The event takes place every first Thursday of the month during the semester from September through December and from February through June and is open to PhD students at the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art (HSLU), the National Institute of Design (NID), and other interested guests and PhD students from other universities.
Jens Badura
transforming knowledge cultures
Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:00 - 13:15 (CET / Central Europe)
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm (IST / India)
For a long time now, there has been debate within academic circles and beyond as to whether only ‘scientifically proven’ knowledge can be considered relevant knowledge. With the increasing establishment and institutionalization of new research paradigms – in particular transdisciplinary and artistic research – new opportunities have arisen to explore the concrete epistemic potential of a pluralization of knowledge cultures. Against this backdrop, Jens Badura will present reflections from his research within the field of tension between epistemology, praxeology, and institutional theory. In particular, he will focus on the transformative potential of aesthetic practices and address the question of how we, as researchers, can position ourselves within this evolving landscape of transforming knowledge cultures and, in a more general perspective, how art & design schools can act as ‚agents of transformation’.
Prof. Dr. Jens Badura is a philosopher with strong transdisciplinary leanings. He heads the BA Creative Transformation programme at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design Film – Art, is part of the Transformation Design and Postdisciplinary Art Research research groups, and is also co-director of the research college at the Urner Institute for Alpine Cultures at the University of Lucerne. His research focuses on practice-oriented cultural philosophy and aesthetics.
If you have any questions regarding the lecture series or the PhD programme please share them by mail to
esi@hslu.ch.
