Andreas Wagenknecht is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies (University of Mannheim) and part of the Management of the Institute.
He received his PhD in film and media theory from the University of Mannheim and studied for his Master of Arts Communication Studies, Philosophy and Psychology at the TU Dresden.
In his research he is interested in music and film in popular culture, film and media theory and qualitative methods of media and communication studies.
He teaches courses in qualitative methods of social research, theory and history of media and popular culture.