Small festivals are struggling to survive: rising costs, few staff, insecure funding. Susanne Schnabel explains why they are so important for culture, young talent and the community and what their future could look like. Professor Dr Beate Flath was a guest in the interview.

In the Hessenschau, Professor Dr Beate Flath talks about festivals and their current challenges. The online article and the corresponding auditor report can be read/listened to here.

"Music, power, monopolies. Indie Music in the Age of Algorithms". Professor Dr Christoph Jacke in the background discussion of the contribution on Deutschlandfunk Corso Spezial.

Professor Dr. Christoph Jacke was interviewed as part of the HR-Info Kultur feature "Forever Young - When Pop Stars Go", which focuses on the legacy of deceased pop music stars.

Professor Dr Christoph Jacke gave a lecture entitled "Taylor Swift, Nick Cave, Anohni: Pop music cultural stars as virtual embodiments of dynamics, stuckness and in-between." at the University of Mainz

Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2023, generative AI has finally entered the everyday lives of many people and also the work processes of the music industry. MusikWoche asked selected companies and institutes how they are already responding to this in the training of young talent.

Professor Dr Christoph Jacke with a short statement and background on ZDF heute online on the topic "'No AI can do that': Why Rosalía's 'Berghain' is so inspiring"

In the winter semester 2025/26, Professor Dr Christoph Jacke gave a lecture entitled "Kultürlich Drag: Pop, Stars and Diversities: Playful Amateurs and Professionals in Exclusion, Inclusion and Transformation". Part of the lecture series "UPB for Future - the Sustainability Lecture" at Paderborn University.

In a news report, WDR's Lokalzeit OWL programme reported on a Paderborn University research project that is being tested in practice for the first time at this year's AStA Summer Festival. The festival, one of the largest campus festivals in Germany, attracts around 14,000 visitors every year and also produces a lot of waste and CO₂ emissions.

In the funk format "Beyond Gossip", Professor Dr Christoph Jacke gives a background discussion and short statement on the topic of Nina Chuba

In the nine episodes of the podcast "Chaos & Glory. The Oasis Story" by bold-audio, Professor Dr Christoph Jacke gave various expert interviews

In the series "Media love - meets heroes. Beats and Science" in cooperation with the Education Office and Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Prof. Dr Christoph Jacke and Prof. Dr Jörn Glasenapp (University of Bamberg, Literature and Media, author of "Reclam 100 Seiten: Taylor Swift" on 27 May 2025 for a talk on "Stars, Anti-Stars, Swifties and Science". The impulses and talk were enhanced by pop music DJ interventions by Cut Spencer aka C:POP member…

Professor Dr Christoph Jacke was part of the podcast "100 Songs - History is made. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' - Nirvana (USA, 1991)" with Stefan Niederwieser and co-host Robert Stadtober from ORF Sound.

Dr Christoph Jacke and Joshua Wick were interviewed for the WDR Lokalzeit OWL report on the topic "Dispute over song in Gütersloh: How is the music scene changing?"

The summer semester will soon be starting at universities and many people start their training in the summer. The transition from an academic or school environment to a practical environment can be particularly difficult. This is why MusikWoche asked industry players and institutes how companies can work together with training and further education institutions.