Veronika Kocher studied art and design education at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna with a focus on textiles, new media and cultural studies.

After many years of professional experience in the fields of data administration, process management and controlling as well as specializations as a digital curator and as an academic library and information expert, she has been working at the Institute of Cultural Studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna since 2020.

Within the Portfolio/Showroom and IMAGE+ Platform for Open Art Education projects, she supports digital research information systems and the integration of art and cultural heritage collections, by creating thesauri, in data modeling, interface conception and interface design.

Her dissertation project focuses on the archiving, contextualization, and collection integration of the cultural asset of games and the study of the material culture of games.