The Center for Research in Financial Communication welcomes Prof. Nadine Strauss as a new member of its academic network. Together with the academic partners from different research areas, knowledge building and exchange in the emerging research field of financial communication and investor relations will be supported. Other members of the academic network are Prof. Dr. Katja Langenbucher (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main), Prof. Dr. Alexander V. Laskin (Quinnipiac University, USA), Prof. Dr. Peter Leibfried (University of St. Gallen), Prof. Dr. Dirk Schiereck (TU Darmstadt), Prof. Olaf Steuer (Hochschule Wismar) and Prof. Dr. Henning Zülch (HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management). The activities of the Center for Research in Financial Communication focus on national and international research and teaching projects in the field of financial communications and investor relations – ranging from basic research to applied research with pronounced practical relevance.