Professor Dr. Dr. Matthias Rath (English version)

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• born May 9 1959 in Schweinfurt/Germany
   
• Studies in Philosophy, Educational Science, German, psychology and Sociology at the Catholic University Eichstätt (Germany)
• 1984: Diploma in Educational Science (Dipl.-Päd. (Univ.))
• 1987: PhD in Philosophy (Dr. phil.)
• 1992: Habilitation in Philosophy (Dr. phil. habil.)

• 1994-1995: Vice President Corporate Issues and spokesman of Bertelsmann AG

• 1995-1996: Executive Vice President Public Relations of Bertelsmann Book Company (today Random House)

• Since 1997: Professor for Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Education in Ludwigsburg
  Head of the Forschungsstelle Jugend - Medien - Bildung (Research Center Youth - Media - Education)
  Head of the Forschungsgruppe Medienethik (Research Group Media Ethics)

• 2001-2010: Member of the Board of the Bertelsmann Wissenschaftsstiftung (Bertelsmann Science Foundation)

• 2001-2006: member and 2004-2006 spokesman of the Bildungsrat Baden-Württemberg (State Council of Education)

• 2005-2014: also Scientific Member of the Board of the Landesinstitut für Schulentwicklung Baden-Württemberg (State Institute of School Development)

• Since 2008 Member of the Board of the Gesellschaft für Medienbildungsforschung (Association for Media Education Research), Germany. 

• Member of the advisory board of the Netzwerks Medienethik (Network Media Ethics)
• Member of the IRIE Editorial Advisory Board
• Member of the https://mediaethics.center/Interdisciplinary Media Ethics Center (ICME), Head of the advisory board
• Member of the Gesellschaft für Medienbildungsforschung e.V. (Association Media Education Research)
• Member Ethics Network Baden-Württemberg
• Member International Center for Information Ethics ICIE
• Member European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA
• Mermber Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie DGPhil (German Philosophical Association)
• Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft DGPuK (German Communication Association), FG Kommunikations- und Medienethik (section communication and media ethics) and FG Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung (section media reception and medai effects research)
  
• Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft DGfE (German Educational Research Association), Sektion Medienpädagogik (section media education)
  
• Member JFF - Institut für Medienpädagogik in Forschung und Praxis
   
• Reviewer for
  - Journal for Communication of the International Communication Association ICA
  - MedienJournal of the Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Kommunikationswissenschaft (Austrian Communication Association)
  - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (German Communication Association)
  - Netzwerk Medienethik (Network Media Ethics)
  - Communicatio Socialis (German Journal for Media Ethics)

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