Alina Gregor

Dr. phil. Alina Gregor is an academic administrator and lecturer affiliated with the Institute for Theatre Pedagogy at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. She holds a PhD in Theatre Studies (2022) and specializes in performance-oriented theatre education, transdisciplinary artistic research, and voice/body/presence pedagogy. Her work bridges theory and practice through collaborations with institutions like Thalia Theater Hamburg and the Hamburg Education Institute (LI). She has taught extensively across Germany, including courses on biographical theatre, performance in education, and artistic interventions in schools.

• Academic Background: PhD (2022, Hamburg University), Diplom in Applied Theatre Studies (2007, Giessen University), and studies in Ecuador.
• Teaching: Recent courses include 'Biografisches Theater' and 'Stimme, Körper, Präsenz' at Osnabrück, alongside roles at Hamburg University and Folkwang University of the Arts.
• Research: Focus on pedagogical models for performance-based learning, with a monograph on theatre pedagogy as action science (2024) and contributions to journals like Zeitschrift für Theaterpädagogik.
• Awards: 2020 Hamburger Lehrpreis for contributions to educational theatre.
• Practice: Artistic leadership of youth performance ensembles (e.g., 'reset' at Thalia Theater) and advisory roles for cultural policy in Hamburg.

Her work emphasizes risk-taking in artistic practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the transformative potential of theatre in education and society.