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Prof. Dr. Sandra Groll
Professor Design Theory
Design Researcher and system theorist

  • Studied product design, philosophy and aesthetics at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
  • Doctorate entitled “Between contingency and necessity: The role of design in contemporary society” at Offenbach University of Art and Design
  • Research focus: The design of the next society, digital design, systemic and difference-theoretical foundations of design
  • Since 2024 Associate Professor for Visual Communication Zhejiang Wanli University
  • Since 2017 Member of the editorial board of BIRD – Board of International Research in Design
  • From 2016 – 2018 substitute professor for theory and practice at the Kunsthochschule Kassel
  • Teaching experience since 2010: FH Potsdam, FH Bielefeld, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Freie Universität Bozen, Brand University, Zhejiang Wanli University Ningbo and Northwestern Politechnical University Xi’An