Christiane Wagner holds a Ph.D. with distinction (magna cum laude) in aesthetics and sciences of art from Université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where the examining board recommended her thesis for publication: “Esthétique : l’image contemporaine. L’analyse du concept de l’innovation” (Aesthetics: contemporary image. Analysis of the concept innovation), published by Blick 2013.

She received a Ph.D. in architecture and design from the School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU-USP) and a master’s degree in science of communication from the School of Communications and Arts (ECA-USP) and with concepts of excellence (note A) in the all-postgraduate program assessment. Also, her dissertation “In Art: Invention and Artifice,” received recommendations for publication (published by Blücher 2009). Both schools where she obtained her master’s degree and Ph.D. are part of the University of São Paulo (USP), ranked as the best university in Latin America.

As a researcher and visiting professor of aesthetics and communication science in the graduate and postgraduate program, Christiane Wagner worked from 2014 to 2018 at the Institute of Arts, UNICAMP, under a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship PNPD/CAPES. She has thus won the Habilitation, qualification for a teaching career in higher education – professorship. Her research areas are aesthetics, science of art, architecture, design, and science of communication. She has presented her research at many international meetings and has published in several international peer-reviewed journals. Also she has published a book on Urban Aesthetics.

Christiane Wagner has been a visiting research professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) since 2019. Also, she has developed a research project at the Contemporary Art Museum of the University of São Paulo (MAC USP) 2020-2021. She is an associate editor of the culture magazine Revista Cultura e Extensão USP of the University.

Complete works published, see ORCiD (books, book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, essays, and proceedings of international conferences) and publication list.

Member of the Editorial Committee, University of São Paulo (Link)

Revista Cultura e Extensão USP

Art Style | Art & Culture International Magazine 

Christiane Wagner is the founder, editor-in-chief and creative director of Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, an open-access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine. 

Published Books

In Art: Invention and Artifice. Blücher, 2009.

Esthétique : l’image contemporaine. L’analyse du concept de l’innovation [Aesthetics: contemporary image. Analysis of the concept innovation] Blick, 2013.

Research Network

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ORCID | Research Gate Profile | Academia Profile | Web of Science ResearcherID: T-9766-2017