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Vita

Happy to announce: On November 30, 2023, I received the Teaching Award of the University of Klagenfurt in the category of examination-based teaching activities with my seminar “Mediatisierte Pandemie” (Mediatized Pandemics).

Since 05/2021Member of the board and managing director of the Austrian Society of Communication (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kommunikationswissenschaft – ÖGK)
Since 07/2014Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt
03/2020 – 06/2020Lecturer, University of Vienna
01/2018 – 12/2019Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Klagenfurt
Summer term 2016Visiting Fellowship, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
01/2016Guest Lectureship, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, DE
05/2014“Habilitation” in Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt
12/2008 – 06/2014Assistant Professor in the field of work of “New Media, Technology and Culture”, Department of Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt
02/2008 – 12/2008Lecturer, University of Klagenfurt
04/2008 – 09/2008Project Coordinator of the research project “E-Learning in Apprentice Training”, University of Klagenfurt
11/2007Doctorate in Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt (with honors)
07/2003 – 01/2008University Assistant in the field of work of “New Media, Technology and Culture”, Department of Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt
06/2003Project Assistant in the project “E-Network. Communication and Community Building in Virtual Women’s Spaces”, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
03/2003Master (“Magister”) in Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt (with honors)
10/2001 – 05/2003Assistant, Press Office, Diözese Gurk, Klagenfurt
10/2000 – 06/2001Editor and Presenter, Radio Wörthersee, Klagenfurt
08/1999 – 08/2000Editor and Presenter, Klagenfurter Stadtfernsehen KT1
01/1996 – 12/1999Clerc, Formbau GesmbH, Klagenfurt
09/1994 – 12/1995Receptionist, Hotel Europa, Villach

Projects (leading) read more

  • Discourses on the Mediatization of the Office (funded by the Austrian Science Fund, FWF, Jan. 2024 – Jan. 2026)
  • Media biographies (together with Christian Oggolder) (March 2019 – Oct. 2021)
  • Consumption-oriented media worlds of experience for children (Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2021) 
  • “Flipped Classroom” – media education project at Carinthian schools (Sep. 2018 – Feb. 2019) 
  • „Schaut her! Ich zeig’s euch digital!“ (“Look! I’ll show you digitally!”)  – media education project at Carinthian schools (April – July 2018)
  • Digital Media in the Workplace (2009-2014)
  • “Games for Girls” (2010-2011)
  • “Identities out of the Star Factory” (2003-2007)

Projects (staff)

  • “E-Learning in Apprenticeship Training II” (2005-2007) read more
  • “Future is learning in the Kindergarden” (2004) read more
  • “E-Network. Communication and Community Building in Virtual Women’s Spaces” (2003)

Research and teaching interests

  • digital media
  • digital communication
  • media literacy
  • appropriation of media
  • mediatization
  • digital/virtual work
  • qualitative research methods
  • mixed-methods