Ursula A. Schneider

Ursula Schneider is a Senior Scientist and Deputy Director of the Brenner Archive, a research institute at the University of Innsbruck, where she has been employed since 2009. She specializes in managing archival holdings—including manuscripts, letters, and photographs—with a focus on preserving cultural legacies. Schneider earned her doctorate in comparative literature and German philology from the University of Innsbruck after initial studies in Vienna.

Her research centers on literary preservation, particularly the estates of Austrian authors like Karl Felix Wolff (Dolomite legends) and Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando. She actively documents working materials of contemporary writers (e.g., Felix Mitterer) and leads initiatives to recover underrepresented legacies of women authors, addressing historical archival gaps.

Schneider collaborates with colleagues and interns on research projects, such as tracing letters of deceased authors. She balances archival work with gardening, which she cites as a source of creative problem-solving.