Petra Missomelius

Dr. Petra Missomelius is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Media, Society and Communication at the University of Innsbruck. Her academic career includes roles as University Assistant in Educational Science (2012) and research assistant at the Institute for Media Studies at the University of Marburg (2003–2012). She holds a Magistra artium in media studies, cultural research, graphics, and painting from the University of Marburg. Her research focuses on media education, media culture, cultural hacking, data criticism, image media, critical posthumanism, and body theories.

She leads the habilitation project "Education in Transformative Media Cultures" and coordinated the BMBF-funded project "School of Seeing" (New Media in Teaching). As spokesperson for the initiative "No education without media!" (with Sven Kommer, RWTH Aachen) and the working group "Media Culture and Education" (with Rainer Leschke, University of Siegen), she advocates for media literacy in education. She has taught at universities in Marburg, Innsbruck, Flensburg, and Erlangen-Nuremberg in media studies, educational studies, and cultural studies.

Her professional roles extend to publishing, EU project coordination, media education evaluation, and hospice work. She holds key memberships in organizations like the Society for Media Studies (GfM), European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (necs), and the Austrian Federal Association for Media Education and Digital Competencies (Media Education NOW!).