Joanne Arkless

Joanne is the Managing Director at the newly founded Institute for Mobility and Life in Motion at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. Prior to this role, she was responsible for community sessions and co-organizing the Festival of the Future at 1E9, where she also coordinated technology and science-related presentations and contributed as a writer.

She holds master’s degrees in M.Sc. Politics & Technology and M.A. Science and Technology Studies from the Technical University of Munich. Joanne has a broad spectrum of interests, ranging from offshore wind energy to space exploration. Her academic journey included studies at the University of Hamburg and Bogazici University in Istanbul. She also gained practical experience at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and at UnternehmerTUM, the center for innovation and business creation in Munich.