Annika Dirks

Annika Dirks joined Springer Science+Business Media as Director Corporate Communications in January 2006.  After the merger to Springer Nature in 2017, she took the role of Director Public Affairs.  Prior to joining Springer, Annika worked for the public affairs consultancy APCO, advising international clients on political and strategic communications in Germany and the EU.  In this position, she also became involved in public affairs projects in scientific publishing in 2004.  Annika began her career in political communications in the German office of British Aerospace in 1998.  She holds a Master of Arts in political science, international law and English literature from the University of Bonn.