Private lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, in the areas of design and architectural theory. She graduated in Art History, Sociology and Philosophy at the Universidad Magna Hispalensis de Sevilla and at the University of Pennsylvania; she doctorated in Philosophy and Media Studies at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. A former granted research fellow at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and a guest lecturer at the University of Texas at Dallas and at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla, she has also been a Research Associate at the Bergische Universität in Wuppertal. She is currently working on topics of space and resistance, with a strong emphasis on the bio-political implications of urban design and metropolitan/building decisions. Contact: beatrizvtoscano@gmail.com