Julia Pohle joined SMIT in October 2010. She is working on her PhD she started in 2009 at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, about the role of UNESCO's role in communication geopolitics and, in particuar, the various policy discourses on the information society. In addition to her PhD, Julia supports SMIT in the coordination in the international Master of Communication Studies 'New Media and Society in Europe'.

Julia studied Cultural Studies, Computer Science and Philosophy in Bremen, Bologna and Berlin. After graduating in 2007, she obtained a fellowship of the German government fostering careers in international organizations and worked for UNESCO where she remained consultant until 2010.

Besides the subject of her PhD, Julia is in particular interested in soft issues of Internet Governance, access to information, freedom of information and the socio-cultural consequences of digital technology.