DGOF Names New Chairman

The German Society for Online Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Online Forschung or DGOF) has appointed several new members to its Executive Board including Dr Martin Welker as Chairman, replacing Olaf Wenzel who has stepped down for personal reasons.

Welker teaches journalism at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences for Media and Communication in Munich. His work includes papers on computer assisted reporting, social networks and methods of online data collection.

He is joined on the Executive Board by new Treasurer Dr Lars Kaczmirek who is a Research Associate at GESIS - Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences, Survey Design and Methodology; as well as Dr Monika Taddicken, who is a Research Associate at the University of Hamburg, Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies.

YouGovPsychonomics CEO Holger Geissler remains as the fourth member of the DGOF Board.

Wenzel, who has been DGOF's Chair for the past seven years, currently works as Head of Methods & Statistics at SKOPOS.

Welker thanked Wenzel for his contribution to DGOF, saying: 'Since Olaf joined the Board in 2003, the DGOF has tripled the number of its member and the field of online research has developed and advanced.'

Web site: www.dgof.de .

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