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Matthes Lindner is the project manager for an EU-funded creative industry program at Spielfabrique, and a futurist working to amplify people’s visions for the future and to facilitate futures literacy. In this role, he is currently analyzing recurring patterns and intercultural differences among people’s visions for desirable futures – and translating findings into videos, podcasts, and reports. Before, Matthes worked as category lead for the Falling Walls Foundation on the topics of Future Learning and Science and Innovation Management. Here, he built a network of 500+ science leaders with the goal of sourcing the latest innovations that will shape the future of education and science-based innovation. Part event management, part project management, this position combined research, community management, event design, facilitation, and developing the project strategically. Matthes holds degrees in Ethnology and Sustainability Studies. Throughout his academic career, he has focused his studies on Eco-linguistics, Utopianism, Environmental Anthropology and Religious Studies. In his master thesis, Matthes examined the transformative potential of utopian thinking within discussions of sustainability. In recent years, Matthes has taught university courses on sustainability, effective altruism and career design for students from all disciplines. He has hands-on experience in co-managing events with hundreds of high-level academic stakeholders and facilitating workshops, panel discussions, and offsite activities.

Admission of international students: please first contact the lecturer via email (mlindner@mail.de)

This class will be conducted online.

Description:

In a world facing complex and multifaceted challenges, we aspire to build careers that not only provide personal fulfillment but also contribute positively to building better futures. Finding fulfilling work, however, is already daunting enough. Striving for an impactful career path adds pressure and many further questions: What does "high impact" in a professional setting even mean? Which impact do I personally care about most and where can I make the most of it? How do I find meaningful jobs? And can I make enough money to live a comfortable life while doing good?

These and many more questions will be tackled in this course. Combining discussions around different theoretical frameworks for professional impact (e.g. Effective Altruism, Tackling Heropreneurship, etc.), 1-on-1 mentoring, and peer-to-peer support, this interactive and partly synchronous, partly asynchronous course meets students with altruistic career ambitions where they are in their professional journey. The course will ask them to reflect on their notions of impactful work, and offers practical support in aligning their academic trajectories with their career goals. Students successfully complete this course by finishing custom home assignments, set between mentoring sessions, and with a report on their personal progress in this alignment process at the end of the course.

Literature:

Recommended Literature

Burnett; Evans (2016): Designing Your Life. How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life.

Todd, Benjamin (2016): 80,000 hours. Find a fulfilling career that does good.

Foresight Alliance LLC (2016): The Futures of Work.

Dubai Future Foundation (2022): Future Opportunities Report. The Global 50.

Prerequisites:

This course is open for students from all faculties. For questions regarding accreditation, contact the lecturer: mlindner@mail.de

Certificates:

Course Assignment

As part of the course, students attend 1-on-1 coaching sessions with the lecturer. Students successfully complete this course by finishing custom home assignments, set between mentoring sessions, and with a report on their personal progress at the end of the course.

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