Prof. Dr. Malte Behrmann
Short Profile
Malte Behrmann, 51, is a professor and independent lawyer in Berlin. He teaches Creative Industries & Communication at the bbw University of Applied Sciences Berlin, where he is responsible for the master‘s programme “Management of Creative Industries”. He also regularly lectures as a visiting professor, for example at the Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj), at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and as an external examiner at the LabEx ICCA — Université Paris 13 (Paris). After studying law in Bonn and Munich, Behrmann studied audiovisual communication management at the University of Valenciennes. He received his doctorate in media studies from Humboldt University in Berlin. After starting his career in the animation industry in South Korea (Pix.Co, Seoul), he co-founded the German Games Industry Association (Game e.V.), where he served as political managing director for seven years. As Secretary General of the EGDF, he also represented the interests of game developers at EU institutions for about ten years. During this time, he was involved in six EU research projects and is still a member of the steering committee of the NEM initiative. He has published five books and numerous articles and contributions. His most important political achievements include the public funding and cultural recognition of game development in Germany and Europe. He has also actively moderated the digital transformation of the industry from a developer‘s perspective, from retail to online and mobile. As a lawyer and with his company Game Farm GmbH, he now advises small and medium-sized game developers in particular on legal, funding and strategic matters.
