Mario Dunkel (Prof. Dr.) teaches in the music department of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. He is the principal investigator of a European research project on populism and European popular music (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, 2019-2022).
He is the editor of Popular Music and Public Diplomacy (Transcript). His research interests include transcultural music pedagogy, the practice and history of music diplomacy as well as the conceptualization and performance of music history in Europe and the U.S.