Annika Haas

Dr. Annika Haas is a media theorist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hildesheim's DFG Research Training Group 'Aesthetic Practice' (since 2023). She holds a PhD from the Berlin University of the Arts (2022) and has conducted research across institutions including the Collegium Helveticum Zurich and Université Paris 8. Her work explores media theory, affect theory, and artistic practices responding to crises in techno-capitalist contexts. She has published on Hélène Cixous' theories, experimental publishing, and critical art practices.

• Education:
• PhD: Universität der Künste Berlin (2022)
• Studies in Media Studies at Potsdam, Istanbul, and Berlin Universities
• California Institute of the Arts
• Research Focus: Crisis aesthetics, cultural repair, techno-solutionism, and postcolonial media theory.
• Roles: Postdoc researcher, former research associate at the Institute for History and Theory of Design (Berlin University of the Arts), and affiliated with multiple international research groups.

Haas actively engages in interdisciplinary collaborations, curating experimental formats and workshops on topics such as auto-archives, data bodies, and liquid language. Her work bridges theory and practice through art-based research and pedagogical innovation.