Christiane Wagner began her academic journey and professional training in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin before advancing her career in São Paulo, while maintaining strong connections with Germany and the international community. She serves as a research professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) and is an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry Berlin. At USP, she conducts research at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA USP) within the USP Global Cities Synthesis Center. Additionally, she has collaborated with a research group at the School of Communication and Arts (ECA USP) and has developed a project at the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC USP). Dr. Wagner also teaches design and media studies, merging education and research at the Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (UNIVESP) in partnership with USP. Established in 2012, UNIVESP is a public university that provides accessible courses across the state and is associated with the São Paulo state government’s Secretariat for Economic Development, Science, Technology, and Innovation. She has held professorships in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the Institute of Arts of UNICAMP and the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC USP) at the University of São Paulo, thereby qualifying her as a professor in aesthetics and the science of communication within the fields of art, architecture, design, and communication. The CAPES Foundation has recognized her with a five-year research scholarship. Both USP and UNICAMP are celebrated as the top universities in Latin America.

She holds a Ph.D. in design and architecture (with highest honors) from the University of São Paulo, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU USP) and a master’s degree in science of communication (with highest honors) from the University of São Paulo, School of Communication and Arts (ECA USP). Also, she has a Ph.D. in the science of art and aesthetics with highest honors (mention très honorable/summa cum laude) from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, L’École des Arts de la Sorbonne (recognized by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts in Germany).

In addition, she provides qualification training (formation des enseignants) in the history of art, art education, and digital art development, sciences, and technology from the French Ministry of Education and the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA). Dr. Wagner began her education in Germany at the Academy of Visual Arts in Frankfurt am Main, before continuing her studies in São Paulo. She majored in industrial design (bachelor’s degree with first-class honors) at the Fine Arts University Center of São Paulo, specializing in product design, with interfaces in architecture, arts, and digital technologies in her interdisciplinary graduate dissertation. 

She has delivered speeches and taken part in panel discussions at various universities and conferences, including the Freie Universität Berlin, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart; L’École des Arts de la Sorbonne – Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Universität Wien; The City University of New York (CUNY); Institut für Kunstgeschichte, FAU-Friedrich Alexander Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg; New York City College of Technology (City Tech); University of Hertfordshire, London, and in many international congresses.

Languages:  German, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

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