Ann Werner is currently professor in musicology at Uppsala University. She has held positions in gender studies as well as media and communication studies. She is currently the PI of two research projects and one research network. Conservatory Cultures (2021-2024) examining the construction of nation and gender in European classical music higher education, Culture of Silence (2022-2025) examining sexual harassment and preventive measures after #MeToo in the Swedish performing arts, and Equality and Nordic Music (2024-2026) gathering researchers in the Nordic interested in equality and the music industry.

Her research interests are in music, gender, power, and media, she has published widely on for example streaming and algorithmic culture, and gendered uses of music, drawing on feminist theory. Her articles include ‘Organizing music, organizing gender: Algorithmic culture and Spotify recommendations’, Popular Communication (2020) and her latest book is Feminism and Gender Politics in Mediated Popular Music (2022, Bloomsbury Academic). Recently her publications have discussed higher classical music education and the borderlands of Europe.