Eva Oosterlaken (she/her) is a Rotterdam-based social designer and researcher. In 2020 she founded creative studio Futurall, together with London-based designer and foresight practitioner Finn Strivens. Futurall develops creative approaches to involve more people in shaping the future: whether that’s through bringing diverse voices into decision-making, creating spaces for place-based imagination, or creating meaningful opportunities for participation.

Eva has a background in user experience design. She graduated in 2020 from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London with a master’s in Global Innovation Design, after completing a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology (2017).

‘I hope my time at Cove Park will help me to create distance from my everyday practice. So that I can zoom out, connect the dots between the strands of my work, and to recenter my practice in what personally drives me. I intend to divide my week into structured reflection, free time, walks in nature, reading, and writing time.’