Brigitte Krenn

Students will be taught how empirical studies can be understood, discussed and criticized. Students will be introduced to the basics of descriptive and inferential statistics by implementing and evaluating their own empirical study. For this purpose, students will build upon their work from the 1st part of this course in the Winter Semester where they have developed self-completion questionnaires, with… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Elena Beringer

The course “Intruduction to Sustainability” examines various concepts and topics related to sustainability. Students are given an overview of important concepts such as the three pillars of sustainability, education for sustainable development, Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals, grand challenges such as climate change and planetary boundaries, the donut economy as well as the social and cultural dimension of sustainability… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Renata Wetter

The course “Intruduction to Sustainability” examines various concepts and topics related to sustainability. Students are given an overview of important concepts such as the three pillars of sustainability, education for sustainable development, Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals, grand challenges such as climate change and planetary boundaries, the donut economy as well as the social and cultural dimension of sustainability… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Martin Reinhart

Transdisciplinarity – including art × science approaches – has become a central concept in contemporary research, innovation, and artistic practice. But what does transdisciplinarity actually mean historically, institutionally, and methodologically? And how does it shape concrete artistic research projects today? This course explores transdisciplinarity both as a historical development and as a practical research methodology. It traces the emergence of… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 1.5 ECTS

Tanja Traxler

This course introduces the fundamentals of project-based work and provides a foundation for conducting academic and applied projects. Students will learn core aspects of project management, including project planning, defining research questions, structuring and writing project reports, and monitoring progress over time. The course is designed to equip students with practical skills that will support future project work throughout their… 2026S, Project Work, 5.0 ECTS

Boris Buden

Don’t forget to think (whenever you reach for your smartphone)! Much of what we see and hear in our everyday life, a significant part of our social and even deeply intimate relations, tools and practices with which we learn, work and consume, are digitally generated, i.e. consist of data and metadata. We got used to this environment to such an… 2025W/2026S, Lecture and Discussion, 2.0 ECTS

Luce deLire

Digital technologies and artificial intelligence increasingly structure social realities and political conditions. Meanwhile, demands for recognition and representation of marginalized groups are becoming ever more prevalent in social discourse. This seminar deals with the intertwining of technology, identity, violence, and aesthetics in the 20th and 21st centuries. Using works of art, theoretical texts, and music videos, we examine in particular… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Michèle Pagel

This course is intended to enable artists to compensate and channel personal experiences such as discrimination, systemic injustices, abuse of power, experiences of violence, etc. through artistic action and ultimately to find a suitable form of artistic expression in order to produce works of art with socially critical value. This is by no means about therapeutic processing of personal traumas… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Stefan Baumann

Institute for Visual and Media Arts, Photography Lecture and Exercises (VU), 2.0 ECTS, 2.0 SemHrs., LV-Nr. S03789 The course is aimed at the first year of the Department of Photography I Visual Arts. Theoretical and practical basics of analog photographic techniques as well as first steps of digital photography including RAW development and digital workflow are taught. The following aspects… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Isabel Kranz

Pflanzen gelten gemeinhin als passiv: Sie können sich nicht eigenständig von einem Ort zum anderen bewegen und sich nicht durch Laute mitteilen. Oftmals werden sie daher lediglich als grüner Hintergrund wahrgenommen. Doch dieses Verständnis von Pflanzen hat sich seit den frühen 2000er Jahren gewandelt. Zunächst in der Biologie und dann zunehmend in Literatur und Kunst wird seither erforscht, wozu Pflanzen… 2026S, Lecture, 2.0 ECTS

Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva

Die Lehrveranstaltung findet immer am Freitag statt. Begrenzte Teilnehmer*innenzahl: (20 Personen) Die Lehrveranstaltung ist basisgebend für alle Studierende die keramisches Material in ihrer künstlerischen Arbeit zum Einsatz bringen wollen. Angeboten wird ein Querschnitt durch unterschiedliche Techniken, wie zum Beispiel: Plattentechnik, Wulsttechnik, freies Modellieren, ect. In dieser Lehrveranstaltung wird die Technik des Gießens und des Formenbaus nicht vermittelt! Die Auswahl der… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Gerald Pfaffl

Praktische Herstellung von flüssigen und plastischen Massen,  Paperclay, Egyptian paste, Recycling 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Alexander Eselböck

Ceramic Screen Printing 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

The lecture course investigates a selection of key episodes of the history of Western architecture that influenced architectural production until today. The most important innovation steps in their development are presented. The topics range from the "first house" via the consequences of the Copernican Revolution to the digital age. Lecture course in English. Registration (Enrolment) via BASE required. The lecture… 2026S, Lecture, 2.0 ECTS

Richard Eigner

In diesem Kurs finden praktische Einführungen in die technischen Produktionsmittel der so genannten Klangkunst und der elektronischen Musik statt. Je nach den Bedürfnissen der Studentinnen und Studenten können die Themen dabei von einer Einführung in Audioschnitt, zu verschiedenen Klangsynthese-Arten (von subtraktiver zu granularer Synthese), Mikrofonie und Field Recording, Grundlagen in Musiktheorie, bis hin zur Produktion von elektronischen Kompositionen reichen. Das… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Stephanie Klaura

Artistic Technology / Digital Knitting KNIT LABThis course offers an experimental approach to digital knitting with an electronic knitting machine. Together with artist Veronika Persché, students will develop their own patterns and transform them directly into knitted pieces.The focus is on artistic textile design, exploring machine possibilities, and a hands-on, research-oriented pattern development.Work is done both analog (sketches, pattern cards)… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Roland Schöny

Visual representation of political territories How is our perseception of space today? How is it influenced by war, clima catastrophe and the race for rare metals?  2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 1.0 ECTS

Clemens Apprich

For MA and PhD students supervised by Clemens Apprich. If you are interested, please apply with details of your MA or PhD project (apprich@uni-ak.ac.at).   The material studied will be adapted to the individual needs of the students. The working languages are English and German. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Ongoing individual discussion of for the development of a dissertation.  2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Antonia Birnbaum

Das Kolloquium findet an folgenden Daten statt. Es werden von den Doktoranden und Master-studenten Beiträge zu ihrer Arbeit vorgetragen. Folgt eine Diskussion, die sowohl methodologisch, inhaltlich und formell gegeliedert ist. Mittwoch 15. April, 15 Uhr - 18 UhrFreitag 17. April, 10 Uhr 13 Uhr und 14 Uhr 18 Uhr 30Samstag 18. April, 10 Uhr - 15 UhrDienstag 22. April, 10… 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

Ongoing individual discussion of developing dissertation. Dates by appointment. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Alison Jane Clarke

Critical approaches to design theory, history and material culture in accordance with the parameters of students' dissertation research. Critical approaches to research methodology. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Helmut Draxler

Die Lehrveranstaltung adressiert das kunstwissenschaftliche Methodenspektrum im Hinblick auf die einzelnen Dissertations- und Masterprojekte.   2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Anton Falkeis

Privatissimum for PhD students Doctoral research addresses the impact of technological, economic and social change and is aligned with current research interests of the department. Additionally, a PhD-Forum serves as an exchange platform supported by international university-cooperations. Master students are wellcome to apply. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Brigitte Felderer

The development of projects will be regularly feedbacked and supported. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Edith Futscher

Das Kolloquium ist für Studierende, deren MA- Arbeit oder Dissertation von EF betreut wird. Es werden die einzelnen Projekte diskutiert und, wo möglich, Fragestellungen erörtert, die in mehreren Projekten berührt werden. Praktische Hilfestellung, Methodenreflexion und Auseinandersetzung mit Theorie sind neben den individuellen Präsentationen Gegenstand der LV. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Petra Gruber

The Colloquium accompanies Master- and Doctoral Theses in the thematic area of the Department for Building Construction, and serves for mentoring and support of students in the working process and in the elaboration of the contents. The colloquium offers various teaching formats as necessary, from individual discussion to common presentations and discussions across projects.  2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Nanna Heidenreich

The colloquium is aimed at students who are working on their master's thesis or doctorate (bachelor students only after consultation in exceptional cases) to discuss open questions concerning their work, regarding content but also concerning structural and organisational questions. Appointments are made individually. There will be at least one group meeting during the semester (please register online and contact me… 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Gabriele Jutz

The colloquium is exclusively for Gabriele Jutz's Master's and doctoral students. Appointments for one-on-one meetings can be scheduled anytime via email. During these sessions, individual progress is discussed, feedback is given, and specific questions are addressed. Group meetings with presentations and discussions are arranged as needed. International researchers are also invited as respondents. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Eva Kernbauer

For students with MA or PhD projects under the supervision of Eva Kernbauer. If you are interested in a supervision please ask for a first appointment at kunstgeschichte@uni-ak.ac.at. In the case of dissertations, please send your exposé beforehand. After acceptance as a MA/PhD student you can register for the course.   2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Isabel Kranz

Ziel des Kolloquiums ist es, sich gemeinsam intensiv dem wissenschaftlichen Schreiben in seinen unterschiedlichen Stufen und Ausprägungen von der Themen- und Thesenfindung über die Recherche bis hin zum konkreten Strukturieren und Formulieren von wissenschaftlichen Texten zu widmen. Das Kolloquium bietet somit neben der Diskussion von methodischen Fragen pragmatische Unterstützung bei den jeweiligen Abschlussarbeiten. Zentrale Voraussetzung ist daher die Bereitschaft, sowohl… 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

One to one colloquium for Master and PhD students to discuss progress and get steerage for their master or PhD studies. The colloquium is tailored to the specific requirements of the studies. Arranged by appointment only.    2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Ruth Mateus-Berr

FORSCHUNGSFRAGE: Wie gestalte und beforsche ich den Inhalt meines Themas?In dieser Lehrveranstaltung sollen wissenschaftliche Praxen zu individuellen Themen der MA und Doktoratsarbeiten (DOKTOR PHIL) vorgestellt und diskutiert werden. THEMEN: (Multisensual) Design Research. Künstlerische Forschung (in der Fachdidaktik), Design Thinking, Kontext Design, Social Design, (Dis)ability studies, Urbanismus, Kunst/Design & Gesundheit, Fachdidaktik, Interdisziplinärer und partizipatorischer Unterricht und Projekte, Kunst- Kultur-Designvermittlung. Ziel dieses… 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Boris Odehnal

This colloquium is devoted to regular reports concerning actual research and reports on the progress of master and PhD projects. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Jakob Schillinger

Colloquium for MA and PhD students supervised by Jakob Schillinger. Participation is possible in both German or English. Die Teilnahme ist sowohl auf Deutsch als auch auf Englisch möglich. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Eva Maria Stadler

Im Kolloquium für Master- und Doktoratsstudierende haben jene Studierenden, die an einer Masterarbeit oder Dissertation die Möglichkeit, in regelmäßig stattfindenden Präsentationen ihren Arbeitsfortschritt vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Darüber hinaus werden Einzeltermine vereinbart , um die individuellen Forschungsarbeiten zu besprechen. 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Renate Vergeiner

nach Vereinbarung und Fortschritt der Arbeit jederzeit möglich, Zeugnis für einen ECTS-Punkt (am Ende des Studienjahres für 2 Semester 2 ECTS-Punkte) nur nach Vorlage eines Exposees und Textproben 2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Jan Völker

The colloquium serves as a forum for discussing ongoing master's and doctoral projects.   2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Julienne Lorz

Colloquium for master students on the Expanded Museum Studies programme from the third semester onwards.   2025W/2026S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

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Esther Räsänen

Haunted by Music Most chapters of life carry their own soundtrack. Certain tracks become companions — triggers of memory, emotion, and identity. Music often expresses more than words ever could: who you are, where you belong, and with whom you resonate. In this course, we will travel through decades of music, styles, vibes, and their visual expressions. Together, we will… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 4.0 ECTS

Tanja Kimmel

Die Studierenden erlernen das Färben von Protein- und Zellulosefasern mit synthetischen Farbstoffen nach dem Ausziehverfahren, das sich bedingt durch die zu verwendenden Farbstoffsysteme voneinander unterscheidet. In der Blockveranstaltung wird die hierfür notwendige Theorie und Praxis vermittelt mit dem Ziel farblich passende Gewebe färben zu können, die zur Stabilisierung von textilen Objekten durch näh- oder klebetechnische Methoden dienen. 2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Virginia Costa

Modern metals in cultural heritage: understanding and characterization: Aluminum alloys, stainless and weathering steels, and metallic coatings have been used forover a century in art and design and are now an important part of cultural heritage. Nevertheless,the lack of technical details or recommendations for surface finishing and handling invariablylead to their premature deterioration. An adequate understanding of these materials is… 2026S, Lecture, 2.0 ECTS

Nika Maltar

This seminar offers a hands-on introduction to the digital conservation, restoration, and documentation of software-based herritage. Using concrete examples, we will explore the forensic transfer, analysis, and archiving of information stored on historical data carriers from the 1980s, such as floppy disks, as well as internet-based and computer-based artworks from the 1990s. Obsolete technologies will be reconstructed in virtual environments… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Günther Fleischer

Bei dieser Lehrveranstaltungen sollen Grundlagen der Bautechnik v.a. von historischer Bausubstanz vermittelt werden. Anhand einfacher Berechnungsansätze wird außerdem ein Grundverständnis für statisch-konstruktive Zusammenhänge erarbeitet. 2025W, artistic Seminar, 1.0 ECTS

Katharina Manojlovic

Text als Medium. Literatur ausstellen (II) Wie lassen sich Texte inszenieren und visualisieren? Welche Erfahrungsmöglichkeiten gehen mit der materiellen, typografischen und medialen Verräumlichung eines literarischen Textes im besten Fall einher?Und welche Überlegungen sollten dabei jenseits der Frage nach seiner Ausstellbarkeit eine Rolle spielen? Anschließend an die Produktion von Ausstellungsbeiträgen für die kommende Sonderausstellung „Dem Stumpfsinn die Geisteskappe aufsetzen“. Thomas Bernhard… 2025W/2026S, Project Work, 5.0 ECTS

Maria Bussmann

Anti-Gender and Digital Authoritarianism In the 2025/26 academic year, this lecture series addresses gender-biased politics in art, culture, and society within the digital sphere. It offers insights into how reactionary actors undermine concepts of equality, justice, and sexual/reproductive rights, particularly in and through digital media. Furthermore, it examines artistic practices and social alliances that disrupt these media narratives and generate… 2025W/2026S, Lecture, 2.0 ECTS

Wolfgang Fiel

Art as a system and process Art – whether visual or performing – can be understood as an open, generative system, i.e. as a process that constitutes itself in the making, is not oriented towards a teleological goal and therefore has no end point. The individual work is not a finished product, but a node within a network in which… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS