Karin Wehn (DE) is a media scholar and curator for film studies and digital media. She holds a PhD in media studies. She has worked as a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, the University of Leipzig, the University of Fine Arts in Berlin & the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Her main research areas are animation, digital media and media theory. She is a member of the editorial board of “Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal”, Sage and a board member of the German Institute for Animated Film. She has been a jury member at the Shortfilmfestival Dresden, Vienna Independent Shorts, the Shortfilmfestival Hamburg and the International Animation festival Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland.