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Gesche Joost
Professorin für Designforschung an der Universität der Künste und Leiterin des Forschungsbereichs Design Research eXplorations des DFKI
Gesche Joost is a Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts and leads the Design Research Lab. Her work focuses on digital society, exploring new ways of interacDon between humans and technology. She conducts research at DFKI and at the Weizenbaum InsDtute for the Networked Society. From 2015 to 2018, Joost represented the German government as an Internet Ambassador, addressing Digital Agenda maRers at the EU Commission. She is a board member of the Einstein Center Digital Future and serves on the presidium of the Goethe InsDtute. AddiDonally, from 2015-23, Joost has been a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP SE, and since 2016, she has been involved with ING DiBa and oRobock. Since 2024, she is the president of the Goethe InsDtute.
