Welcome to the Department of Communication (IfK) at the University of Münster.

The 11th European Communication Conference (ECC) of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) will take place from September 8 to 11, 2026, in Brno, Czech Republic. Under the theme “Shifting Grounds: Paths, Connections, and Futures,” the international conference brings together communication and media scholars from Europe and beyond. Researchers from the IfK will also be presenting several papers at the conference.

Since the 2024/25 winter semester, IfK students have been supporting the prison magazine “Popshop” at the Herford Correctional Facility. As part of a working group at the Center for Media Practice, they design the layout of the magazine, which is published three times a year and gives adolescents and young adults in custody a voice of their own.

On July 24, 2026, the Department of Communication held a graduation ceremony in the castle’s auditorium to honor 123 graduates. Prof. Dr. Helena Stehle, Executive Director of the IfK, congratulated the graduates on earning 17 master’s degrees and 106 bachelor’s degrees in the summer semester of 2026.

The jury was most impressed by the master's thesis on the attribution of human characteristics to artificial intelligence. 

In recent years, sustainability has increasingly become a central strategic issue for companies in Germany. Companies face the challenge of not only incorporating sustainability into their goals and decisions, but also communicating and implementing the necessary changes within their organizations.