Psychologist · Futures Strategist · Cultural Innovator

I work at the intersection of systems thinking, ecological intelligence, and moral imagination—helping individuals, organizations, and creative teams design futures that support human and planetary flourishing through applied psychology.

My work bridges research, wellness, technology, and the arts. Whether I’m consulting with leaders on ethical innovation, guiding people into deeper relationship with the more-than-human world, or creating immersive story systems for social transformation, my purpose is the same:

To help us remember how to be fully human in an accelerating world.

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Dr. Karina Vissonova is the founding director of the Advanced Design Studies Institute and a researcher in design philosophy, specialising in future material wellbeing, sustainable societies, and the evolution of design education. With a Ph.D. in Design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and over 25 years of experience in research and development, her work contributes to advancing design education through transdisciplinary frameworks. She currently lectures at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and serves as a research fellow at the MOME Foundation, where she bridges futures studies and speculative design methodologies.

Dr. Vissonova curates interdisciplinary art-science exhibitions, and her publications include peer-reviewed papers, contributions to journal special issues on sustainable design futures, book chapters, and two books published through her institute. A member of the World Futures Studies Federation, she researches at the intersection of speculative design, sustainability studies, and design philosophy.

Julien Wacquez trained in cultural sociology and social studies of science at EHESS (M.A, Ph.D). During his PhD, he was appointed with 2 international fellowships: one at the Department of Sociology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2015-2016), and another at the CEFRES in Prague, Czech Republic (2017-2019). He later worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire d’Excellence les passés dans le présent, the Université Paris Lumières, and Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague.

Currently, he conducts research within the Neurocybernetics Team of the ETIS Lab, under the AS3 project “Decision, Learning, and Social Interaction” of the PEPR O2R program. He collaborates closely with social anthropologist Joffrey Becker and contributes to the Maison des Humanités Potentielles.

Julien Wacquez has been a member of the World Futures Studies Federation since 2023, sits on the scientific committee of the journal Terrain, and has been editor-in-chief of Angle Mort, a science fiction magazine, since 2014. The magazine received the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire’s “Special Prize” in 2014 and was named “Best Science Fiction Magazine of the Year” by the European Science Fiction Society in 2018.

Source: ETIS page