Editorial Board
Editorial independence: Acceptance, rejection and the choice of reviewers rest solely with the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.
Editor-in-Chief · also handles submissions in Management
Prof. Dr. Serge Velesco, MBA
Professor of International Management
Serge Velesco is Professor of International Management and Educational Dean for Cooperative Degree Programs at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. He holds a doctorate in economics, an MBA from the Open University Business School in the United Kingdom and a master’s degree in mathematics. He previously served as General Manager of TÜV Rheinland Japan and Finance Director at Teleplan International in the Netherlands. He has directed numerous EU- and DAAD-funded educational initiatives and international double-degree programs across Eastern Europe and Asia.
Prof. Dr. Markus Quirin
Professor of Personality Psychology and Motivation
Associate Editor · Psychology
Prof. Dr. Dipl. Psych. Christian Dries
Professor of Business Psychology
Christian Dries is Professor of Business Psychology and, in this capacity, President of the Society for Applied Business Psychology (GWPs). He was also the founding president of INU Cologne and is currently co-editor of the journal *Wirtschaftspsychologie*, published by Pabst Verlag. His academic work focuses on the topics of staff selection and development, as well as personnel marketing and the field of leadership. His research covers the areas of specific test development, leadership personality and management feedback.
Associate Editor · Management and Finance
Prof. Dr. habil. Oleksii A. Dzhusov
Professor of International Management, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (Ukraine) · Honorary Professor of International Finance and Investments, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Oleksii A. Dzhusov is Professor and Doctor of Economic Sciences (Doctor habilitatus) in the Department of International Management at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Ukraine. He also holds an honorary professorship in International Finance and Investments at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany. His academic work focuses on international management, finance and investment, including graphical (technical) analysis methods in financial markets and their application to trading and investment decision-making, on which he has authored a book intended for market researchers, analysts, investors and finance students.
Associate Editor · Research Methods
Prof. Dr. habil. Philipp E. Otto
Professor of Economic Psychology and Research Methods
Philipp E. Otto is Professor of Research Methods at the Brandenburg Medical School. He received his doctorate from University College London. His research focuses on human economic behaviour, applied psychology and behavioural economics. His professional experience includes research activities at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and Burgundy School of Business in Dijon.
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The editorial production team manages the technical and organizational finalization of accepted manuscripts, including formatting, quality assurance, final layout and graphics, DOI assignment and pagination ahead of publication.
Production Editor
Fatima Khalid
Editorial Quality Review, Formatting and DOI Assignment
Fatima Khalid is an electrical engineer and technical writer specializing in electromagnetics and radio-frequency engineering. She holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and has authored a foundational text on on-chip antennas. Her research interests include RF energy-harvesting systems and practical electromagnetic applications. Alongside her research and science-communication activities, she works as a computer science educator, freelance technical editor and specialist in communicating engineering research to broader audiences. Within IJPSC, she conducts editorial quality checks on accepted manuscripts — reviewing structure, completeness, consistency and clarity — in addition to managing final graphics and layout, formatting and DOI assignment following editorial acceptance.
Production Editor
Aliza Naz
Formatting, Quality Assurance and Pagination
Aliza Naz is a bioinformatician specializing in machine learning-based computational drug discovery. Her methodology integrates molecular docking, molecular-dynamics simulations and predictive machine-learning models to identify and validate potential therapeutic compounds. She serves as a visiting lecturer at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad and works independently as a manuscript editor and scientific writer. Her research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Molecules and Computational Biology and Chemistry. Within IJPSC, she manages manuscript formatting, quality assurance and pagination ahead of publication.
Founder
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h.c. Eckehard Krah
Professor of Corporate Leadership, Management and Innovation
Eckehard Krah founded the International Journal of Psychology and Strategic Communication and represents the Anneliese und Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Waldemar Wittmann Foundation, of whose board of trustees he is a member, as the journal’s owner and publisher. In this role he is responsible for the journal’s infrastructure, open access policies, DOI registration, metadata and indexing. He takes no part in editorial decisions and does not publish in the journal.
He is Professor of Corporate Leadership, Management and Innovation at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and Professor of Business Administration at the Innovative University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. He previously served as Academic Director of the EC Europa Campus across its Frankfurt, Mannheim and Karlsruhe locations and as a project manager for the Gesellschaft für Innovationstechnologie Siegen.
He is President of the Jung-Stilling-Gesellschaft zu Siegen. His academic work focuses on management, organizational development, innovation and strategic communication.
Co-Founder
Dr. Malte Albrecht
Doctor of Psychology
Malte Albrecht co-founded the International Journal of Psychology and Strategic Communication and developed the initial idea for the journal. He is Deputy Chair of the Executive Board of the Stiftung Anneliese und Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Waldemar Wittmann. He takes no part in editorial decisions and does not publish in the journal.
He was Professor of Work, Social, Biological and General Psychology at the Innovative University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. He previously served as Dean of Business Psychology at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. He currently directs research at Skip-Institut e.V., where he leads multidisciplinary projects concerning virtual reality, humanitarian refugee-support systems and organizational employee development. His corporate experience includes leadership training and assessment-centre consulting. He completed his doctorate through an institutional research partnership with BASF SE.
Ownership
Anneliese und Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Waldemar Wittmann Foundation
The International Journal of Psychology and Strategic Communication is owned and published by the Anneliese und Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Waldemar Wittmann Foundation, a registered foundation dedicated to science, research and education. As a diamond open access journal, free for both authors and readers, IJPSC is part of the foundation’s mission. Its editorial team combines academic and professional expertise in management, psychology, communication and editorial production, and makes all editorial decisions independently of the publisher.