Bernhard Pörksen, * 1969, is professor of media studies at the University of Tübingen. He has for over ten years been active as journalist and author of books. His essays and commentaries, reports and interviews appear in many daily and weekly newspapers. He has also published numerous articles in scholarly journals and books; his books on cybernetics and constructivism (e.g. Understanding Systems, with Heinz von Foerster, From Being to Doing, with Humberto Maturana and The Certainty of Uncertainty) are available in German, English, Spanish, Danish and Italian versions. In 2008, Bernhard Poerksen was voted “Professor of the Year“ in the category Humanities, Social and Cultural Studies for his teaching achievements. He recently published: The Creation of Reality. A Constructivist Epistemology of Journalism and Journalism Education (2011, Imprint Academic).
