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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 of technology projects with partners such as UNICEF, Greenpeace, WWF, War Child, City of Vienna, Caritas, and Volkshilfe
Budget and team 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
PI of research project “Tech for Good: Ethical Frameworks for Sustainable Technology Projects in the Social Sector and Creative Industries” in cooperation with the City of Vienna (2022)
PI of research project “Crowd Tech: Concepts and Formats for Technology Literacy in the Social Sector and Creative Industries” in cooperation with the City of Vienna (2023)
2022 -
PROFESSOR OF TECHNOLOGY ETHICS
IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, BERLIN, GERMANY
Research leadership on XR, AI, and Metaverse
Research leadership on Technology Ethics
Research leadership on Immersive Education with XR
Teaching leadership of “Ethical and Social Aspects of XR” and “XR, Metaverse, and Emerging Technologies”
2020 - 2021
WALLSCOURT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF IMMERSIVE MEDIA, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL, UK
Research 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 cooperation with UK Music, PRS Foundation, Sound and Music, and ISM (2020)
Member of the Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC)
Teaching leadership of the MA Extended and Virtual Realities
2016 - 2019
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/SENIOR LECTURER IN DIGITAL MEDIA, BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON, UK
Leadership of research cluster “Presence/Immersion: Cross-Border Narratives in Media, Society, and Culture”
Leadership of research center “Immersive Hub: Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives on Immersive Media”
PI of research project “ConceiVR: A Model for Interactive Communication in Virtual Reality” in cooperation with ARTE, Berliner Festspiele, and Björk (2018-2019)
PI of research project “Faces and Spaces: Interactivity and the Self on Social VR” (2018-2019)
UG Programme Lead and Admissions Tutor, Director for Professional Skills Development
2012 - 2015
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT, CONSUMER CULTURE, AND NEW MEDIA, KARLSRUHE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
UG Programme Lead “International Media Management” and PG Lead “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)
2008-2021
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 and Cultural Studies, Digital Culture, Immersive Media, Media Management, Media and Communications, and German Literature
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 experiences here.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2022 -
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR DESIGN
IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES (GERMANY)
Leadership of all academic Design programmes
Innovation management
Project management and quality assurance
Budget and team responsibilities
Interrelation between Media Production, Academic Coordination, and Centers for Excellence
2015 - 2019
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF INDIGO REALITY GMBH (AUSTRIA) AND THE VIRTUAL REALITY FACTORY LTD. (UK)
Immersive productions (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality) for clients such as BBC, ORF, Red Bull Media House, Disney, HBO, Reed Midem, Beggars Group, Secretly Group, and artists such as Björk, Phoebe Bridgers, and Les Enfants Terribles
2010 -
INNOVATION MANAGER and CONSULTANT: TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, AND Digital PRODUCTIONS
Innovation management and consultancy for clients such as Humboldt University Berlin, BBC, ORF, Disney, and Red Bull Media House
Exclusive consultant for Visualise Ltd. for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
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)