Biography
Dr. Minder received her BA and MA in Slavic Languages and Literature, Film Studies, German Literature from the University of Zurich. She holds a PhD in Innovation Management from Aalborg University, which she completed at the Centre for Industrial Production under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Astrid Heidemann Lassen. The title of her doctoral dissertation is The Perceived Attractiveness of the Designer in Innovation Processes. In addition, Dr. Minder is a certified legal interpreter for Russian-German-Russia with a Swiss diploma in Graphic Design (BIGA).
Career Summary
09/2022 - today: Lecturer and responsible for innovation management teaching at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Department Computer Science and Information Technology
02/2017 – 2022: Full-time design research and lecturer Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Department Art and Design
2012 - today: Member of the CreaLab – the University's Future Lab
2016 - Visiting Research Scholar, Aalborg University, Center for Industrial Production (CIP), Denmark, May - July 2016 (3 month)
Research stay from September 2017 till December 2017 at the2015 – today: Founding member of the University Spin-Off, Interspin CreaLab
03/2007 – 01/ 2017: Researcher (WiMa), Competence Centre Visual Narration, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts
06/2006 – 06/2007: Part-time teaching Assistant in Bachelor Graphic Design, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts
Education
2020-2021: Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts
Certificate for University Didactics
11/2018: Aalborg University, Center for Industrial Production (CIP), PhD in Design & Innovation Management, defence date: 16. November 2018. Title of Dissertation: The Perceived Attractiveness of the Designer in Innovation Processes
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Astrid Heidemann Lassen
11/2006 – 07/2007: Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ Certificate of legal interpreting (Russian-German-Russian)
09/1997 – 12/2005: University of Zurich (Lic. phil I/Master of Art UZH), Bachelor and Master Slavic Languages and Literature, Film Studies, German Literature
08/1992 – 08/1996: BIGA (Federal Office for Industry, Trade, and Labor) Swiss Graphic Design Apprenticeship Diploma
09/1991 – 07/1992: Ecole des Beaux Arts Sion, Design Foundation Course.
1987-1991: Kantonsschule Stadelhofen, Swiss Matura (Typus L)