Gisela Dachs
Prof.
Gisela
Dachs
Faculty member at the European Forum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
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Gisela Dachs is Professor of Communication Studies at the European Forum and the DAAD-Center for German Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She teaches courses focused on society and media, the challenges facing liberal democracies, and the dynamics of Israel-German relations. Alongside her work in academia, she continues her longstanding career as an international journalist and publicist in German, English and French. She is currently Principal Investigator of an international research project funded by the German Research Foundation, investigating Israeli audiences and the export of meaning within the context of streamed international TV series. In 2022, she founded the hu-ef-barometer that gathers data through regular surveys related to the mutual perceptions of Israel and European countries.

Gisela holds a BA in Modern French Literature and an MA in communication studies from the Sorbonne, and a PhD from Tel Aviv University.

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