Head of the Research Department Design Research eXplorations
Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost
Organizational unit
Design Research eXplorations
Address
(Berlin)
DFKI Labor Berlin - HauptgebäudeAlt-Moabit 91cD-10559 Berlin
Publications
Profile
Gesche Joost has headed the Design Research eXplorations research department since 2016 and has been Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts since 2011, where she heads the Design Research Lab. Since 2017 she has been a member of the board of the Einstein Center Digital Future Berlin and of the Steering Committee of the Weizenbaum Institute for Networked Society, where she conducts research on digital sovereignty and manufacturer culture.
She is chairwoman of the German Society for Design Theory and Research and a member of the board of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. From 2014 to 2018, she was the Federal Government's Internet Ambassador to the European Commission. She is a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Goethe-Institut. In 2016, she founded Calliope gGmbH, which offers digital learning to children from the third grade onwards.
2009 Young Talent Award for Science (Award of the City of Berlin)
2006 Award as one of the “100 minds of tomorrow” within the initiative of the Federal Government “Germany – Land of Ideas”.
Minodu
Nachhaltiges Landmanagement in Subsahara-Afrika: Durch Forschung vor Ort Lebensgrundlagen verbessernKlimawandel und stetiger Zuwachs der Weltbevölkerung stellen die Anforderungen des nachhaltigen Landmanagements und die Schonung natürlicher Ressourcen vor große Herausforderungen. Während zahlreiche…
OrthoSuPer
Sichere Datenplattform und intelligente Sensorik für die Versorgung der Zukunft in der OrthopädieMuskel-Skelett-Erkrankungen, vor allem Rücken- und Knieleiden, sind in Deutschland einer der häufigsten diagnostizierten Krankheiten. Zum Teil auch arbeitsbedingt, sind diese für einen großen Teil der…
MYOW
MYOW - Make your own wearablesThe goal of the joint project "MYOW - Make your Own Wearables" is to bring together designers, makers, service providers and manufacturers to develop personalized wearables in a digital service space.…
TexaS
Baukasten für multifunktionale textiladaptierte Elektroniksysteme - Entwicklung eines Interposers für Modulare System für Smart TextilesThe main objective of the project is to eliminate current disturbances and problems in the research field of electronic textiles and thus to advance microsystems technology in the textile sector in…
