Dr. Mikiya Heise
About
Mikiya Heise has been Head of Communications at the Weizenbaum Institute since September 2022. Together with his team, he continues to develop the communication strategy and is responsible for the Institute's various publication series, online presence, and press and public relations.
Previously, as Director of Public Relations at the creative agency Zum Goldenen Hirschen Berlin, he advised various clients in politics and business. He then took the lead in the strategy process and relaunch of the KlimaWirtschaft Foundation and was responsible for its press and public relations. His work focused on the circular economy, energy transition and climate protection.
Mikiya Heise studied journalism and communications, political science and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and wrote his doctoral thesis on the articulation of the political project of a European Information Society.
Positions
Head of Communication Weizenbaum-Institut e.V.