Prof. Dr. Christian Pieter Hoffmann is Professor of Communication Management at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig. In addition, he is responsible for teaching political communication at the Institute of Political Science. Hoffmann is academic director of the Center for Research in Financial Communication and co-director of the Center for Digital Participation.

His research focuses on strategic communications management, financial communications and political communications – with particular attention to the challenges and opportunities of new media.