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A graduate in marketing/management from the Universität Dortmund, Germany, in advertising from the University of Illinois, and in Mass Communication from the University of Florida, Olaf Werder holds a senior lectureship in strategic and health communication in the Discipline of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney after having held positions at the University of Florida and the University of New Mexico. Prior to his academic appointment, he has worked in the communication industry on the media and agency side in two countries for ten years.
His current research interests focus on how people communicate and understand health to identify pathways for health promotion avenues and improved health outcomes. In thus his research explores public risk perceptions, social ecological modelling of message responses, community-participatory research approaches, and a socio-cultural understanding of health in population and media.
Media and Communications, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3064