Gabriele Jutz is Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of Media Theory. Her current research interests include the history and theory of moving image-based art from experimental film, experimental animation and hybrid forms (moving images combined with painting, photography, performance, sculpture, etc.) to artists’ moving images […]

Clemens Apprich is head of the Department of Media Theory as well as the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where he holds the Professorship for Media Theory and History since 2021. He studied philosophy, political science, cultural history and theory in Berlin, Bordeaux and Vienna. In 2011 he became research associate […]

Kristina Pia Hofer teaches for the Department of Media Theory as Senior Lecturer, and leads the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project Situating Cinesonics (DOI: 10.55776/V770), which is also located […]

Christoph Wize’s background is in economics, mainly in strategy and communications consulting. For more than 25 years he has been active in the areas of communications and systems theory, strategy development, and market positioning. Today, he shares his many years of experience — as entrepreneur, managing director and supervisory board chairman — […]

Bori Máté is a doctoral student at the Department of Media theory. She studied film history and film theory at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

Sophia Mara Egger-Karlegger is student assistant at the Department of Media Theory. She is currently studying in the class for artistic teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 2017-2019 she attended […]

Mikkel Rørbo is an interdisciplinary researcher and, sometimes, artist and curator. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures and holds degrees in philosophy and cultural studies from University of Copenhagen. His work focuses […]

Denise Helene Sumi is a PhD candidate at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. She is interested in international and transdisciplinary developments in contemporary art with a particular focus on […]

Sophie Publig is a Senior Scientist and digital ecosystem explorer, navigating the intricate webs of the online realm from her base at the Peter Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures, University of Applied Arts Vienna. She has been actively engaged […]

Valerie Messini is a registered architect, digital artist and Senior Scientist at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures. Her research dives into the concept of nothingness, examining how digital technologies and digital design tools impact space, identity, […]

Paul Feigelfeld is a cultural and media scholar, design researcher and curator. He currently holds the professorship for Cultures of Knowledge in the Digital Age at the Institute for Design Research at the Braunschweig University of Art. He studied […]

Eva Kapeller-Hallama heads the SONIME project funded by the Heritage Science Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Since May 2024, the project has been docked at the Department of Media Theory of the University of Applied Arts Vienna and is being carried out in cooperation with the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian […]

Dominik Ivancic works as an project assistant (before: student assistant) at the research project SONIME – Sonic Memories. Audio Letters in Times of Migration and Mobility, which is located at the Department of Media Theory since May 2024 […]

Lisa Stuckey is an Art and Media Cultural Theorist. Her work revolves around visual cultures, forensic art practices, media aesthetics, and critical/cultural legal studies. Currently, her research focuses on contemporary tribunalization phenomena. Stuckey studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and pursued her doctorate as fellow of the […]

Selia Fischer (she/her) is a student assistant at the Department of Media Theory. Before her Master’s studies in Art and Culture at Angewandte she graduated in Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Practice in Hildesheim and Marseille and worked at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich. She’s a freelance […]