Doris Ingrisch

Doris Ingrisch is a Professor at the Department of Gender Studies, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw). She is renowned for her pioneering work in gender studies and cultural policy, particularly within the performing arts. Her research focuses on intersections of power, inequality, and cultural institutions, with a strong emphasis on gender and performativity.

• Affiliation: Institute for Gender Studies, mdw
• Research Interests: Gender theory, cultural policy, performativity, cultural economics, and inequality in artistic contexts

In 2024, Ingrisch was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class, by the Federal President for her contributions to advancing the Austrian educational and research landscape. This recognition highlights her foundational role in establishing gender studies as an academic discipline at mdw, where she held the first Gender Studies professorship.

Her work has significantly shaped interdisciplinary research at mdw’s Graduate Center, particularly through the structured doctoral program Performing Matters. She has mentored numerous early-career researchers and influenced cultural policy debates through her leadership in projects like Shaping IKM (40 Jahre IKM) and Gender and Labor in the Cultural Field in Serbia.