Anne Karrenbrock

• MEnergy - My Energy Transition
  The project MEnergy - My Energy Transition (“MEnergie - Meine Energiewende") is being carried out jointly by the interdisciplinary team of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, the Wuppertal Institut and the corporate partner World of VR for a period of 3 years. The success of the energy transition depends heavily on stakeholder acceptance. The social discourse on the energy transition is riddled with prejudices, reservations and misinformation. The content, benefits and necessity of the energy transition are often not understood. Therefore, MEnergy’s goal is to increase the acceptance of the energy transition through new communication formats that are developed together with stakeholders. Augmented and virtual reality, are used. These technologies have a strong representational power and, because of their immersive nature, allow users to experience knowledge as an active experience.
  MEnergy

• Karrenbrock, Anne; Brendel, Laura; Popplow, Laura; Varney, Valérie (2024): Acknowledging Tacit Knowledge: Outlining Participatory Workshops in a Human-centered Design Process. In: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET-AI 2024) : Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications., S. 1 - 11. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004550
• Kuske, Silke; Vondeberg, Carmen; Minartz, Peter; Vöcking, Mara; Obert, Laura; Hemming, Bernhard; Bleck, Christian; Znotka, Matti; Ose, Claudia; Heistermann, Peter; Schmitz-Kießler, Jutta; Karrenbrock, Anne; Cürlis, Diana (2024): Emotional and Psychological Safety in the Context of Digital Transformation in Healthcare : A Mixed-Method Strategic Foresight Study. In: BMJ Health & Care Informatics. Vol. 31. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101048
• Grommes, Eva-Maria; Scroppo, Sofia; Könen, Stefanie; Züll, Laura; Karrenbrock, Anne; Feldhof, Anne Maren; Blieske, Ulf; Schneiders, Thorsten; Varney, Valérie; Popplow, Laura (2024): Developing Communication Formats for a Positive Energy Transition Focusing on Photovoltaic – A Delphi Design Sprint Approach. In: Proceedings of the 41st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. 41tst European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; Vienna, Austria; 23-27 September 2024., S. 020558-001 - 020558-006.https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC2024/5DV.3.45
• Brendel, Laura; Griech, Bianca; Deggelmann, Christian Michael; Karrenbrock, Anne; Varney, Paul (2023): Challenge-Based Learning in Engineering Education: Fostering Future Skills for Industry 5.0. In: ICERI2023 Proceedings. 16th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation: Seville, Spain; 13-15 November, 2023., S. 3950 - 3958.https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2023.0995https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2023
• Vöcking, Mara; Karrenbrock, Anne; Beckmann, Andreas; Hemming, Bernhard; Vondeberg, Carmen; Obert, Laura; Bleck, Christian; Oehmichen, Frank; Znotka, Matti; Ose, Claudia; Heistermann, Peter; Minartz, Peter; Cürlis, Diana; Kuske, Silke (2023): Emotionale und psychologische Sicherheit im Kontext der digitalen Transformation im Gesundheitswesen: Fallbeispiele aus designethnographischer Perspektive. In: GMS German Medical Science : An Interdisciplinary Journal. 22. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF); Berlin; 04.-06.10.2023. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3205/23DKVF365
• Kuske, Silke; Vondeberg, Carmen; Vöcking, Mara; Minartz, Peter; Obert, Laura; Hemming, Bernhard; Bleck, Christian; Znotka, Matti; Oehmichen, Frank; Ose, Claudia; Heistermann, Peter; Schmitz-Kießler, Jutta; Karrenbrock, Anne; Cürlis, Diana (2023): Emotionale und psychologische Sicherheit im Kontext der digitalen Transformation im Gesundheitswesen: eine Mixed Method Studie zur strategischen Vorausschau. In: GMS German Medical Science : An Interdisciplinary Journal. 22. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF); Berlin; 04.-06.10.2023. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3205/23DKVF363
• Könen-Sagui, Stefanie; Karrenbrock, Anne; Blieske, Ulf (2023): Society's Acceptance and Willingness to Act in the Context of the Energy Transition: Qualitative Survey Using the Example of Photovoltaics. In: Proceedings of the 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2023). 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; Lisbon, Portugal; 18-22 September 2023., S. 020576-001 - 020576-005.https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC2023/5DV.3.45
• Vondeberg, Carmen; Obert, Laura; Bleck, Christian; Hemming, Bernhard; Vöcking, Mara; Ose, Claudia; Oehmichen, Frank; Znotka, Matti; Cürlis, Diana; Karrenbrock, Anne; Minartz, Peter; Heistermann, Peter; Kuske, Silke (2023): Emotionale und psychologische Sicherheit in der Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen – fünf partizipative Workshops. In: GMS German Medical Science : An Interdisciplinary Journal. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3205/23DKVF332

Anne Karrenbrock studied industrial design at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel. She completed her master's degree in product design at the University of the Arts Berlin in 2015.

With a focus on participatory design approaches, she has worked in research and teaching in the Social Design department at Folkwang University of the Arts, at the Chair of Ubiquitous Design at the University of Siegen and at the Social Urban Design Competence Centre at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, among others. Her work in applied transformation research led her to the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy gGmbH and to the research cluster ‘Innovation and Implementation for the Transformation of Society’ at the Fliedner University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf. Since 2022, she has been researching the energy transition and gender equality-orientated STEM education through creative formats at Cologne University of Applied Sciences. She teaches on the interdisciplinary Code & Context degree programme.

She is interested in the question of how creative practices can strengthen collective agency - especially in moments of transition, when roles, routines and realities are being reshaped. She conceives, designs and analyses formats that make implicit knowledge, social negotiation processes and emotional security tangible. She understands design not only as the shaping of objects, but also as the shaping of relationships, situations and possibilities.

How can design practices contribute to people acting, feeling and knowing together - and thus help to shape social transformation?

Anne Karrenbrock's research is at the intersection of design, participation and transformation. In interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects, she develops and analyses formats that strengthen emotional security, implicit knowledge and collective sustainability. She uses methods from participatory design, design ethnography and transformative science as well as aesthetic-performative methods.

A particular focus is on developing and analysing workshop formats. She sees these as spaces for collective learning, as prototypical miniatures of social negotiation and as tools for research-based design.

Her aim is to research and make accessible practices that enable people to experience themselves as creative actors in change - be it in the energy transition, the digital transformation or in the development of new democratic infrastructures.