Karolina Sobecka

I am an artist, designer, and environmental humanities researcher working with creativity and attention as practical tools for navigating complexity, change, and uncertainty. I hold a PhD focused on how ideas of carbon, heat, and atmosphere shape cultural imaginaries of the future.

Alongside research, I have developed art and participatory projects that translate abstract environmental and technological issues into shared, experiential situations — from collective visioning exercises to creative experiments that invite people to think, sense, and imagine together. I have taught and facilitated workshops across interdisciplinary contexts internationally, including universities and cultural institutions in Europe, the United States, and Asia.

My work draws on research in perception, cognition, and regulation, as well as inspiration from science, ecology, and environmental imaginaries. I am also a long-term Buddhist practitioner, and awareness practices inform my work.

As an instructor, I create environments that support creativity, reflection, dialogue, and future-oriented thinking. I am particularly interested in how collective sense-making, embodied awareness, and speculative approaches can support resilience, agency, and alignment during times of transition.