Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Katja Christina Tschimmel
Citation names
- Tschimmel, Katja
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 711B-6A1C-DEBB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3285-2836
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katjatschimmel/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2002/09/01 - 2010/05/31
Concluded
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Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Sapiens e Demens no Pensamento Criativo do Design" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com unanimidade |
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1998/09/01 - 2001/06/15
Concluded
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Master en Creatividad Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
"A Solução Criativa de Problemas em Design" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado |
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1991/09/15 - 1995/06/30
Concluded
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Design de Equipamento (DESE)
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
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17 |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/09/01 - Current | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland |
| Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu - Leppävaaran Kampus, Finland | ||
| 2020/09/01 - Current | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | ||
| 2010/09/01 - Current | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal |
| 2019/09/01 - 2023/08/31 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal | ||
| 2013/09/01 - 2022/09/01 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu - Leppävaaran kampus, Finland |
| Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu - Leppävaaran kampus, Finland | ||
| 1999/10/01 - 2015/07/31 | Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal |
| 2004/09/01 - 2009/07/31 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/09/15 - Current | Co-Director Open Executive Program - Design Thinking for Sustainable Innovation | Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal | ||
| 2013/10/01 - 2014/07/31 | Coordinator of the Post-graduation Course in Design Thinking | Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010/05/06 - Current | Managing Owner | Na'Mente unipessoal Lda. (Public name: MINDSHAKE), Portugal |
Projects
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | Design Thinking Applied to Education and Training (D-Think)
Principal investigator
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
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Erasmus Plus
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book chapter |
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| Conference paper |
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| Journal article |
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| Report |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/09/24 | Living Design Thinking: A 40-Year Journey through Practice, Research, and HEI Education | LearnXDesign
Lab OIKOS – Design Ecosystemic Spaces of Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+) of the University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2025/09/11 | Creative Thinking for Social Innovation | ReBel (Redesign Belonging)
Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland)
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| 2025/07/22 | Pensamento crítico e Pensamento criativo | Webinar no âmbito da Escola Amiga da Criança
LeYa Educação Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2025/07/13 | Inovar com Empatia: Uma Experiência para a Cidade | Dia da Inovação - Município do Porto
Associação Porto Digital, Porto Innovation Hub (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2025/06/17 | Flowing Towards Sustainable Innovation: Blue Creativity and the Circular Economy | ISPIM Innovation Conference, “Innovation Powered By Nature”
ISPIM (Bergen, Norway)
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| 2023/05/04 | The Creativity Virus | Creativity Talks
Porto University (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/11/03 | A importância da Resolução Criativa de Problemas e da Criatividade no contexto empresarial | Ciclo de Encontros “Desenvolver competências para o sucesso no séc. XXI: do sonho à realização”
Torrance Center (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/05 | Development of Innovation Frameworks in and for hybrid organisational environments | XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference - Innovating in a Digital World
ISPIM (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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| 2019/07/10 | Design Thinking: placebo or panacea? Critics and followers of the method | Design Thinking Camp
Design Thinking Centre Moscovo (Moskau, Russia)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/04/14 - 2025/04/14 | Organização de um seminário sobre Blue Creativity aplicado na Investigação em Doutoramento ID+ (2025/04/14 - 2025/04/14)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Portugal |
| 2022/05/15 - 2022/05/30 | Co-organisation and Facilitation of the BCSD Portugal 2022-25 strategy meeting, identifying priority initiatives to accelerate
companies' journey towards carbon neutrality, circular economy, biodiversity and other urgent issues. (2022/05/30 - 2022/05/30)
Meeting (Other)
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BCSD Portugal, Portugal |
Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/05/01 - Current | Journal of Innovation Management_The International Journal on Multidisciplinary Approaches on Innovation | INESC TEC |
| 2021/08/04 - 2022/04/06 | International Journal of Innovation Science | EMERALD PUBLISHING |
| 2021/08/02 - 2022/04/06 | Plos One - Open Acess, Interdisciplinary Journal | Plos One |
| 2021/12/21 - 2022/01/15 | CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ) | CERN Publishing |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/09/15 - Current | Member of the Advisory Board, which was created to complement local collective intelligence in the areas of retail, cultural
and creative industries, economics, innovation, cultural management, and law.
Advisor / Consultant
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Bombarda -Quarteirão Criativo - Associação para o Desenvolvimento Local, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/01/10 - Current | DESIGN COMMIT 2024 - 1st International Conference on Design & Industry | |
| 2023/11/26 - Current | Design Research Society Boston - DRS 2024 | |
| 2022/07/07 - Current | EIMAD - International Meeting of Research in Music, Art and Design | Daniel Raposo |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010/05/06 - Current | Consulting in Creativity and Design Thinking for Innovation and Organizational Change | Na'Mente unipessoal Lda. (Public name: MINDSHAKE), Portugal |
| 2025/07/20 - 2025/12/16 | Coordenação da Investigação no âmbito do projeto Futura Foundation (https://www.futurafoundation.org/). | Change Darer, Portugal |
| 2025/06/04 - 2025/11/04 | Facilitação de Sessões de Design Thinking no Planeamento Estratégico do DEI 2025-2030 | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2025/09/03 - 2025/09/04 | Consultoria em “Development of Innovation Frameworks for Private and Public Organisations” | Departamento de Inovação da Câmara Municipal de Turku, Finland |
| 2024/05/01 - 2024/08/31 | Consultoria e Facilitação de processos de co-criação no âmbito do projeto Espaço Cidadão Energia (ECE) no contexto da recente reforma RP-C21-r44, aprovada no âmbito da Reprogramação do Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR). | Adene - Agência para a Energia, Portugal |
| 2024/02/16 - 2024/02/16 | Moderação do workshop virtual na EUGLOH Knowledge Transfer Series: "How to foster knowledge transfer in technology, innovation and entrepreneurship”. | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| 2022/11/23 - 2023/08/30 | Consultancy in the Post doc Symposium "Design: Thinking, Making, Doing. Thinking about Design and Thinking with Design to solve big Questions", organized by the Martin Buber Foundation and the University of Konstanz, funded by the German Federal Ministry Of Education and Research. 23 November 2022: Kick-Off of via Zoom 18-21 April 2023: Workshop Part I in Jerusalem 24-28 July 2023: Workshop Part II in Konstanz | Martin Buber Foundation, Germany |
| 2023/03/01 - 2023/06/30 | Implementation of a 'Innovation Roadmap' program (Capacity Building and Coaching) of the Municipal Department of Procurement, Assets, and Financing Sources of the City Council in Porto. | Associação Porto Digital, Portugal |
| 2022/06/01 - 2022/12/10 | Consulting on the redesign of the W.I.N.E. innovation model and coaching of innovation project teams within the scope of the strategy department at Sogrape Vinhos. | Sogrape Vinhos, Portugal |
| 2022/05/01 - 2022/06/30 | Consultancy and Co-Creation of a "CIS PORTO Framework for Prototyping" within the scope of the AIIA project at the Social Innovation Center of the Porto City Council. | Centro de Inovação Social Porto, Portugal |
| 2021/03/01 - 2022/03/31 | Regular consultancy and coaching sessions in the areas of Organizational Creativity across various innovation projects at Natixis Portugal. | Natixis Portugal, Portugal |
| 2021/02/01 - 2021/05/31 | Coaching for the (re)positioning process of the IOW (Improving our Work) brand at SONAE | Sonae SGPS SA, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/09/01 - Current | Invited Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, FEUP, since 2020. Teaching of 'Design Thinking' in the Master's in Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIETE). | Masters Degree in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship (Mestrado) | University of Porto - Engineering Faculty, Portugal |
| 2010/09/01 - Current | Teaching of the Course Unit 'Creativity' in the Post-Graduate Program in Marketing Management, in 8 Editions (2010/11 - 2017/18). Since the academic year 2018/19, teaching of the Course Unit 'Design Thinking' in the 9th - 14th Edition of the Post-Graduate Program in Marketing Management. | Post Graduation in Marketing Management (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal |
| 2022/09/15 - 2026/07/31 | Teaching of the module "Design Thinking, Creativity, and Innovation" within the scope of the Blue Design Alliance project, a collaboration between ESAD | School of Arts and Design (Promoter), IPVC | Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, and ESB. UCP | School of Biotechnology of the Portuguese Catholic University (Co-promoters). https://www.bluedesignalliance.pt | Post Graduation in several subjects connected with water (Pós-Graduação) | Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa , Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal |
| 2025/10/24 - 2026/04/07 | Service Design | Lab Justiça (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) | Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
| 2025/10/16 - 2025/12/04 | Design Thinking for Researchers | (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2019/09/01 - 2023/08/31 | Guest Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto. Teaching of the Course Unit 'Creativity and Organizational Change' in the Master's in Economics and Management of Innovation. | Master's in Economics and Management of Innovation (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal |
| 2013/09/01 - 2022/09/10 | Guest Professor, LAUREA University, ESPOO, 2013 - 2022. Conducting the Master Class on Design Thinking as part of the Master Course in Service Innovation and Design (SID), in 9 editions from 2013/14 until 2022/23. | Master Course in Service Innovation and Design (Magister) | Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu - Leppävaaran kampus, Finland |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24 | Member of the Evaluation Jury for social innovation projects within the framework of the Innovation Challenge program by Junior
Achievement Portugal, Porto.
Evaluator
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Junior Achievement Portugal, Portugal | |
| 2017/12/12 - 2017/12/12 | Member of the Evaluation Jury for 10 new business projects/startups in the fields of Technology, Biotechnology, and Maritime,
within the scope of the 2nd Edition of the Business Ignition Programme by INESC Porto and CEIIA.
Evaluator
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UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal CEiiA, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/09/01 - Current | Journal of Design Thinking (2645-3304) | University of Tehran |
| 2013/09/01 - Current | International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation ( 2165-0349) | Taylor & Francis |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/05/09 - 2022/06/10 | Evaluation of start-up projects at Start-up buzz | UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal |
Distinctions
Title
| 2023 | Portugal Ambassador of World Creativity and Innovation Week/Day
World Creativity and Innovation Week/Day - WCIW/D, United States
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