From my background I am a designer and design researcher, and my education comes especially from the fields of co-design and empathic design. I’ve been part of Encore - Engaging Co-design Research Group many years now.

Over the years, I have moved from people-centered orientation and design towards a more life-centered approach. This path has led me to study many perspectives that are interesting when thinking about our abilities to shift mindsets and postures towards new ways of being and becoming with the world and Earth. These include exploring the concepts of care ethics, ontology of becoming, social construction of reality and inner dimension of sustainability as well as awareness-based systems change methods and techniques for facilitating both individual and collective transformation journeys.

Currently I’m finalising my dissertation with a working title; Turning inwards for change - Practices for shifting internal postures for transformative and self-reflective co-design. The themes of self-awareness and transformation are therefore strongly present in my research. I am particularly interested in the interconnected relationship between internal and external change, as well as how these topics can be integrated into co-creation processes and practices aiming to create sustainable and flourishing futures for all.

Recently I joined CreaTures project which studies creative practices and their transformational potential to move the world towards socio-ecological sustainability.