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Flurina Gradin

Flurina Gradin

Flurina Gradin

Research Associate

SHSS-HSG
Unterer Graben 21

9000 St Gallen
Publications

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Professional Career

Flurina Gradin graduated in Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and worked as a journalist and communications expert as well as for the artists-in-labs program ail and the Master in Transdisciplinary Studies. Until 2017 she has been studying in the department of environmental sciences at the ZHAW Wädenswil with a focus on urban ecology and biodiversity. From 2018 to 2023, she strategically positioned the area of design theory and ecology through numerous teaching formats and research projects in the ZHdK's Department of Design. Currently she works at the University of St. Gallen as a research associate at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in the field of Environmental Humanities, and is a research associate at the ETH Zurich in the Department of Architecture at the intersection of biodiversity and architecture.

With her company Wild Spots (www.wildspots.ch) Flurina is committed to engage for regenerative ecosystems and the promotion of biodiversity in urban areas. Her work and research focuses on the frameworks of socio-ecological and ecocultural environments and the mobilisation of diverse, culturally shaped ways in which different stakeholder engage with biodiversity and ecosystems in urban habitats.

Flurina's design and research practice is characterized by a strong transdisciplinary approach including a network of collaborators from architecture, the natural sciences, the cultural sciences, the humanities and the arts.

Projects

Unruly Natures (2020-present)

Unruly Natures” is an ongoing multi-year collaborative international research project and network in the Environmental Humanities. The aim is to study socio-natural subjectivities, promote transdisciplinary conversations, and organize innovative ecopolitical initiatives.

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