TEAM

This interdisciplinary team of enthusiastic people unlock new chapters on Future Based. They zoom in on the complicated, and make the common extraordinary through podcasts, meetups, reading groups and exhibitions.

Future Based Team

Sabine Winters

Sabine Winters (she/her) is the founder and facilitator of Future Based. She is a researcher, educator, and freelance philosopher of science, with a strong focus on the philosophy of space. In 2023, Sabine joined the Freudenthal Institute as an external PhD candidate. Her research centers on the epistemic value of imagination in space science and exploration. Additionally, Sabine is a tutor, mentor and philosophy educator at ArtEZ University of the Arts (Arnhem, Netherlands), a cultural programmer on art and technology at the Lindenberg Theater in Nijmegen, and she lectures on film and philosophy. She also creates interdisciplinary research programs for artists and scientists. Sabine@Futurebased.org

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Chetana Pai

Chetana Pai (she/her) creates programs, podcasts and events at Future Based. She is a graduate of the University of Twente and has a Masters degree in Interaction Technology. She is especially interested and has worked on research to do with human interaction, human experience, movement, music, technology, and the combination of these fields. In addition to this, she is constantly experimenting with various creative mediums and facilitating workshops. These are mostly geared towards finding and exploring new ways to make people want to be creative and make tangibly (and often involve zines!) For Future Based, Chetana is co-hosting the podcast series Beyond Human Relations. Chetana@futurebased.org

Zsófia Szalavári

Zsófia Szalavári (she/her) is a recent graduate from Leiden University with a MSc in Astronomy and Science Communication. She is passionate about connecting people with each other through engagement with science. She likes experimenting with different forms and ways of doing so and especially enjoys personal interactions, in which she can exchange sparks of fascination at the wonders of our natural world. While having specialised in the study of space during her studies, she is a generalist at heart and is always excited to learn about the world from new perspectives, especially through exchanging ideas with others.

Victoria Libucha

Victoria Libucha (she/her) collaborates with Future Based, curating events and presenting podcasts for the platform. She has a master’s degree in neurophysics from Radboud University, during which she delved deep into the science of sleep, lucid dreaming and muscle activity. Her dream is to perpetually combine scientific knowledge with art forms and unite people through states of awe and wonder. Within the team she works on editing texts, assists in organizing projects and is co-creating the “Dreaming Workshop”.

Lara Parodi

Lara Parodi (she/her) is a philosophy graduate from Tilburg University and has been working in the Rotterdam cultural sector as a copywriter and communications manager since 2021. With a deep passion for literature, feminist philosophy, and connecting people, Lara is now pursuing a new path as she studies to become an English teacher at Hogeschool Utrecht. With Future Based, she is exploring new opportunities and interests, testing the waters for possible future projects.

At the Future Based Foundation, we collaborate with a diverse group of talented freelancers who bring their unique expertise to the table. Together, we form a community dedicated to exploring the frontiers of knowledge and shaping a transformative future. Our team of freelancers represents a tapestry of skills and passions, ranging from writers, artists, and researchers to tech enthusiasts, scientists, and philosophers. This eclectic blend of talents allows us to approach projects and initiatives from multiple angles, fostering innovation and creativity in everything we do.

Future Based Foundation Advisory Board:

Sabine Winters (Founder, director)

Sabine Winters is a freelance philosopher of space and science, with a strong focus on philosophy of space. She obtained a master’s degree in Philosophy of Science, with a thesis on “A View from the Moon: Kepler’s Somnium as a Thought Experiment in Astronomy”. Recently she joined the Freudenthal Institute, History & Philosophy of Science. Under the guidance of dr. Guido Bacciagaluppi (Utrecht University), dr. Mike Stuart (York University, UK) and dr. Jai Grover (ESA ESTEC, Advanced Concepts Team) her research focuses on the epistemic value of imagination in space science and exploration. Besides her work as a philosopher, Sabine also teaches philosophy at ArtEZ University of the Arts (Arnhem, Netherlands), lectures on film and philosophy, and creates interdisciplinary research programs on art and technology. Sabine is the founder and director of Future Based, an interdisciplinary philosophy platform organizing discussions with experts in their field to foster a deeper understanding of the world we live in. Scientific Imagination is Sabine’s ongoing philosophical quest to deepen our understanding of the role of imagination in the natural sciences.

Lieke Wouters (treasurer, secretary)

Lieke Wouters is a freelance curator, researcher and art historian. She is currently co-director of POST (Arnhem/Nijmegen), board member of Fabrikaat and Future Based and general coordinator of the Beeldende Kunst Nijmegen network. In the past she has worked for Oddstream, Extrapool and Valkhof Museum, among other organisations. She also gives lectures on speculative design and supervises reading clubs and collective learning processes.

Abdelrahman (Abdo) Hassan (board member)

Digital Ethics and Responsible AI at IKEA | Founder/Creative Technologist at Critical Tech. Abdelrahman (Abdo) Hassan is an Egyptian creative technologist, AI strategist, Digital Anthropologist, and Poet based in Amsterdam. Currently occupying a fulltime role as a Digital Ethicist and Responsible AI Specialist; He lives at the intersection of software, critical theory, data, and poetry. He has led many initiatives across industry, academia culture, and civil society to help build a power-sensitive critical literacy of technological progress. In his latest project Everyday Data (H)activism, he explores the idea of joyful resistance through a community lead practice.

Simone Albers (board member)

Simone Albers (born in Nijmegen in 1990) is fascinated by the evolution of the cosmos and the complexity of existence. One of the things that particularly excites her is the study of micro and macro structures and their interrelationships. She has a special interest in natural sciences, philosophy, scientific imagery, and other cultural visual representations of nature. Simone graduated from the Fine Art department of ArtEZ University of the Arts Arnhem in 2012 and has been working as a visual artist ever since, focusing on painting and installation art. Her solo exhibitions include presentations at the Valkhof Museum (2017), Kunstenlab (2023), and Galerie Maurits van de Laar (2023). In 2019, her work was nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting, and in 2022, she won the Sieger White Award. On the occasion of this award, the book “Myriad Ways of Being ~ Being of Myriad Ways” will be published by Jap Sam Books at the end of 2023. Simone’s work can be found in the collections of Menzis Health Insurance, Delft University of Technology, HAN University of Applied Sciences, and others.

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