Prof. Dr. Michael Oehler

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Career

Mar 2011 – dato	Professor for media management/music management at the Macromedia University for Media and Communication Cologne

Oct 2010 – Feb 2011	Sessional professor for systematic musicology at the Musicological Institute of the University of Vienna

Jul 2008 – Feb 2011	Postdoctoral reaearch associate at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover, Department Ethnomusicology (project management:, development, indexing & digitalisation of the Music of Man Archive)

Nov 2004 – Oct 2006	Reaearch associate at the Musicological Institute of the University of Cologne (doctoral research grant by the German Research Association (DFG), project: Digital Variophon)


Education

May 2005 – Oct 2007	PhD in systematic musicology at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover (s.c.l.)

Jul 2002 – Oct 2004	Undergraduate study (Diplom) at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne / business studies with major media management

Apr 1996 – Jul 2002	Undergraduate study (Magister) at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Cologne / major musicology, minor phonetics and linguistics

Jun 1994	Abitur at Helfenstein-Gymnasium Geislingen/Steige (1985-1994)


Academic lectureships

University of Cologne, Musicological Institute (systematic musicology)

University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (psychoacoustics)

University of Vienna, Musicological Institute (pop music / music psychology)

Cologne University of Music (music sociology)

University of Heidelberg, Institute of Psychology (music psychology)


Work experience	*(selection)*

May 2004 – dato	IAMP Solutions Vienna & Cologne Since May 2005 managing partner Software development for the music industry

Jan 2001 – dato	MOMIT Media & IT-Services, Cologne Managing director / formation of the company Development and operation of statistic and index systems

Feb 2000 – Jun 2000	Sony Music Entertainment Inc., New York, USA, Trainee Sony Music Studios

Jul 1999 & Jul 2000	International Stockhausen Courses, Kürten, audio and light engineering

Jul 1998 – Aug 1998	West German Broadcasting (WDR 3), Cologne, public relations for the "Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik" (festival for contemporary chamber music)


Memberships

German Society for Music Psychology (DGM)
since 2010 member of the executive committee (treasurer)
European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)
member of the consulting board of Musicae Scientiae
Society for Music Research (GfM)
MHMK Research Society (MHMK)
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Institute of Applied Musicology and Psychology (IAMP)
since 2005 managing partner