Former employees

Here you will find our former project staff and student employees with personal information and contact details in alphabetical order.


Marco Achhorner
Achhorner, Marco BA was a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication between October 2018 and March 2022. He studied Political Science at the University of Innsbruck and at Loughborough University in Great Britain. Since completing this degree, he has been studying for the MA Political Science: European and International Studies and the MSc Organization Studies at our university.


More information about Marco Achhorner:
E-Mail: Marco.Achhorner@uibk.ac.at

Martina Bachor
Bachor, Martina BA, was a student assistant and organised the Media Day project and the linked lecture series with exercise. She was employed at the Department of Media, Society and Communication from March 2020 to the end of September 2021 and was part of the Forum Innsbruck Media Studies. She is studying Educational Sciences at the University of Innsbruck.



Berthold, Patrick was a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication from October 2018 to March 2019.

Nadine Blaas
Blaas, Nadine BA is studying European Ethnology and Art History atthe Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck. From March to October 2020, she worked at the Department of Media, Society and Communication as part of the DigiVis project. From 1 January 2020 to the end of September 2021, she worked there as a student assistant in research and administration.

Michaela Bstieler

Bstieler, Michaela, BBA, studied Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the University of Innsbruck. She worked as a student assistant at the Department of Psychosocial Intervention and Communication Studies, the Department of Media, Society and Communication and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck.



Rocio Cachada Dibuja
CachadaDibuja,Rocio, Dipl. Komm., Dipl. Ing., (born 1982), studied communication science specialising in audiovisual communication, graduated as an engineer in telecommunications and multimedia and film art. Her diploma thesis dealt with the topic "Adapted information and communication technologies for human development".

Dibuja has worked in Chile, Guatemala, Morocco and Austria in the field of communication for social change, especially with free media. At the Department of Media, Society and Communication, she worked on a dissertation project on alternative management of communication processes within social organisations.

castellana

Castellana, Francesco completed his media pedagogical internship in the educational science programme at the University of Vienna as part of the research work of associate professor Dr. Petra Missomelius on video cultures and digital practices of mourning and commemoration.

dellanna

Dell'Anna, Chiara was a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication from October 2020 to May 2021. In her Bachelor's degree, she majored in Media Studies and minored in Empirical Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen. In her Master's degree, she is studying Gender, Culture and Social Change at the University of Innsbruck.

Michelle Fetka
Fetka, Michelle, BA, is studying Media in the Master's programme and German and Media Education in the Bachelor's programme at the University of Innsbruck. From October 2018 to March 2019, she worked as a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication.

Ina Fleischer
Fleischer, Ina, BA studied Educational Sciences with a specialisation in Media Education at the University of Innsbruck. From the beginning of 2018 to October 2020, she worked as a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication. From March to October 2020, she was also responsible for general secretarial duties on an interim basis.

Katharina Gallner-Holzmann
Gallner-Holzmann, Katharina, Mag.a was a research assistant in the DigiVis project and is writing her dissertation on virtual museums from the perspective of history and media didactics. After completing her teaching degree in German and History, Social Studies and Political Education at the University of Vienna, she gained teaching experience in Upper Austria and Tyrol. From May 2018 to the end of 2020, she worked at the Department of Media, Society and Communication and was part of the Forum Innsbruck Media Studies. Her research interests lie in the areas of cultural memory, historical awareness, media and history didactics.

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Haller Caroline
Haller, Carolineworked as a project assistant in the project "Digitisation and Visualisation of Archives and Collections - Developmentand Application of Concepts, Methods and Visual Tools for the Interactive Presentation and Analysis of Archival Materials" at the Institute for Media, Society and Communication.

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Hofer Nina

Hofer, Nina is studying German and Media Education at the Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck for her Bachelor's degree. As a student assistant in the DigiVis project, she created didactic materials and helped with the digitisation of archive materials.


Laube, PenelopeBAwas a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication between September 2021 and April 2022. She studied Linguistics at the University of Innsbruck. After graduating, she began a Master's degree in Media and a Bachelor's degree in Translation Studies.

More information about Penelope Laube:
E-Mail: Penelope.Laube@uibk.ac.at

Barbara Laner

Laner, Barbara, Dr phil., studied Comparative Literature and English and American Studies at the LFU Innsbruck and received her doctorate in 2014.

From February 2017 to January 2018, she carried out the interdisciplinary TWF project in the field of Digital Humanities "Visualisation Strategies for Digital Archives - The Case of Discourse Analysis and the Ernst-von-Glasersfeld-Archive" at the Department of Media, Society and Communication.


Lederwasch, Anton was employed in our technical secretariat from September 2018 to the end of November 2020.

Eva Lindner
Lindner, Eva is studying for a Bachelor's degree in Teacher Education with a specialisation in Media Education and the subjects German and Mathematics at the University of Innsbruck. She worked as a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication between the beginning of 2019 and the beginning of 2022.

More information about Eva Lindner:
E-Mail: Eva.Lindner@uibk.ac.at

Dejan Lukovic
Lukovic, Dejan, BA, completed his Bachelor's degree in German Philology at the LFU Innsbruck, where he studied Media and Comparative Literature for his Master's degree. His academic work focuses on game studies. From the beginning of 2018 to October 2018, he worked as a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication.

Karina Kirsten
Kirsten, Karina Dr.in is scientific coordinator of the CRC "Media of Co-operation" at the University of Siegen. She studied film and media studies in Marburg and Paris and received her doctorate in 2020 with a thesis on genre history at the Philipps University of Marburg. Her media studies research interests lie in the fields of genre research, media convergence and mobile media. She is interested in inter- and transmedia exchange processes in film, television and new media, especially with regard to digital distribution networks. In her postdoctoral project, she is researching the use of digital media in alpine mountain sports and the effects of mobile technologies on the perception of space, mobility and alpine culture. In the winter semester 2021/22 she was a DAAD scholarship holder at our institute.

More information about Karina Kirsten:
https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/de/personen/kirsten-karina-dr/

ManuelMarksteiner
Marksteiner, Manuel is studying Economics and Art History at the Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck . From April to October 2021, he worked at the Department of Media, Society and Communication as a student assistant in research and administration. Together with Associate Professor Dr Petra Missomelius, he organised the annual conference of the Society for Media Studies 2021 at our university.

Manfred Moosleitner
Moosleitner, Manfred MSc is studying Computer Science in the PhD programme at the University of Innsbruck. He has been working as a project employee in the DigiVis project for the Department of Media, Society and Communication since October 2018. He has also been working as a university assistant at the Department of Computer Science since the beginning of March 2020.

Sarah Oberbichler
Oberbichler, Sarah, Mag.a Dr.in is a research assistant at the Department of Contemporary History and the Department of Media, Society and Communication at the University of Innsbruck. She studied history and German Philology in Innsbruck, Gothenburg and Minneapolis and completed her doctorate in contemporary history at the University of Innsbruck in 2019 on the perception of migration in South Tyrolean daily newspapers. She is currently working on two projects on the analysis and visualisation of digital newspapers and archives. Her research area is the remigration and repatriation of emigrants, refugees, displaced persons and prisoners of war to Austria. Her research interests lie in the fields of European and regional contemporary history, migration history, media and digital humanities.

Manfred Oettl

Oettl, Manfred is studying mechatronics with a specialisation in biomedical engineering at the University of Innsbruck. He worked as a technical secretary at the Department of Media, Society and Communication between the beginning of March 2020 and the end of September 2021.



Gerhard Ortner

Ortner, Gerhard, Mag., studied Media Education at the LFU Innsbruck and has been an external lecturer at the Faculty of Educational Sciences since 2013. He has been a lecturer at VHS Innsbruck since 1999, specialising in the design and delivery of IT courses for all age groups.



Jasmin Penz
Penz, Jasmin BA is studying Media in the Master's programme and Political Science in the Bachelor's programme at the University of Innsbruck. She was a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication between March 2022 and the end of 2023, where she was responsible for the organisation of the Media Day and the coupled lecture series with exercise and also worked on the DigiVis project.



More information about Penz Jasmin:
E-Mail: Jasmin.Penz@uibk.ac.at

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More information about Karin Schönegger:
E-Mail:Karin.Schoenegger_(at)_uibk.ac.at

Jennifer Wachter
Wachter, Jennifer studied sociology and political science for her bachelor's degree. From September 2017 to October 2018, she worked as a student assistant at the Department of Media, Society and Communication. She also works as a volunteer in the field of public relations for a youth centre.



Thomas Walli
Walli, Thomas, BA BA, is studying Political Science: European and International Studies and Philosophy in the Master's programme. He previously studied history and political science.

From 2014 he was a student assistant in research, teaching and administration at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (University of Innsbruck).

In 2018, he worked for the Department of Media, Society and Communication at the University of Innsbruck as a web officer and research assistant.


More information about Thomas Walli:
E-Mail: Thomas.Walli_(at)_uibk.ac.at

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