Interspecies Research Studio Roundtable at Designing Sustainable Futures

June 2, 17:00 to 19:00
Portugal Pavilion https://maps.app.goo.gl/KTsh95SoZ1yjPKBAA

As part of the scientific and pedagogical programme of Designing Sustainable Futures, ITI researchers will take part in a roundtable dedicated to the Interspecies Research Studio.

The Designing Sustainable Futures programme invites specialists and researchers from the University of Lisbon to explore the future of design and its intersections with art, architecture, engineering, biology, and urbanism, with a focus on the major environmental and social challenges of our time.

The Interspecies Research Studio is a collective of researchers from the Interactive Technologies Institute, Universidade de Lisboa, where art, science, technological experimentation, and critical inquiry come together. Its members work as interspecies designers, recognising the interdependencies between people, animals, technologies, and minerals, and exploring new forms of coexistence between species and territories.

Created in the context of the Interspecies exhibition, held in 2025 at MAC/CCB and curated by Mariana Pestana, the collective has been developing research projects that examine, test, and redefine methods, tools, and responsibilities within this emerging practice.

In this roundtable, Anna Bertmark, Beatrice Maggipinto, Bernardo Gaeiras, Carlos Pastor, Fernanda Soares da Costa, Katerina Inglezaki, Mariana Simões, and Mathilde Gouin will present the Interspecies Research Studio as a collective and discuss their projects with Frederico Duarte. Some of these projects are part of the Designing Sustainable Futures exhibition.

The work will also be presented later in 2026 at Interspecies Designers: Research in Practice, an exhibition organised at the Técnico Innovation Center in Lisbon.

The programme is open to the public and subject to venue capacity.

Registrations: dsf.exposicao@gmail.com

Organisation: ITI, Interactive Technologies Institute, Técnico ULisboa
Coordination: Frederico Duarte