Comics
The Future is Now
ARTIST
INGO SCHANDELER
Ingo Schandeler (born 1958) has always had a drawing pen at the ready in any stage of his life. Whether drawing mind maps while listening to a talk, at boring meetings to relax, in school to pin down the most important parts, or at cultural and sports events, in order to create posters, decoration or flyers. As an engineer, computer scientist, educator, politician, mathematician, environmental activist or artist he has always been able to work interdisciplinary. Being an active member of CartoonArt and the ARC artist collective, contributor for various cultural, educational and social projects as well as an author/illustrator of books like Humoristic Luxembourg, his common theme has always been to question everything combined with a dose of sarcasm.
Artistic Focus
innovation, uniqueness, caricature
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
The Future Is Now
Losing Orientation
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I like the idea of creative common and had done a lot of cartoons and illustrations, a domain similar to comics. Using drawings to illustrate science has always been part of my life, as well as creating cartoon figures to explain things.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“Working with nice people, although I would have preferred “presentiel” instead of online meetings. The transformation of a story into a script and then into a comic was a process I always wanted to do.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“I have always worked alone. Understanding what the aim of the comic was, the essence of the story, the thoughts of the students and the frights of the University was a challenge. And bringing the different drawings together to form pages.”
SCIENTISTS/AUTHORS
DANIELA MORARU
Daniela-Lacramioara (Clara) Moraru is a doctoral researcher at the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences (DSHSS) at the Uni.lu and investigating the introduction of soft skills training as a step to increase the employability of manual workers in Luxembourg.
Research Focus
Soft Skills
Affiliation
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
The Future Is Now
KYUNG HWA SHIN
“My research is focusing on new aspects of the 21st Century School Music Education in South Korea: The European Music Education Method of Zoltan Kodaly.”
Research Focus
Music Education
Affiliation
Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences (DSHSS)
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
The Future Is Now
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I really wanted to hear various researchers’ field stories, which have been transferred into comics.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“I would say our team’s comic story about social skills which dealt with social problem aspects.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“As I moved places frequently during the course, I mostly struggled with the internet connection.”
ALIONA CODREAN
Aliona Codrean is investigating emotional contagion via smart watches and other wearable sensors at the Department of Computer Science (DCS) of the Uni.lu.
Research Focus
Emotional Contagion
Affiliation
Department of Computer Science (DCS)
University of Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
The Future Is Now
MENTOR
JESSICA BURTON
Jessica Burton is a researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), working on the relationship between European comic transfers in the 1960s within the Popkult60 project. She previously worked as a comic editor for Titan Comics, on titles such as Doctor Who, before embarking on her PhD. She is a mentor for LUX:plorations, wrote the comics “What is a Phd?” as well as “Zamara & Yso’s Space Odyssey” and teaches classes on comics history at the University.
Research Focus
Comics, History, Cross-cultural Transfers, Popular Culture
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
What Is a PhD?
Zamara & Yso’s Space Odissey
It’s About Time!
One Ome To Rule Them All
The Future Is Now
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Becoming an Agent of Change
Chronicles from Platform 6
Inside the Solar Cell
Microglia: Guardians of the Brain?
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I truly believe in the power of comics to inform and educate, so jumped at the chance to help fellow doctoral candidates learn how to tell their research through comics form.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“Watching the doctoral candidates work on their ideas and seeing them engage with the artists for an amazing end product.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Finding the balance between suggesting ideas and allowing participants maximum creativity.”
SUPERVISOR
NICOLE PASCHEK
Nicole Paschek loves to talk about science. During her studies in behavioural and neural biology, she also found her passion for writing and decided to study journalism as well. As a journalist, she realised that scientists sometimes struggle to explain what they do in an understandable way. Improving those skills is the mission of DESCOM, a training programme in science communication for doctoral candidates in Luxembourg. Since 2019, Nicole has been working as Project Manager of DESCOM.
Work Focus
Science communication, science education
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
The Future Is Now
Losing Orientation
The Adventures of Tuwwo the Water Molecule
Math, Magic and Maryam
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“Science and Comics. This combination sounds too good to be true. I had to be part of this!”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“With LUX:plorations we are bringing people from seemingly different worlds closer to each other: artists, scientists and the public. And by doing so, we realize that those worlds are in fact not so different from each other.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Coordinating a long-term collaborative group effort of 34 people without loosing someone on the way.”