LECTORAAT CHANGE MANAGEMENT – De Haagse Hogeschool

What do you do at The Hague University of Applied Sciences?

I am working as an artistic researcher in the Change Management and Philosophy and Professional Practice research groups. In my research at HHS, I examine everyday performance within the university facilities. I am using practice as research as my research practice. Meaning that I interact physically with the topics I am researching and generate information and questions by actively engaging with the topic in creative ways. By performance, I refer to both visible and invisible ways of being and moving in these spaces, as well as how the condition of the facilities influences performance and vice versa.

What is your background?

I am a performer, choreographer, and artistic researcher. I work at the intersection of dance and performance art and incorporate technologies and materials. I have graduated from the Performance Practices Master program at ArtEZ University of Arts and the Futures Studies Master program at the University of Turku. I use my multi-disciplinary background to read and contextualize societal signals, trends, and phenomena and translate them into movement-based performances and artistic interventions. 

What kind of research do you do?

In my research, I am particularly focused on how technologies and new technological tools, including AI, are reshaping and being reshaped by the bodies within university environments. I am examining the everyday embodied movements and behaviors of individuals in these spaces. Within my research, I aim to make artistic interventions, either independently or collaboratively. I use the core values of the university—Curiosity, Care, and Connection—as a framework to explore, highlight, and critique how these values align with or diverge from embodied movements and behaviors within university spaces. Additionally, I investigate how the development and integration of new technologies may enhance or hinder the embodiment of university values.  

Photo credit: Aristos Iatrou