Jacqueline Zauner

Jacqueline Zauner serves as a University Assistant in the Department of Fine Arts and Design at Mozarteum University Salzburg since winter semester 2025, previously working as a lecturer in Technology and Textile Design since 2020. She concurrently teaches art and design subjects at Vienna Federal High School Pichelmayergasse, integrating academic research with school-level pedagogy.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Arts Education at University of Fashion & Styles
• Arts Education at University of Art & Communication
• Fine Arts at Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna

Her research critically examines intersections of body, fashion, and technology, specifically analyzing how media-technological innovations reshape gender identity negotiation among youth. Her dissertation "Digital Fashion Bodies in the Tension Field of (Media) Technological Innovations" employs participatory methodologies to investigate online-offline fashion body dynamics, aiming to advance critical design pedagogy through youth collaboration.

Her publication trajectory (2021-2023) reveals consistent focus on digital fashion's societal impacts, with recurring themes including technological mediation of identity, youth fashion ecosystems, and gendered dimensions of digital innovation. Methodologically, her work bridges theoretical frameworks in media philosophy with empirical youth engagement, establishing cross-disciplinary connections between fashion studies, digital humanities, and critical pedagogy.