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Rose Mandungu

I am a connector, design researcher and director of spatial experiences. Driven by a desire to connect with the more-than-human world, I design artistic and participatory experiences in which landscape, encounter and imagination come together. 

My work centres on restoring the relationship between humans and nature, based on the idea that humans are not separate from nature but are themselves part of it. In doing so, I create spaces where slowing down, wonder, doubt and multiple voices are allowed to exist, and where nature is a conversation partner. My final-year research project, ‘Expedition: Pasje op de Plaats?!’, nominated for the HKU Awards 2026, marked an important step in my development as a creator and researcher. For me, design-based research is not a method, but an attitude of listening, observing, feeling, playing and creating meaning together. 

Within the Art | Culture | Transition Research Group at HZ University of Applied Sciences, I link research and education by further developing my working method, sharing it and making it transferable.