About this Organization
The University of Graz, founded in 1585, is Austria’s second oldest university and one of the largest in the country. Numerous outstanding scientists, including six Nobel Prize winners, have taught and researched here.
With 30,000 students and 4,700 employees, it makes a decisive contribution to the vibrant life of the Styrian capital. Its geographical location favours a lively scientific, economic and cultural exchange with south-eastern Europe, from which the city benefits just as much as its educational institutions.
Team Members
Dr Chiara Zuanni is a tenure-track assistant professor in digital museology at the Centre for Information Modelling (ZIM-ACDH) at the University of Graz. Her research focuses on the construction and mediation of knowledge in museums, digital practices and data in the museum sector, social media and heritage audiences, and born-digital collecting.
She has a BA in Classics and a MA in Archaeology from the University of Bologna, and a PhD in Museology from the University of Manchester. Prior to moving to Austria, she held postdoctoral appointments in cultural policy at the University of Liverpool, and in museum histories at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She has been a member of the Getty Institute in Ancient Itineraries (2018-2020); she is local PI for the Erasmus+ project DigiCulture (2018-2021); and she is PI of a DARIAH Theme project on contemporary collecting and COVID-19 (2020-2021).
Dr Wolfgang Fischer is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Science at the University of Graz. His research focuses on sustainable and regional development, brownfields and abandoned sites, cultural heritage and tourism.
He studied Geography at the University of Graz, where he has worked since 1990, leading a range of research projects from Austrian and European funders. He is currently local PI for the EU project SPOT (Social and innovative Platform On cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation; 2020-2022).
Jörn Harfst is a research associate in the Department of Geography and Regional Science at the University of Graz. His research interests concern regional development, governance and European cohesion. He holds a diploma in Geography, having studied at the University of Hamburg (Germany) and the University of Southampton (UK).
Prior to moving to Graz, he has been a research associate at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden (Germany). He has been working at the University of Graz since 2012, as research assistant and project manager on a range of projects. In parallel, he also works as consultant for European cooperation projects.
Jasmin Sandriester is a research associate at the Department of Geography and Regional Science at the University of Graz (since 2020).
She is currently working on three projects, YOUIND (INTERREG), SPOT and ReInherit (both Horizon2020) and has studied Geography at the University of Graz, obtaining a MSc degree in “Sustainable Urban and Regional Development” in 2017.
Her research interests lie in the field of tourism (especially marketing and place branding) as well as sustainable regional development.
Sina Krottmaier is a research assistant at the Centre for Information Modelling (ZIM-ACDH) at the University of Graz. Her research interests concern Russian language, translation and localization of video games and movies, digital preservation of contemporary digital cultures.
She has a BA in Slavic studies from the University of Klagenfurt and a BA in Transcultural Communication from the University of Graz, and she is currently completing a MA in Translation studies and a MA in Digital Humanities at the University of Graz. She has been working as research assistant at ZIM-ACDH since 2020, supporting teaching activities and digital archiving projects.
