Daria Podmetina

Daria Podmetina, D.Sc. (in Technology), serves as Visiting Professor at Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu and Senior Researcher at Taltech University in Tallinn, Estonia. An experienced researcher, university teacher, and project manager, she specializes in innovation management and sustainability through education innovation frameworks.

Her research pioneers the integration of arts into STEM (STEAM) to develop critical competencies for innovation professionals, addressing modern challenges like digital transformation and societal uncertainty. She actively promotes entrepreneurship, challenge-based education, and social innovation through international projects and presentations at Academy of Management, ISPIM, and WOIC conferences. Her Art-Driven Competence Model emphasizes innovative problem-solving, emotional cognition, and interpersonal skills to cultivate responsible innovation practices.

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