Cordula Meier

Prof. Dr. Cordula Meier is a full Professor at Folkwang Universität der Künste, where she has served since 2007. She is Head of the Institute for Art and Design Science and Chairwoman of the Doctoral Committee of Faculty 4. Her academic background includes professorial roles at the University of Duisburg-Essen and HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, and she completed her doctorate and habilitation at the University of Essen.

Her research focuses on the intersections of art, design, memory, and digital culture. Key interests include cultural memory, deconstruction, contemporary German art, and the philosophical dimensions of visual and material culture. She has published extensively on artists like Anselm Kiefer and Rebecca Horn, and on topics such as seriality, forgetting, and media representation.

Her recent publications show a consistent engagement with memory, myth, and artistic representation in postmodern and digital contexts. The works span disciplines including art history, philosophy, media theory, and cultural studies, often analyzing how art mediates collective memory and identity.

• Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Zollverein School of Management and Design (2002–2007)
• Habilitation funded by DFG (2001)
• Numerous invited lectures at universities and cultural institutions

She has supervised doctoral candidates through her leadership in the Doctoral Committee and has contributed to academic governance. She has no listed grants, but her DFG support indicates prior research funding. She leads the Institute for Art and Design Science, shaping research and academic programs in art and design theory.