Sabine Winters
Freelance Philosopher of Science and Space
About:
I work as a freelance philosopher of science and space, and as a professional in the world of philosophy I am practically oriented and interested in the process of idea development and the ‘how and why’ behind a theory or process. Over the last eight years, I have organized, directed, and programmed many (over 60) interdisciplinary workshops, meetings, and lectures – in assignment as well as for my platform, Future Based.
In my role as a cultural programmer I’m specializing in art and technology at Theater de Lindenberg in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. I also serve as a tutor, study coach, and philosophy teacher at Product Design ArtEZ University of the Arts. I have extensive experience in film and philosophy lectures, utopian and dystopian thinking, philosophy of science (astronomy), interdisciplinary research, and philosophy.
From January till July 2023, I’ve been conducting research on the role of imagination in space science at the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Agency. Following up on this research I’ve been accepted as doctoral candidate at the Freudenthal Institute Philosophy and History of Science, Utrecht University. Under the guidance of dr. Guido Bacciagaluppi (Utrecht University), dr. Jai Grover (ESA ESTEC) and dr. Mike Stuart (York University), I will be researching the epistemic role of imagination in space science.
I believe that interdisciplinary research allows for a synthesis of ideas that integrates characteristics from different disciplines. The crossing of borders between disciplines can be highly potent spaces, but the challenge lies in how to bridge the different disciplines in such ways that they can trade and integrate information successfully. Moreover, studying topics thematically is an ideal way to bring a variety of ideas and approaches together, which can result in inspiration, new perspectives, and meaningful learning. As a philosopher of science, I have a strong focus in my research on philosophy in astronomy and space.
As the founder of the Future Based platform I’m responsible for curating the program, as well as executing the projects and ideas. I now work with a (permanent) team of freelancers to ensure the continuity of Future Based. For more information and personal motivation on this project, please visit this link. If you want to know more about the projects, please click here.
For more information on my work experience, take a look at my CV or visit Sabinewinters.nl (Dutch website).
Sabine Winters
Education:
PhD Candidate in Space Science Imagination at the Freudenthal Institute, Philosophy and History of Science (2023-present)
Promotor Dr. Guido Bacciagaluppi (Utrecht University) , supervisors Dr. Mike Stuart (University of York), Dr. Jai Grover (European Space Agency, Advanced Concepts Team)
Radboud University – Master degree – Philosophy of Science
Thesis on the work of Johannes Kepler as a thought experiment
Utrecht University – Bachelor degree- Philosophy
Thesis on the role of imagination in scientific thought experiments
Recent projects :
Study coach, mentor ArtEZ Product Design (2023 – present)
Philosophy teacher Design Art Technolgy – University of the Arts ArtEZ (204- present)
Philosophy teacher Product Design – University of the Arts ArtEZ (2022 – present)
Founder, curator and host Scientific Imagination (2020- present)
Founder & director interdisciplinary philosophy platform Future Based (2018- present)
Programmer and project-leader at Art and Technology, at Theatre Lindenberg (2021- present)
ESA philosopher in residence at the Advanced Concepts Team European Space Agency, (January 2023 – June 2023)
Tutor and research project lecturer for ArtEZ in collaboration with NEMO Amsterdam (January 2024 – June 2024)
Thesis supervisor Product Design – University of the Arts, ArtEZ, (2023- July 2023)
Project leader artist in residency ‘Hydrogen’ Foreland Studios (September 2021 – September 2022 )
Head artist in residency programme design studio Fillip Studios ( September 2019-September 2021)
Publications:
Creativity Reinvented: Exploring AI’s Influence on Meaning in Art
ArtEZ Press (Forthcoming, 2024)
Defining Space Debris Policy: A Perspective from Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance
Crime, Criminal Justice & Ethics in Outer Space, Routledge/Taylor & Francis (forthcoming, 204)
Biomimethics: a critical perspective on the ethical implications of biomimetics in technological innovation
Chris Broeckhoven and Sabine Winters
IoP Science, peer reviewed (2023)
Kármán Nomads – When living in space becomes reality
Intense Futurity Systems (2023)
A View from the Moon: How Imagination Offers an Alternative Perspective
The Wicked, the Wanted and the Wonder: How Interdisciplinary Research Changes Directions
Certified courses:
Study Career Mentorship: Conversation techniques and guidance (2024)
Curating New Media Art: Process, Interaction, Virtuality: Node Center (March – May 2019)
Two-day course debate and moderating: Debat.nl (2019)
Philosophy of Technology : Twente University (May 2018)
Curating Art and Science; potentials and pitfalls: Node Center (January – March 2018)
Clients:
Fraterhuis Zwolle | Sonnenborgh Utrecht| Design Art Technology ArtEZ|Design Digger| NEMO Wetenschapsmuseum|Post-X-Society|KunstenLab Deventer|The Form of Space, Daniela de Paulis| SVS Dispuut Space engineering TU Delft| The Hmm, platform for internetculture| ArtEZ Press| Humanistisch Verbond|Oddstream | Nxt Museum |Billy Town | Platform P-OST| ArtEZ | iArts Hogeschool Zuyd | Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds| Task Force Fashion | HKU Gamedesign | O-P-A Design platform | Cultuur op de Campus | Hubert | Lorentz Center Leiden University | Louis Hartlooper Complex | Focus Filmtheater | Kunst op de Koffie | Lab11 | Collectie de Groen | Winterlab ArtEZ | ArtEZ | SLAK Ateliers | Nacht van de Filosofie Den Haag | Wageningen Universiteit Studium Generale | Provincie Gelderland | Gemeente Arnhem | Theater aan de Rijn |HKU Utrecht| Generale Oost |Fooddesign studio Katja Gruijters | Studio Halfvol | Ruimtekoers| State of Fashion | Fillip Studios | Foreland.eu | In4nite Design | The Asimov Institute | Hubert Nijmegen | Stichting Beeldende Kunst Den Haag | WORM Rotterdam | Rozet Arnhem | Overdenkwerk | In4nite design platform (Low &Bonar)
Initiated projects:
Curator and moderator of a series of film events on science and the imagination, Fiction meets Science (Autumn 2022.)
Writer and teacher of the course Film as Philosophy (2022-present) and The Thinking Film (2018-2022). Both courses were given at Focus Film theater, Louis Hartloopercomplex and Studium Generale Wageningen.
Writer and teacher of the workshop, What is an Utopia? (2019) Lectured among other at ArtEZ Winterlab and Gamedesign HKU.
Co-initiator and board member of the art fair Get Fed Art Fair (2016-2018).
Artbook publications:
Quest on Consciousness
Commissioned by Simone Albers and the White Sieger Award (2023)
What Matters, Matters (on art in public space)
Platform Visual Arts The Hague, anniversary edition,(2021)
Kunst op de Koffie ( art platform, Arnhem, the Netherlands)
Commissioned by Kunst op de Koffie. (2020)
How technology mediates our feeling of belonging
Commissioned by Emmy Bergsma and Sarah Grothus ( 2019)
The Pink Elephant – Essays on the work by Casper Verborg
Commissioned by Casper Verborg and the White Sieger Award (2016)
Presentation Future Based for ArtEZ Finals 2022 and interview with Aafje Bep van Grieken.