Academic background 

Michelle Winkelsdorf is a PhD candidate within the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. She is based in the Design, Organisation and Strategy Department and investigates the topic of design leadership, guided by the question how (design) leaders create meaningful innovation within an organisation and the broader ecosystem. Her research is shaped in close cooperation with Giulia Calabretta and Erik-Jan Hultink. 

Michelle draws inspiration from her academic background in Economics and Design Management, as well as from her working experience in the field of consulting and corporate foresight. Here at TU Delft, she is happy to have found people with highly diverse backgrounds, who are united in their passion to make design meaningful.

 

Education

• 2010 - 2015 BSc in European Economics, University of Bamberg 
• 2016 - 2018 MA in Design Management & Cultures, University of the Arts London

Experience

• 2017 - 2019 Service Designer at Arup Foresight + Research + Innovation in London, UK
• 2019 - 2023 Strategic Designer at INIT Software in Hamburg, Germany
• 2019 - 2023 Freelance Designer at Future Impacts in Cologne, Germany 

Field of research

• Strategic Design 
• Design Leadership  
• Innovation Management
• Ecosystem Innovation 

Coaches students on

• Design Strategy Project
• Design Roadmapping 

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