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VERONIKA
SELLNER

Curriculum vitae

Work experience

Researcher

Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, 2023-ongoing

Research activities in critical posthumanism, management of Research Centre.

Regional Representative for South Moravian Region

Czech National Agency for International Education and Research, 2022-ongoing

Acquisition of potential applicants, networking strategic partnerships in the region, presentation of funding opportunities and consulting project intentions.

Website Editor, Coordinator of IT Community Activities

Institute of Computer Science, Masaryk University, 2022

Participating on the IT Service Management activities creating user-friendly content for IT MUNI website (e.g. creating online presentation of new services) and organizing events for the IT Community.

Member

Research Committee of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, since 2022

Research Associate

Department of Information and Library Studies, Masaryk University, 2022

Transition - Design - Education conference: co-organization, creation of graphic materials and website. Additional project support.

Resident Research Fellow

Oslo Metropolitan University, spring semester 2022

Affiliated with the Future of Living Technologies (FeLT) project, supervised by prof. Kristin Bergaust. Main activities: research; re-conceptualization of Art in Society research group, further participation; co-organization of workshops; lectures; shadowing interdisciplinary project (FeLT) management.

Project Evaluator

Technology Agency of Czech Republic, since 2022

Evaluating research projects within CEP research fields AJ, AL, AQ.

Co-founder of the Association of PhD Students
Faculty of Arts, 
Masaryk University, founded 2021

The aim of is to create a space for sharing the experiences of students across disciplines.


Research Manager

Institute of International Relations, v.v.i., 2019-2021

Main responsibilities included: reporting outputs, creating reports and further analysis in relation to the M17+ evaluation; setting salaries of research staff based on their performance and fulfilling internal evaluation criteria; participating in the conception and ensuring the operation of the research department; creating internal regulations for HR and other areas; communication with the provider (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic).


Referent at Division of Public Tenders
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
, 2019

Agenda revolved around the preparation of public tenders: negotiation of parameters for public tenders; the preparation of the documentation for the announcement of individual public tenders; subsequent seminars moderation; organization of projects evaluation; announcement of the results.


Project Manager (junior position)

Language Centre, Masaryk University, 2017-2019

Coordination of the OP VVV (OP 2: Human Resources Development and International Orientation of Research at MU) within Language Centre; project and financial management of projects financed by the Masaryk University Development Fund (FRMU) and the Internal Development Project (IRP).

Education

PhD, 2020-2024
Digital Culture and Creative Industries, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

MA, 2016-2018
Management in Culture, Faculty of Economics and Administration and Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Theory of Interactive Media, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

 

Research stays, summer schools

2023/08: The Intersectional Posthumanities. Summer School director: Rosi Braidotti. Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Netherlands.

2022/08: The Posthuman Life of Methods. Summer School director: Rosi Braidotti. Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Netherlands.

2022/01/21 – 2022/05/31: Resident Research Fellow at FeLT Project, supervision: prof. Kristin Bergaust. Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Funded by Freemover.

Taught courses

TIM_BM_004 TIM_Master class, 2021-2022
M_VIRTUAL New Media Art & Entertainment, 2021-2023

 

Language skills

English (C1, occasional translator for Vasulka Kitchen Brno), German (B1), Italian (A1)

 

Software skills

Office 365, Google Workplace, Photoshop, Illustrator, Umbraco, Wordpress, Zoom
 

Completed workshops

Presentation skills
​Moderation, mediation, facilitation
Communication and popularization of science
Rhetoric
Time-management
Gender sensitivity in the workplace
Effective communication and negotiation

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