Hey!
I am
Amber Broers
Mijn naam is Amber Broers. Gedreven door mijn creativiteit, nieuwsgierigheid en passie voor spel, zet ik me als sociaal designer en onderzoeker in om gedragsverandering te faciliteren.
Mijn werk draait om het verkennen van de raakvlakken tussen creativiteit, technologie en maatschappelijke verandering. Dit doe ik door binnen diverse contexten samen met partners een oplossing te zoeken voor hun uitdagingen, waarbij ik de belangen van alle betrokkenen in het oog houd.
Door het ontwerpen van workshops, spellen of verhalen wil ik mensen op een speelse manier bewust maken van hun gedrag en ze helpen hierop te reflecteren.
One of my favourite things to do is discovering new places. I've backpacked through Australia for a year back in 2019 and interrailed around Europe for 6 weeks in 2022. Both of these trips have given me a chance to surround myself with new perspectives and cultures.
Who am I?
Always creative
Ever since I've been young, whenever I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I said that I wanted to help people. This goal always stayed the same and I've now added to it that I want to do this using my creativity. For me creativity facilitates self expression, communication and community. These are all incredibly valuable factors for the social change I hope to achieve.
Determinded
When I started trying to figure out what I wanted to study, I found out quite fast that what I wanted didn't exist. Things I liked were either too much in the creative sector, or too much in the social sector, while I was looking for a combination that just wasn't there. I decided to take a gap year, because I knew what I wanted but it just wasn't there yet. And if I couldn't do that, I didn't want to start college yet.
After only one month in Australia, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht announced that they would be starting a new course, Design for Change and Innovation. I read the description once and knew this was what I wanted to do.