport und Gesellschaft - Sport and Society, Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, Publizistik, Studies in Communication | Media
- Consultancy work for television stations, radio stations, music media
