Christiane Maaß, University of Hildesheim, is the Professor of Media Linguistics in the Department for Translation Studies and Specialized Communication and head of the Master's programme Accessible Communication. She is also the Director of the German Research Centre for Easy Language. Isabel Rink, University of Hildesheim, is a tenured lecturer at the Department for Translation Studies and Specialized Communication. She is the Programme Coordinator of the Master's programme Accessible Communication.
