Eva Maria Stöckler

Mag. Dr. Eva Maria Stöckler is a researcher at the University for Continuing Education Krems, affiliated with the Faculty of Education, Arts and Architecture. Her work focuses on music education, cultural heritage, and digital cultural mediation, particularly in adult learning contexts.

• Principal Investigator for projects like Music Career Check (2021–2023) and Musikimpuls Dunkelsteinerwald (2020–2021)
• Co-editor of publications on Johann Michael Haydn and Josef Strauss
• Active in music archive preservation and historical research

Her recent publications include interdisciplinary studies on meta-competences in complex environments and collaborative music creation in jazz/popular music. She has contributed to Austrian cultural projects funded by regional governments and EU institutions, emphasizing music's role in societal cohesion and sustainable development.

Stöckler engages with digital cultural mediation through initiatives like the Global Jukebox project and participates in international conferences on music education and heritage preservation.