To prepare yourself for the future, learn from the past.

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ACADEMIC CAREER


2021 -
DIRECTOR, Guiding Light - Organisation for Ethics and Sustainability in Technologies, VIENNA, AUSTRIA and Berlin, Germany

  • Leadership of the organization

  • International representation to stakeholders in politics, industry, society, arts, and academia

  • Strategic and creative lead for technology projects with partners such as UNICEF, Greenpeace, WWF, War Child, City of Vienna, Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility, and Infrastructure in Austria (BMK), Caritas, and Volkshilfe

  • Budget and team management responsibilities

  • Initiator and lead of the global charity campaign “#bravehood” to help children in need, in support of UNICEF and War Child, and in partnership with world-renowned artists such as Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Nick Cave, The Cure, Alanis Morissette, Kylie Minogue, Paul Simon, Garbage, Dido, Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, The Swell Season, Courtney Love, Portishead, Amanda Palmer, Natalie Merchant, Wilco, and Wir sind Helden

  • Principal Investigator (PI) of research project “HawkEye: AI-Generated Misinformation on Social Media” in collaboration with Faktor D

  • PI of research project “Tech for Good: Ethical Frameworks for Sustainable Technology Projects in the Social Sector and Creative Industries” supported by the City of Vienna (2022)

  • PI of research project “Crowd Tech: Concepts and Formats for Technology Literacy in the Social Sector and Creative Industries” supported by the City of Vienna (2023)


2020 - 2021
WALLSCOURT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF IMMERSIVE MEDIA, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL, UK

  • Leadership of the University's Immersion Research Network

  • PI of research project “The Use of Digital Platforms and Extended Reality (XR) Technology for Remote Artistic Exchange and Live Music in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis” in collaboration with UK Music, PRS Foundation, Sound and Music, and ISM (2020)

  • Member of the Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC)

  • Academic leadership for the MA “Extended and Virtual Realities”


2016 - 2019
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/SENIOR LECTURER IN DIGITAL MEDIA, BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON, UK

  • Leadership of the University's Technology Research Cluster

  • Leadership of research center “Immersive Hub: Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives on Immersive Media and AI”

  • PI of research project “ConceiVR: A Model for Interactive Communication in Virtual Reality” in collaboration with ARTE, Berliner Festspiele, and Björk (2018-2019)

  • PI of research project “Faces and Spaces: Interactivity and the Self on Social VR” (2018-2019)

  • Undergraduate Program Lead and Department Admissions Chair, Director of Professional Development


2012 - 2015
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT, CONSUMER CULTURE, AND NEW MEDIA, KARLShochschule INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY

  • Undergraduate Program Lead for “International Media Management” and Postgraduate Lead for “New Media”

  • Co-Lead PhD Cluster “Media Hybridity”

  • Course development “International Media Management” (FIBAA accreditation and premium seal of excellence)

  • PI of research project “The Perception of Emotions on Social Media” (2013-2015)

  • Digital art, media technology, and performance collaborations with ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Kubus Concert Hall


2008 - 2022
VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, NEWMAN UNIVERSITY BIRMINGHAM, PARIS-LODRON UNIVERSITY SALZBURG, KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITY GRAZ, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES FH HAGENBERG, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY VIENNA

  • Lecturer in Media Studies, Digital Culture, Technology Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Extended Reality, Immersive Media, Media Management, Media and Communication, Cultural Studies, and Literary Studies

  • Co-PI of research project “Social Media Strategies in the Cultural Industries” (2008-2009)

  • Co-PI of research project, conference, and publication “Horror and Aesthetics” (2008)

Find a full list of publications, talks, media features, and teaching experience here.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER


2010 -
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT: INNOVATION, EDUCATION, AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

  • Innovation management and consultancy services for clients such as the European Commission, UNICEF, GIZ, Humboldt University, BBC, ORF, and Reed Midem in the areas of AI, Digital Policy, XR, Digital Transformation, Technology Ethics, and Technology Literacy

  • Exclusive consultant for Visualise Ltd. on Digital Productions in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (2016-2020)


2022 -
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR DESIGN
IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES (GERMANY)

  • Leadership of all academic Design programs with full budget and team responsibility

  • Research leadership in AI, XR, the Metaverse, and Technology Ethics

  • Innovation management for immersive education with AI and XR

  • Academic leadership for “Ethical and Social Aspects of XR” and “XR, Metaverse, and Emerging Technologies”


2015 - 2019
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF INDIGO REALITY GMBH (AUSTRIA) AND THE VIRTUAL REALITY FACTORY LTD. (UK)

  • Immersive and AI-based productions (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality) for clients such as BBC, ORF, Red Bull Media House, Disney, HBO, Beggars Group, Secretly Group, and artists such as Björk, Phoebe Bridgers, and Les Enfants Terribles


2009 - 2012
HEAD OF YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY, REED MIDEM

  • Workshops, seminars, and tutorials for 150+ media universities at the world’s largest media events, MIPTV and MIPCOM, in Cannes, France


2006 - 2012
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST AND PRODUCER

  • Arts and Culture features for radio, TV, online, and print for Austrian Broadcasting Network (Ö1, Radio FM4, ORF Television, e.g., Zeit im Bild, Kulturmontag), BBC, 3Sat, ZDF, and Die Presse

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • Lecturer of the Year, Brunel University London, 2017

  • Research Fellowship of the University Anniversary Foundation, 2011

  • Theodor Körner Award, 2008

  • Research Fellowship, 2008

  • Fellowship for Excellence, 2007

  • 4x Fellowship for Academic Excellence (2005-2007, 2009)

EDUCATION


2006 - 2009
DOCTORATE (DR. PHIL., DISTINCTION)

THEATER, FILM, AND MEDIA STUDIES/GERMAN PHILOLOGY
University of Cambridge (UK) and University of Vienna (Austria)


2003 - 2006
MAGISTER (MAG. PHIL.)

GERMAN PHILOLOGY
University of Vienna (Austria)


2000 - 2003
CERTIFICATE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Vienna Business School (Austria)