About

Julia Ahlberg graduated as a design manager from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and is based in central Switzerland.

She specialises in researching and analysing complex systems and co-creating design strategies emphasising relationships. Her commitment to listening, questioning, and reflecting helps her to support multi-disciplinary teams to design sustainable impact.

«I like to work with people who are passionate about what they do and who I can support with my structured and creative way of working.»

For more information or collaboration do not hesitate to get in touch!

Systemic Design ⋅ Design for Transformation ⋅ Biodiversity ⋅

Systemic Design ⋅ Design for Transformation ⋅ Biodiversity ⋅

Education, Work & Projects

  • I’m currently pursuing my Master of Science with a focus on Biodiversity and Ecosystems within the research group Sustainability Communication and Environmental Education.

  • Design Managers apply a collaborative and systemic approach to perform:

    Design research: to go beyond symptoms, reframe problems, and support sustainable transformation. They do this by collaboratively engaging in an iterative design process.

    Design facilitation & alignment: to align people within and across organisations. They do this by adopting a pluralistic view, fostering conversations, learning and co-creation.

    Design strategies: to support organisations’ transition and adopt sustainability. They do this by rethinking and partnering with leaders to foster knowledge exchange to explore and re-imagine more sustainable structures, processes, and activities.

  • I supported and mentored the following courses in the‍ ‍Bachelor programme Design Management, International at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts.

    2025:

    • Transforming & Humanising Organisations with Guillermina Noel. The course was in collaboration with YoungCaritas.

    • Systemic Design with Katharina Herzog. The course was about education and digitalisation.

    • Fostering Learning Organisations with Nicolò Luppino. The course was in collaboration with Dräger.

    2024:

    • Transforming & Humanising Organisations with Guillermina Noel. The course was in collaboration with the Swiss Brain Health Plan.

    • Fostering Learning Organisations - Learning for Circularity with Nicolò Luppino. The course was in collaboration with Patagonia

  • I’m responsible for document layout, representing Akutmag at events, and project support [Akut Circular Talks, LinkedIn, Partnerorganisations].

My whole CV on LinkedIn