Claudia Westermann is an artist-researcher and licensed architect. She has held faculty positions at the TU Vienna in Austria and Xi’an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, and, since September 2025, she is Associate Professor of Creative Practice in the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University.
Claudia Westermann holds Master’s-level degrees in art and architecture. Her PhD was supervised by the educational reformer and pioneer in telematic arts, Prof. Roy Ascott. Claudia Westermann is a member of the German Chamber of Architects and the Systemic Design Association. She is Vice President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), and managing co-editor of Technoetic Arts, a journal that has fostered transdisciplinary and creative-practice-based research for more than two decades. Claudia Westermann’s projects have been shown in many prestigious exhibitions. She has received awards for her practice and teaching, including two provincial and three national awards related to studio teaching and a county-level award for a Philosophy of Art module. For her visionary engagement fostering systemic research and practice, she received the Margaret Mead Prize from the American Society for Cybernetics in 2024.
Claudia Westermann
Claudia Westermann is an artist-researcher and licensed architect. She has held faculty positions at the TU Vienna in Austria and Xi’an-Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, and, since September 2025, she is Associate Professor of Creative Practice in the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University.
Claudia Westermann holds Master’s-level degrees in art and architecture. Her PhD was supervised by the educational reformer and pioneer in telematic arts, Prof. Roy Ascott. Claudia Westermann is a member of the German Chamber of Architects and the Systemic Design Association. She is Vice President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), and managing co-editor of Technoetic Arts, a journal that has fostered transdisciplinary and creative-practice-based research for more than two decades. Claudia Westermann’s projects have been shown in many prestigious exhibitions. She has received awards for her practice and teaching, including two provincial and three national awards related to studio teaching and a county-level award for a Philosophy of Art module. For her visionary engagement fostering systemic research and practice, she received the Margaret Mead Prize from the American Society for Cybernetics in 2024.