Caroline Maessen
She is fascinated by learning and innovation through design-oriented research and a systemic view of practical issues. At CoE Smart Sustainable Cities she works on transition issues that deal with the future of the city and how people can live comfortable lives that contribute to a sustainable world.
"As long as people keep trying to transform within the rules, procedures and current frames of mind, little surprising will happen. We need pioneering futures imagination to enable change."
In her vision, high quality education leverages the natural curiosity of learners. As a lecturer, Caroline is committed to creating flexible spaces across educational programmes to enable transdisciplinary collaboration possible, where students, teachers and researchers learn and innovate together with practitioners around societal challenges.
Fields of expertise
- Future probing
- Learning & Innovating
- Systemic design
Publications
- Future probing Practices for exploring and anticipating far and near future uses of digital technologies
- The Media Battle : a Creative Pressure-Cooker for Connecting to the Professional Field
