Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert

Gabriele Siegert serves as Deputy President and Vice President Education and Student Affairs of the University of Zurich, where she was appointed full professor of media studies, with a focus on media economics, in 2001. After her studies in economics and social sciences, she taught and conducted research at several higher education institutions, including the universities of Augsburg, Salzburg and Jena and the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.

Gabriele Siegert was president of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research from 2005 to 2009, head of the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich from 2009 to 2013, and Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from 2008 to 2012. In addition, she chaired the Foundation for Research in Science and the Humanities at the University of Zurich from 2011 to 2017 and was member of the Federal Media Commission FMEC from 2013 to 2017. From February to July 2020, she served as President ad interim of the University of Zurich.