Rhetorical Communication in Civic Education, Professional Education

Education
M.A. degree (Magistra Artium) in Speech Science, Musicology and Psychology from the University of Landau/Palatinate (Germany). Additional certificate “German as a foreign language“ from Trier University. 

Thematic expertise 

• Rhetoric for speeches
• Communication as professional key competence
• Rhetoric and political education
• Visual rhetoric, use of media
• Migration, integration
• Sustainable consumption

Publications, lectures, media reports

• Thömmes Rebecca; Thömmes, Arthur: Die schnelle Stunde Kommunikationstraining: 30 originelle Unterrichtsstunden ganz ohne Vorbereitung. Auer Verlag; 2015
• Thömmes, Rebecca: So stimmt es mit der Stimme: Übungen zur Sprech- und Stimmbildung für Lehrer. Verlag an der Ruhr; 2011
• Thömmes; Rebecca: Zugänge zur politischen Bildung mittels rhetorischer und ästhetischer Kommunikation. In: Oliver Strauch, Claas Willeke, Florian Penner: Kunst der Demokratie: Das Handbuch. Saarbrücken: Die Redner, 2011.

Communication (languages)
German (native language), English (B2)

European Youth Education

Education
French-German studies: cross-border communication and cooperation in Saarbrücken (Germany) and Metz (France) // Intercultural education, migration and multilingualism in Karlsruhe (Germany). M.A. degree (Master of Arts)

Thematic expertise 

• French-German relations
• Intercultural communication
• Didactics of intercultural youth education

Publications, lectures, media reports

• Wert(voll). Tool-Kit für die interkulturelle Jugendarbeit, EAO, 2018

Communication (languages) 
German (native language), French (C2), English (C1)

Education
Study of History and German Studies, European Studies in Paris/Besançon (France)

Thematic Expertise

• Intercultural communication
• European integration
• Franco-German relations
• Didactics of intercultural youth education
• Cross-border mobility

Publications, lectures, media reports

• Wert(voll). Tool-Kit für die interkulturelle Jugendarbeit, EAO, 2018
• "Wege und Grenzen der Anlasspädagogik in der europapolitischen Jugendbildung“, in Politische Dimension der internationalen Jugendarbeit, IJAB, Bonn, 2014
• "Graffiti-Projekt Die Jugend gestaltet Europa: regards croisés franco-allemands. Europapolitik für junge Auszubildende durch ästhetisch-politische Bildung erfahrbar machen.“ In: ibidem

Communication (languages)
French (native language), German (C2), English (B2)

Rhetorical Communication in Civic Education, Professional Education

Education
Study of Speech Science and Phonetics in Halle/Saale (Germany). Diploma in Speech Science. Postgraduate studies of Clinical Speech Science in Halle/Saale. Diploma in Clinical Speech Science.

Thematic expertise 

• Speech and discussion rhetoric for different target groups and contexts
• Rhetoric and political education
• Communication in conflict situations
• Speech and communication
• Intercultural communication
• Rhetoric and inclusion

Publications, lectures, media reports

• „Populismus – eine Einordnung"
• "Themenfeld antidemokratische Tendenzen: Umgang mit Hate Speech, Fake News, Rassismus."
• "Wie siehst Du mich, wie sprichst Du mit mir? Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit"
• Podcast "Hab ich das laut gesagt!?" / Interview in the magazine "Forum - Das Wochenmagazin", 21.05.2021 with Julia Indenbaum

Communication (languages) 
German (native language), English (C2), French (B1)

Education
Study of business administration (Saarland University), General Management Academy (Universities of Mannheim, Michigan)

Professional experience:

• Commercial management positions in industry, trade and service

Main areas of expertise:

• External and internal accounting, IT, human resources
• Controlling
• Organizational Development
• Private and corporate law

Communication (languages) :
English, French

Project Leader Business & Education

As Project Leader for Business & Education in the eao business division, Marie-Louise Brunner is responsible for designing and planning innovative continuing education formats for companies and organizations, specialist staff and management, teams and trainees. In addition, she also teaches continuing education formats on various topics in the eao business division and lends her expertise to educational programs for students.

Education and academic highlights

• Bachelor of Arts in English: Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures & French Culture Studies and Intercultural Communication at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
• Master of Arts in English, American, and Anglophone Studies & Intercultural Communication with a Focus on Francophone Cultures at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
• PhD in English Linguistics (topic: Understanding Intercultural Communication: Negotiating Meaning and Identities in English as a Lingua Franca Skype Conversations) at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
• Tandem-Professor for Sustainability Communication at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences (2022-2025)
• Co-Director of InDi - Institute for International and Digital Communication at the Einvironmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences (since 2019-today)

Thematic expertise

• Sustainability Communication, incl. psychological principles and communication strategies, different target groups, channels, formats, as well as playful formats in Education for Sustainable Development
• Business communication& communication optimization on social media, social media marketing and digital brand identity
• Intercultural Communication
• Linguistics and Culture Studies
• Language and food

Publications, lectures, media reports (selection)

• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2026. Multilingual language management on social media: Best practices. Le plurilinguisme au travail : méthodes, pratiques, formation / Multilingualism at work : methods, practices, teaching, ed. by Giovanni Tallarico and Laurent Gajo [Champs Didactiques Plurilingues : données pour des politiques stratégiques]. Peter Lang.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise. 2024. Hungrig auf Nachhaltigkeit? – Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation als wichtiger Aspekt der Unternehmensidentität auf Instagram-Business-Accounts in der Lebensmittelbranche. Sprache und Essen – Ansichten einer linguistischen Kulinaristik (Jahrbuch Kulinaristik 6), ed. by Stefan Diemer. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2023. Section on "Cross-Cultural Marketing Task for Virtual Global Teams." In: Whalen, D. Joel; and Charles Drehmer. 2023. "Selections From the ABC 2022 Annual International Conference, Tampa, Florida, USA: Sharing Teaching Innovations With a Porpoise Pod’s Coordination, Speed, and Grace." Business and Professional Communication Quarterly 86(3): 377-399.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2022. Cross-platform analysis. Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis, ed. by Camilla Vasquez. Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise. 2021. Understanding intercultural communication: Negotiating meaning and identities in English as a Lingua Franca Skype conversations. Berlin: J.B. Metzler.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2021. Section on "Let the Cat Out of The Bag! – Raising Intercultural Awareness with Hedgehog, Giraffe and Co." In: Whalen, D. Joel 2021 "Selections From the ABC 2020 Annual Conference, Online: Gathering Around the Cool Fire to Share Business Communication Teaching Innovations" Business and Professional Communication Quarterly 84(3): 266-286.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2020. Section on "Crisis Communication via Social Media: Can You Do Better?" In: Whalen, D. Joel. 2020. “Selections from the ABC 2019 Annual Conference, Detroit, Michigan: Dancin’ in Motown’s Streets to the Beat of My Favorite Assignments.” Business and Professional Communication Quarterly 83(2): 234-255.
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2019. Meaning negotiation and customer engagement in a digital BELF setting: A study of Instagram company interactions. Iperstoria – Journal of American and English Studies 13(1): 15-33 [Special section: Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca, ed. by Alessia Cogo and Paola Vettorel]. https://iperstoria.it/article/view/436
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; and Stefan Diemer. 2019. Section on "Business Goes Intercultural: Developing an Intercultural Marketing Campaign" In: Whalen et al. 2019. Selections from the ABC 2018 Annual Conference, Miami, Florida: Teaching Innovations Bright as the Tropical Sun. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly 82(2).
• Brunner, Marie-Louise; Stefan Diemer; and Selina Schmidt. 2018. "I mean ... we have good coffee in Italy ... why do we need Starbucks?" – ‘America’ in the construction and negotiation of European identities. (Pop) Cultures on the Move: Transnational Identifications and Cultural Exchange Between East and West [Saravi Pontes 8], ed. by Astrid M. Fellner; Tetjana Ostapchuk; and Bärbel Schlimbach, 17-33. Saarbrücken: universaar - Saarland University Press. publikationen.sulb.uni-saarland.de/bitstream/20.500.11880/30917/1/PopCulturesontheMoveSP8.pdf

For a full list of publications, conference talks, guest lectures, and media reports see www.umwelt-campus.de/ml.brunner.

Communication (languages)
German (native language), English (C1-C2), French (B2), Italian (B1)

Academic Education

Education
Bachelor and Master's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy (Prague University of Economics and Business,Czech Republic). 
PhD in International Political Relations with a Dissertation on "The European Union as a normative power? The extraterritorial reach of the EU’s personal data protection standards" (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic). BETZAVTA Facilitator.

 Thematic Expertise

• International Relations
• European Integration
• Data Surveillance and International Data Protection Regimes
• Digitalisation (Industry 4.0), Disinformation, Digital Democracy and Digital Media
• Globalisation und Transatlantic Relations 

Publications, lectures, media reports

Publications:

• STEHLÍKOVÁ, J. (2023): The European Union as a Normative Power? The Extraterritorial Reach of the EU’s Personal Data Protection Standards. Tectum, 2023, 262 Pages. ISBN print: 978-3-8288-4920-4. ISBN online: 978-3-8288-5053-8
  doi.org/10.5771/9783828850538
• KRISTEK, T. - STEHLÍKOVÁ, J. (2022): Tertiary Education Accessibility and Affordability: SDG 4.3 in Visegrad Countries. In: Leal Filho, W., Dinis, M.A.P., Moggi, S., Price, E., Hope, A. (eds) SDGs in the European Region . Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_42-1
• STEHLÍKOVÁ, J. (2021): The corona crisis, data protection and tracking apps in the EU: the Czech and Austrian COVID-19 mobile phone apps in the battle against the virus. Czech Journal of International Relations. https://doi.org/10.32422/mv-cjir.1764
• DRULÁKOVÁ, R. (Ed.) - HNÁT, P. (Ed.) (2021): Setting up the coordination mechanism within the Presidency of the Council of the EU: preparation and realization from the perspective of selected Member States, lessons learned, and recommendations for CZ PRES 2022. Forschungsbericht. Autoren: ANTAL, J. - BIČ, J. - DRULÁKOVÁ, R. - DUBSKÝ, Z. - HNÁT, P. - KOČÍ, K. - GREBE, E. - GRMELOVÁ, N. - HOVORKOVÁ, J. - STEHLÍKOVÁ, J.
• LOMBARDO, L. - STEHLÍKOVÁ, J. - VOKÁLEK M. (2020): Cyberdefense in a Globalized World. How Can Digital Technologies Build a More Integrated Europe? Nomos eLibrary. Series: Denkart Europa doi.org/10.5771/9783748908111-91
• STEHLÍKOVÁ, J. (2020): Disinformation and the European Union. How Can Digital Technologies Build a More Integrated Europe? Nomos eLibrary. Series: Denkart Europa doi.org/10.5771/9783748908111-49

International Conferences: 

• Online Platforms and The European Union: Digital Age as a Challenge to Democratic Principles. Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA) Conference, University of Pécs, September 2019
• Disinformation and the European Union. CEEISA-ISA 2019 Joint International Conference, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Political Science, June 2019

Communication (languages)
Czech (native language), English (C2), German (C1)

European Youth Education

Education
B.A. Romance languages, B.Mus. Classical singing and B.A. Political science in Leipzig and Riga, Master European Affairs – Cultural policy and management in Paris

Thematic expertise

• European integration and European politics
• Franco-German relations
• Cultural policy

Communication (languages)
German (mother tongue), French (C1), English (C1), Italian (B1)

European Youth Education

Education
M.A. Sciences Po in Toulouse, M.A. Governance of international relations. Language monitor certificate awarded by the Franco-German Youth Office - Formation “Language Animation in sports”

Thematic expertise

• German-French youth exchanges
• European mobility
• Intercultural communication
• European politics and international relations
• History of Franco-German town twinning 

Communication (languages)
French (native), German (C2), English (C1), Italian (A1)

Education
Graduate translator, interdisciplinary environmental sciences, European law

Thematic Expertise

• Education marketing
• Education for sustainable development
• European integration + Franco-German relations
• International relations

Publications, lectures, media reports

• „Begegnungen weiter vorantreiben“ | Forum - Das Wochenmagazin
• ASKO Europa-Stiftung - OPUS Kulturmagazin
• Deutsch-Französischer Nachhaltigkeitsdialog, 29.10.2021, Bonn
• Die Wahlen in Polen und die Zukunft der Zusammenarbeit in Europa 07.11. 2023
• Nachhaltige kommunale und integrierte Mobilitätskonzepte für das Saarland und die Region, 10.03.2022

Communication (languages)
German (native language), English (C2), Italian (C2), French (B2)

Project assistant for cross-border cooperation
as part of the program “Travail chez le partenaire”

Education
Winner of the “Concours Général” in the subjects German, History and Modern Geopolitics. Preparatory Class in Economics in Paris. 3rd year of a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration at the University of Poitiers (France). Master in Management at Neoma Business School, Reims (France).

Thematic expertise

• Language Activities
• Youth Education/Mentoring
• Franco-German Cooperation
• Intercultural Encounters
• Translation

Communication (languages)
French Wolof and Pular (native), German (C1), English (C1)

Rhetorical Communication in Civic Education, Professional Education

Education
B.A. Rhetoric at the University of Tübingen, B.A. Speech Arts and Speech Training at the State University of Music and the Performing Arts Stuttgart, M.A. Coaching at the IU-International University (ongoing)

Thematic expertise

• Speech and discussion rhetoric
• Storytelling
• Communication as professional key competence
• Voice and personal expression
• Rhetoric and political Education
• Managing Stage Fright

Publications, lectures, media reports

• „Sapere aude – perorare aude. Wie die europäische Tradition der Rhetorik unsere Demokratie stärken kann.“ (In: Lüdicke Lars (Hg.): Wozu brauchen wir Demokratie(geschichte)?, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2023)

Communication (languages)
German (native language), English (B2)

European Youth Education

Education
B.A. in French Cultural Studies, Intercultural Communication and German Studies (Saarbrücken) / M.A. in Political Science and German as a Foreign Language in Halle (Saale)

Thematic expertise

• Inter- and transcultural communication
• Social justice and intersectional anti-discrimination
• European politics and history

Communication (languages)
German (native language), French (C1), English (C1)