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Category Archives: Curating Research and Learning

Working across exhibitions, classrooms, laboratories, workplaces, and research infrastructures, I examine how spatial, material, technological, and social arrangements shape attention, participation, and practice. This work advances curatorial and experience-based approaches to knowledge design.

Here I display a selection of my curatorial work focused on designing and developing environments that support research, education, and experiential learning. Whether in traditional academic settings, laboratories, natural environments, or creative spaces, my approach centers on fostering knowledge exchange, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovative learning experiences. By curating these environments, I aim to create immersive and interactive situations that bridge theory and practice, stimulate inquiry, and enhance participants’ engagement with their surroundings. My work in this area includes both formal educational programs and experimental, arts-based research initiatives, all designed to inspire discovery and facilitate meaningful connections between learners, researchers, and the environments they are a part of and co-create.

New Year Trilogy

October 16, 2024by conniesvabo

Title: New Year Trilogy Location: FNUG, SDU, Odense Date: January 2023 (White), January 2024 (Pink), Forthcoming 2025 (Red) Role: Organizer and Atmosphere Designer Concept: The New Year’s Trilogy embodies a […]

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education, Curating Research and Learning

Visit at FabLab Spinderihallerne

June 12, 2024by conniesvabo

With FNUG colleagues I visited FabLab Spinderihallerne June 12, 2024, where we spent an inspiring day with Shanice Otersen and Peter Dahl. The day was filled with creative energy as […]

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education, Inspiration

In Vitro PhD Seminar

March 4, 2024by conniesvabo

Title: In Vitro PhD SeminarLocation: SDU, Odense, Laboratory U40Date: March 4, 2024Role: Concept Developer, Design of Materials and ProgramConcept: This arts-based seminar utilized the metaphor of “in vitro” to work in depth and in an […]

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Archive, Curating Research and Learning, Learning Environments

FNUG Faculty Eagle Seminar

February 28, 2024by conniesvabo

Title: FNUG Faculty Eagle Seminar Location: University of Southern Denmark, Odense Date: February 28, 2024 Role: Seminar Organizer and Facilitator Concept: This seminar was designed for faculty at the Center […]

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Creative Leadership and Education, Curating Research and Learning

SKY PhD Researcher Persona Seminar

August 15, 2023by conniesvabo

Title: Sky Researcher Persona SeminarLocation: SDU, OdenseDate: August 15, 2023Role: Concept, Program Facilitator, and PresenterConcept: This arts-based PhD seminar guided emerging science education researchers in developing unique research personas through […]

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education, Curating Research and Learning, Performative Research

Ocean Pop-up Sensory Universe

October 1, 2022by conniesvabo

Title: Ocean Children create a stone reef with small gaps between the rocks, providing hiding places for small fish to escape from larger predators, for example crabs. (Photos by Robert Wengler). […]

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education, Exhibitions

Mathematics Mystery Key

June 13, 2022by conniesvabo

Title: Portnøglen – Mathematics Mysterious Key Location: SDU, Odense Date: 2022-2023 Role: Director, project lead, user research Concept: Portnøglen is an adventure-themed math mystery. The game activity combines storytelling inspired […]

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education

Forest Pop-up Sensory Universe

April 22, 2022by conniesvabo

Title: Forest Families explore scents, moss and fur (Photo: Robert Wengler). Documentation report in Danish is accessible here: https://www.sdu.dk/da/forskning/stem/nyheder/skoven-rapport

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education, Exhibitions

Science Lunch

November 1, 2021by conniesvabo

1.Title: Science Lunch 2.Overview: ”Science Lunch” is an event designed to explore how everyday objects can serve as media to enhance perception and communication in scientific settings. 3.Design Goals: To demonstrate […]

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Archive, Creative Leadership and Education, Curating Research and Learning

Tentacular Thinking

March 8, 2021by conniesvabo

Welcome to the Octopod. A temporary, transdisciplinary organization for trying-out thoughts The word tentacular means ‘feeler’. Etymologically from Latin ‘to feel, try’. A tentacle is a feeling-out-thing, a trying-out limb, […]

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Archive, Curating Research and Learning, Performative Research, Writing

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CONNIE SVABO
Curatorial design, research, and artistic practice.

Working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Based in Denmark · Working internationally.

PRACTICE
Exhibitions and curatorial design
Learning and research environments
Workplace and organizational settings
Artistic and research-creation practices

Projects span museums, universities, cultural institutions, and industry contexts.

AFFILIATION
Professor, PhD
University of Southern Denmark

Founder and lead of transdisciplinary research and curatorial initiatives exploring epistemic environments, mediation, and experience-based knowledge.

CONTACT
For collaborations, consultancy, and conversations: svabo@c.dk

This site presents selected projects, writing, and works in progress.

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