Theo Maeusli

Theo Maeusli is a Lecturer at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI), affiliated with the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, and the Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG) and Institute of Italian Studies (ISI). He has been collaborating with USI since 1996 as a researcher and lecturer, contributing to academic and archival projects in media and cultural history.

His research focuses on the social and cultural history of media in Switzerland, particularly radio from 1930–1960, the perception of jazz in 1930s Switzerland, and the development of digital archives. He has worked extensively with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), the Research Center for Social and Economic History at the University of Zurich, and the Swiss National Sound Archives. He co-directed the 'History of the SRG' project and contributed to the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland as a media history expert.

Although no specific publications are listed in the provided text, his scholarly output centers on historical studies of popular cultures, radio, and archival systems. His work reflects a strong interdisciplinary engagement with history, media, and cultural studies.

Mäusli has held teaching positions at the universities of Zurich and Basel and has been instrumental in organizing academic conferences, including the 'Colloqui del Monte Verità' series. He served as delegate of the Canton of Ticino for Expo.02 in 2000 and has held key roles in public broadcasting, including responsibility for documentation and archives at Swiss Radio and Television (RSI) since 2002. Since 2017, he has been part of the General Management of SRG SSR as an archives expert and is a member of the Executive Committee of FIAT/IFTA, the global association of audiovisual archives.

He lives in Agno, Switzerland, with his family.