USI HSG Knowledge Communication - Team

Team

	Martin J. Eppler, Prof. Dr. is a full professor of media and communication management at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), where he is also a director of the institute for media and communication management. He conducts research on knowledge management, knowledge visualization, and knowledge communication. He has been a guest professor at various universities in Asia and Europe. He has been an advisor to organizations such as the United Nations, Philips, UBS, the Swiss Military, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Swiss Re, Daimler and others. Martin Eppler studied communications, business administration and social sciences at Boston University, the Paris Graduate School of Management, and the Universities of Geneva and St.Gallen. He has published more than 80 academic papers (in journals such as Organization Studies, LRP, Harvard Business Manager, TIS, EMJ, IV, and others) and eight books, mostly on knowledge communication, management, and visualization. Latest Book Publication: Ways of Knowing (Wissenswege, Huber, 2008). Download CV Download Publications
	Nicole Bischof is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen, Institute for Media and Communication Management. Her interdisciplinary NSF research project focuses on the role of knowledge management as a part of dealing with natural hazards and risks in Switzerland, namely the knowledge communication between scientific research and application. Educated in Cologne, Germany and Gothenburg, Sweden, Nicole holds a degree in Geography. Previously, she had worked seven years as a research scientist at ETH’s Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos, dealing with risk management of natural hazards. Nicole's work experience encompasses the co-ordination of EU-projects on integral risk management of extremely rapid mass movements as well as the organization of several scientific congresses and workshops. In her responsiblity as Cenat-coordinator she finalized and published the Swiss Virtual Campus project "Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risks" (www.nahris.ch), a module-based e-learning course.
	Sabrina Bresciani is a PhD candidate at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, at the Institute of Marketing and Communication Management. She is a lecturer of Visualization in Business Communication at the University of Lugano. She has been a visiting research fellow at the National University of Singapore in 2009-2010 to conduct cross-cultural research. Previously she has been a visiting researcher at Harvard University (Boston) in 2009, and at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) in spring 2007. She has a BA in Communication Design from the Politecnico di Milano and a Master in Corporate Communication from the University of Lugano. Her international experience includes studying at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, at Franklin County High School (Virginia), working in Leipzig (Germany), extensive traveling and volunteering in India. Research focus: Knowledge Visualization + interactive, intercultural interdisciplinary. In particular she is interested in discovering the power of visual representations - both in static and interactive (computer mediated) environments – for learning and knowledge sharing in group. Download CV
	Alice Comi is a PhD candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences, where she has recently obtained her master degree in Communication and Economics, with the mention summa cum laude. Her doctoral research focuses on inter-organizational collaboration for innovation development, with particular emphasis on the role of visualization in supporting inter-organizational teamwork. In Fall 2008, she has been a visiting fellow at the Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, where she contributed to set up a project proposal on inter-organizational collaboration in new ventures. Her previous experience includes an internship at the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, a consulting activity for a multinational pharmaceutical company, and collaboration in an e-learning project at University of Lugano.
	Friederike Hoffmann is a PhD candidate at the University of St.Gallen, =mcminstitute, Institute for Media and Communication Management. She holds a degree in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin. She also studied at Sabanci University, Istanbul, and worked as a research assistant at the San Francisco State University. After finishing her diploma thesis on agenda setting, she worked as a research assistant at the Herbert Quandt Foundation, Berlin, and later as a project manager for the Charité Foundation in Berlin. Her research focuses on the use of knowledge visualization tools in strategic management processes.
	Jeanne Mengis, Dr. Jeanne Mengis is currently a senior researcher at the Warwick Business School, Warwick University, and a lecturer at the University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences. Previously, she was a post-doctoral visiting fellow at Boston University, School of Management. She is part of the Research Unit on Innovation, Knowledge and Organizational Networks (IKON) at the University of Warwick. She gained her PhD in February 2007 from the University of Lugano (awarded with a summa cum laude). Her PhD was an integral part of a 3-year long research project on the integration of knowledge in decision making, of which she was co-project manager. In her research, she aims to develop a communication approach to the management of knowledge in organizations. In particular, she focuses on knowledge-intensive conversations, the use of visual language and methods in the co-construction of knowledge, on knowledge integration and the role of boundary objects and boundary spanning practices. From 2003 to 2006, she was co-project manager of a three-year research project on the integration of expert knowledge in decision making. During 2004/2005, she was a doctoral visiting fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Jeanne has teaching experiences at the master, executive master and bachelor level, thaught at the universities of St.Gallen, Lausanne, and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. She further conducted executive training for organizations as - among others - the United Nations, the Chamber of Judges and Attorneys of Ticino, UBS, or the St.Gallen Cantonal Bank. She has several publications in well regarded international journals and contributed chapters to books on knowledge management and knowledge communication.
	Roland Pfister is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen, =mcminstitute, Institute for Media and Communication Management. He holds a degree in business for small and medium sized enterprises from the University of St. Gallen. After finishing his diploma thesis on human resources management, he worked for two years as an IT consultant in the field of core banking applications for Accenture, a major consulting company, and another two years as a Senior Business analyst for Credit Suisse. In his research, he examines the impact of (quantitative) visualization on communication in management processes.
	Andreas Schmeil is a PhD candidate at the University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences. He holds a German Master's degree in Computer Science from Ulm University and has a strong background in Human-Computer Interaction, especially in the field of Collaborative Virtual Environments and Augmented Reality. After finishing his Master's project at Fraunhofer FIT he worked as a freelancing software engineer, as a research associate at Fraunhofer IAO and most recently as a research assistant at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand, HIT Lab NZ. His research focuses on Visual Collaboration and Learning Practices in Virtual Environments. He aims to help improve remote team collaboration through visual knowledge communication and e-learning. He has published several academic papers at leading conferences in the field of Human-Computer Interaction.