Roman Rehor has been working at the Freie Universität since 2011. He joined the program at the start of its first semester as an IT specialist. As the project has a large on-line-component, he was brought on to supervise and develop Intellectual Encounters in its technological aspects. In this capacity he is responsible for ensuring ‘smooth sailing’ within the online learning environment. Beyond IT administration he moderates the online seminars, trains students and teaching staff in using available online tools and has an eye on the instructional design and execution of the MA program. He holds a BA of philosophy and has a background in speech science, rhetoric and media art.