Dr. Katharina Sand is a fashion researcher, curator, and educator focused on the role of technology in shaping fashion narratives and archives. She teaches at Parsons Paris (The New School) and has held professorships at SCAD, UQAM, AMD Akademie Mode & Design, and the University of Arts Linz. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths College and Université Paris 8, and holds a PhD from USI, Lugano. As a curator, she has showcased artists and designers ranging from Hussein Chalayan to Iris van Herpen. Recent projects include the exhibition Textile Design Now, focusing on craft narratives and communities. In 2025, she was an invited speaker at Ars Electronica on the topic of Archiving the tangible and the intangible.