Catherine Koekoek

Catherine Koekoek is a researcher, curator and facilitator in the fields of architecture, feminism, and political philosophy. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Knowledge, Transformation & Society research group at the University of Twente. Her PhD Towards an Architecture of Democratic Infrastructures (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2025) explored the spatial and practical conditions for democratic practice. It includes empirical-philosophical studies of community centres in Rotterdam, queer-feminist bookshop Savannah Bay, and participatory community theatre Rotterdams Wijktheater, with which she has worked since 2018. She was co-curator of the 2024 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Nature of Hope, and co-produces feminist architecture podcast Respons.