rafael
dernbach
Hi, I'm Rafael,
I research cultures of anticipation. My work combines media studies with critical future studies and I teach the next generation of creatives as a professor for media theory at the faculty for Design and Art at Hochschule Bielefeld .
I have more than 10 years experience in futures research and consulting. I was a fellow at the Creative Impact Research Centre Europe (CIRCE), a post-doctoral researcher at the Università della Svizzera italiana, and an affiliate researcher at Heidelberg University. Previously, I worked as Director of Emerging Narratives at fischerAppelt advisors, where I initiated and led a new strategy unit exploring the impact of narratives in organizations. I also helped to open Europe’s first future museum Futurium in Berlin as a researcher and strategist.
In 2018, I completed a Ph.D. on anticipatory realism in post-cinematic art at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. During my doctoral research, I was a visiting researcher at Princeton University and Freie Universität Berlin. Prior to this, I worked as a journalist for the Grimme Award winning TV show Elektrischer Reporter (ZDFinfo).
