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Meet The Editorial Team
Peter Lang has publishing teams in offices around the world, each specializing in local language and content. Follow the links below to discover more about each editor and their area of acquisitions.

Dr. Bianca Matzek
Head Of Editorial And Global Publishing Director, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium

Dr. Bianca Matzek
Head Of Editorial And Global Publishing Director, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium
Bianca Matzek holds a doctorate in economics. Following positions in the management of the publishing group Handelsblatt Düsseldorf and the ZEIT-Verlag Beteiligungs GmbH, she was general manager of Book/Corporate Publishing with Springer Fachmedien in Wiesbaden, Germany. Since November 2015, she has been the publishing director of the editorial office in Bern. Subject areas: Management, architecture, media.

Esra Bahşi
Senior Acquisitions Editor

Esra Bahşi
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Esra Bahşi has been working for Peter Lang Verlag since autumn 2014. She holds a degree in German language & literature from Hacettepe/Ankara and Ege/Izmir Universities, together with a double MA in European studies and international relations from Istanbul Bilgi University and European University Viadrina. She is responsible for publications by Turkish authors.

Dr. Kurt Wallat
Senior Acquisitions Editor (Law / Economics)

Dr. Kurt Wallat
Senior Acquisitions Editor (Law / Economics)
Kurt Wallat holds a PhD in humanities. After studying in Mainz and Freiburg, and working in an academic capacity at Freiburg University, he joined Peter Lang in 1996. As a senior acquisitions editor, he is responsible for publications and series focusing mainly on law and economics.

Lucy Melville
Head Of Editorial And Global Publishing Director, Anglo-US

Lucy Melville
Head Of Editorial And Global Publishing Director, Anglo-US
Lucy has been working in publishing since 1995 and as the UK and Irish Director of Peter Lang since 2011. With overall strategic and commissioning responsibility for the UK and Irish divisions, Lucy is also responsible for the History, Theology and Religious Studies, and Social Sciences lists. She acquires manuscripts in the areas of African development, ethics (including business ethics), religion and theology, media and communication, sport history, trade union history, and British Mesolithic and Neolithic studies, amongst others. She also commissions books in the history and culture of Scotland, aspects of British identity since 1707 and queer studies. She is always interested in receiving new series ideas.

Michael Gibson
Senior Acquisitions Editor

Michael Gibson
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Michael Gibson is senior acquisitions editor in film and media studies and communications. Michael has been an acquisitions editor in the humanities and social sciences for twelves years and is a published academic and writer in film studies. He is interested in continuing and expanding the dynamic lists at Peter Lang in film and television studies, media theory and criticism, and communications studies of all kinds, particularly interdisciplinary works that engage media and communications across a range of vital spheres, such as culture, economics, environment, health, history, journalism, politics, and social ethics and formation.

Thierry Waser
Deputy Managing Director and Senior Commissioning Editor

Thierry Waser
Deputy Managing Director and Senior Commissioning Editor
Thierry Waser holds an MA in French literature and contemporary history from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He started working for Peter Lang in 2008, first in the Bern office, before joining the Brussels office in 2015, where he works as the deputy managing director and senior commissioning editor. He speaks French, German and English. Subject areas: History, sociology, linguistics, philosophy, law, ecology and environmental studies.

Ulrike Döring
Senior Commissioning Editor

Ulrike Döring
Senior Commissioning Editor
Ulrike Döring studied German Language and Literature and Pedagogy at the University of Stuttgart and graduated with a master’s degree. Before joining Peter Lang, she has worked as an editor for a German specialist book publisher for many years. Since December 2018, she is responsible for the German and Linguistics program at Peter Lang’s Bern office and looks forward to discussing book and series proposals, particularly on linguistic and literary topics.
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