Résumé Barbara Flueckiger

Guestprofessor at the Institute of Cinema Studies, University of Zurich, since February 2007.

Post-PhD thesis (habilitation) accepted at the Free University Berlin in June 2007.

2004-2006 Research project on aesthetic and narrative aspects of computer generated visual effects in movies, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Visiting lecturer at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg (Germany), at the University St. Gallen, at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zurich (Switzerland) and other academic institutions in both Germany and Switzerland.

2002 to 2004 Postdoc at the Institute of Media Science, University of Basle in Switzerland.

2000 to 2002 Research project " Digital Cinema " at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zurich in collaboration with the industrial partners Swiss Effects and Sony and academic institutions such as the University of Basle and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. Development and application of a scientific methodology for basic research in the interaction of digital innovation and aesthetics. Communication and fund raising.

Filmmusik Biennale 2002 in collaboration with the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bonn (Germany) and other presentations at international conferences on sound design.

Publications in Swiss and German journals and periodicals on film, literature and theatre.

Author of Sound Design. Die virtuelle Klangwelt des Films . Marburg: Schueren. 2001. 520 pages, ISBN 3-89472-506-0 This publication is widely redarded as the standard text book on this topic in German language. Second edition 2002. Third edition 2006.

1997 to 1999 research project on sound design in American mainstream films, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. 2001 PhD.

1995 to 1997 conception and organization of seminars in media training with the Swiss Foundation FOCAL. Design of a bibliographical data base for books on film and multimedia technique.

1992 to 1995 Studies at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany): German literature, film theory, philosophy and media science. Main topics: emotions in the media, public relation theory, rhetoric in politics, theory of innovation and distribution. M. A. 1995.

From 1980 to 1992 location sound engineer with her own technical equipment. Creation of more than 30 soundtracks for international feature films. Collaboration with many renowned directors such as Silvio Soldini (Italy), Daniel Schmid (Switzerland), Markus Imhoof (Switzerland) and Lea Pool (Canada). Filmography in German only.

Languages: German, English, Italian, French

Interests: Travelling, literature, music, natural science, statistics, and art.