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Prof. Wolfgang Sting is a Professor of Theater Pedagogy/Didactics of Performing Arts at the University of Hamburg's Faculty of Education. He holds a position in the Department of Didactics of Linguistic and Aesthetic Subjects (EW 4). His career includes roles as Master's Program Director for Performance Studies and guest professorships internationally. Sting has led major research projects funded by Volkswagen Foundation, Körber Foundation, and others, focusing on intercultural theatre, performative education, and uncertainty in teaching.
- Education: Pädagogik, Philosophie, Psychologie, Theatre Studies (Bielefeld, Eugene, München)
- Habilitation: Volkswagen Foundation-funded project on Theatre Pedagogy (2000)
Research focuses on Theatre Pedagogy's interplay with cultural education, intercultural practices, and performative methodologies. His projects like TUSCH and TheaterSprachCamp integrate theatre into school curricula. Recent work explores irritation as a pedagogical tool in performance-based teaching.
Key awards include the 2025 ASSITEJ Prize for commitment to youth performing arts and the 2020 Hamburger Lehrpreis. He advises several scholarly boards including the journal Zeitschrift für Theaterpädagogik.
Advisory roles include leading Performance Studies programs and supervising over 20 PhD students. Notable students include Alina Gregor (2023) and Virginia Thielicke (2015). Research projects span 25 years with ongoing work in Hamburg's TheaterSprachCamp initiative.
Labs/Teams: Core contributor to the University's Theatre Education Lab, co-founder of the interfaculty Performance Studies program, and collaborator on the Theater in Schulen network.
