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With a background in practical philosophy, Science & Technology Studies, and social design, I am a living advocate for interdisciplinarity. As a translator I like to cross borders and dive into disciplines, to pirate concepts, methods and approaches. I teach and study ethics of artistic research and aesthetics of societal engagement practices: the ways by which art and design become relevant and valuable in different societal contexts. My aim is to cultivate an ethical sensibility and responsive attitude among artists, designers, scientists and engineers. Read more.

artistic research; socially engaged art; participatory art; interventionist research; methodological innovation; (artistic) research ethics; virtue ethics;

research centre What Art Knows (AOK)
Interdisciplinary Arts, Zuyd Hogeschool (iArts)
Insittute for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam (IIS)
Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM)
Centre for Ethics & Politics of Emerging Technologies (EPET)
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)