Viktoria Flasche

Junior Professor Viktoria Flasche holds a position at Düsseldorf Art Academy's Department of Education since 2022, specializing in youth identity formation within digital landscapes. Her academic journey includes research at University of Duisburg-Essen (2003-2012), Nuremberg-Erlangen (2015-2017), and multiple BMBF/DFG-funded projects examining postdigital youth culture.

Her research spans postdigital youth culture, spatial pedagogy, and aesthetic education, with particular focus on how adolescents navigate social media platforms. Key interests include:

• Power dynamics in educational contexts
• Reconstructive methodological approaches
• Identity performance across digital/analog spaces
• Library digitization in rural cultural education

Recent publications analyze social media's impact on self-representation, with emphasis on platform architectures shaping youth behavior. Her work integrates documentary methodology with visual culture studies, revealing how adolescents employ both optimization strategies and ludic counter-practices in digital spaces. Current research includes the BiDiPeri project examining libraries as cultural venues in peripheral areas.

Professional engagements include:

• Diversity Working Group of DGfE Media Education Section (since 2022)
• Academic network 'Transformative Imagery' (since 2019)
• German Society for Educational Sciences membership (since 2013)

Teaching responsibilities cover educational theory for art students, including seminars on school practice contradictions, identity formation, and art-pedagogy tensions across multiple semesters.