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Valeska Mangel

Visiting Practitioner

London College of Communication

  • Visiting Practitioner
    London College of Communication

BIO

Valeska Noemi Mangel is a PhD research student at Central Saint Martins and Visiting Practitioner at LCC. Her research bridges critical theory, specifically theories in Romantic Anti-Capitalism and nostalgia studies, with Design for Social Change.

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON APPOINTMENTS

  • Visiting Practitioner
    University of the Arts London, MA Service Design, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2025 - present
  • Research Assistant
    University of the Arts London, Knowledge Exchange, London, United Kingdom1 Mar 2025 - present
  • Tutoring Support
    University of the Arts London, MA Service Design, London, United Kingdom29 May 2025 - 29 Jun 2025
  • Research Assistant
    University of the Arts London, CCW Innovation Vouchers, London, United Kingdom1 Nov 2024 - 9 Dec 2024

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lead Service Designer and Strategist
    Epowar, Women's safety, United Kingdom1 Mar 2023 - present
  • Head of Future Research and Innovation
    opta data Zukunfts-Stiftung, Healthcare Research, Remote, Germany1 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2023
  • Research Manager
    Sigmund Freud University Vienna, IZZ Institute for Futurepsychology and Futuremanagement, Remote, Germany10 Jan 2019 - 30 Sep 2023

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom25 Sep 2023 - present
  • MA
    Royal College of Art, Service Design, London, United Kingdom
  • BA
    Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany

CERTIFICATIONS

  • UN Women UK Delegate
    UN Women UK, London
    Delegacy to participate virtually in the 67th and 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

LANGUAGES

  • German
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

STAFF/STUDENT

  • PGR student