Stephan Dahl FRSA (born 29 September 1971) is a British academic who holds the position of Cátedra Santander at the New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences and adjunct associate professor at James Cook University,.
Dahl grew up and was educated in Wuppertal, Germany before attending Cass Business School in London.
He worked for a German music station and MTV and moved to Spain to complete his post-graduate studies before becoming an academic specialising in marketing communications, especially health promotion, social marketing and cross-cultural communication.
In June 2006, Dr Dahl was ranked as the 3rd Top author in Europe on the Social Science Research Network, and 33rd worldwide.
Dahl has been an invited speaker at many universities, including Universidad de los Andes[4] and Chinese University of Hong Kong,[5] and his research on the ethical implications of hybrid media featured in a Channel 4 documentary on fast food marketing,[6] and he has been widely interviewed on the topic.