Institut für Designforschung (IDF)
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Course Description:
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The Master’s program in Transformation Design at HBK Braunschweig addresses one of the most urgent challenges of our time: how to design for socio-ecological transformation in the face of climate crisis, global injustice, and the exhaustion of inherited systems. Here, design is not confined to products or services—it becomes a method of inquiry, a catalyst for dialogue, and a tool for navigating planetary interdependence.
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In her role as Acting Professor of Transformation Design, Dr. Anna-Sophie Springer integrates environmental humanities, design research, experimental publishing, and curatorial thinking into a practice of transformation that is both critical and generative. Her studio-based seminars and theory-driven courses span topics such as Social Transformation, Critical Futurities, Ecologies of Publishing, and Histories of Sustainability, fostering practices that are materially grounded, conceptually rigorous, and attuned to more-than-human relations. Her ecofeminist pedagogy centers on situated engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration—supporting students to develop tools, strategies, and visions that respond to real-world complexities with speculative intelligence and ecological care.