Imanuel Schipper is a dramaturge, theatre, and performance studies scholar and curator. He studied at the University of Music and Theatre in Hannover (Germany) and the University of Bern (Switzerland). After gaining twelve years of practical experience as a dramaturge and curator in the field of theatre, he was appointed Lecturer in Dramaturgy at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Currently he has a PhD research on dramaturgy at the Leuphana University in Luneburg, and collaborates as a dramaturge with the international known theatre collective Rimini Protokoll. Schipper has been Researcher and Project Manager at different research insititutes at the ZHdK. Recently, he has been applicant and head of the following research projects: “Longing for Authenticity – Critical Research on the Concept and Experience of Contemporary Theatre Settings” (ZHdK / SNF) (2009-2011); “Re/Occupation – Construction of Publicness through Theatral Interventions in Urban Spaces” (ZHdK / SNF) (2011 – 2013). This interdisciplinary research project, undertaken in conjunction with the ETH Zürich, involved researchers from five disciplines. Core Research Areas : Performance Studies, Theatre and Society, Authenticity – Documentary Theatre, City as Stage – City as Performance, Media on Stage, Contemporary Theatre & Performances, Functions of Performances 2012-2015 he was organized different international conferences ond the question what the arts could do for the society (e.g reART:theURBAN 2012) and performances studies under technological conditions (2015 Leuphana University). 2014 he become member of the board of Performance Studies international (PSi). He has lectured and supervised degree theses at the following institutions and universities: Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (Institute for Theatre, Film, and Media Studies Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Würtemberg; Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden; Hochschule der Künste Bern, (MA Scenic Arts Practice); Universität zu Köln, HfBK Hamburg, Norwegian Theatre Insitute. Core Teaching Areas: Performance Studies, Performance; Urban Interventions, Urban Culture; Theatre theory, theatre and media, theatre history (Europe, contemporary), post-dramatic theatre; Dramaturgy, project supervision, theatre publications; Artistic research, Project Developement, Research Developement.