Patrick Donges is professor for Communication Studies at the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Leipzig University since April 2016. His work focuses on political communication, media structures and media policy, theories of communication science and organizational communication.

After studying political science and journalism at the University of Hamburg, Donges worked at various scientific institutions and for various projects, e.g. in Zurich, Salzburg, Vienna and Berlin. He spent time abroad, for example, at the Institute of Journalism at Zurich University or as a visiting professor at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Science at the University of Vienna. Before starting his work as professor in Leipzig two years ago, Donges worked as professor at the University of Greifswald.