Nina Kerschbaumer
Early-Career Fellow 2025–2026

Nina Kerschbaumer (born 1988 in Salzburg, AT) is an artist and filmmaker whose work spans multiple media, with a sustained focus on film, television formats, and collaborative practices. Her current research explores the systemic nature of violence and its entanglement with prosperity.

Nina received her PhD in Philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (AT) in 2024. Her doctoral research examined domestic crime as a medial phenomenon, with particular attention to the rise and cultural function of the True Crime genre across indexical media. Before joining the Collegium, Nina was a fellow at the Istituto Svizzero in Milan (IT), where she investigated the aftermaths of political violence during the 1970s.