Research projects

UID is building a strong team of researchers crafting research contributions to the field of design that will shape the discipline for decades to come.


Research Programmes

DCODE

DCODE

Training researchers to guide digital transformation towards inclusive, sustainable futures.

Design Philosophy for Things That Change

Design Philosophy for Things That Change

Handling the complexity of the sociotechnical landscapes we now create using networked things.

Interpresence Institute

Interpresence Institute

An interdisciplinary organization putting focus on that special thing of being present, together.

Design Beyond Progress

Design after Progress

Exploring ways of designing beyond financial gain and towards more-than-human relationships.

Investigating the visions and practices of makers and hackers, using speculative critical making to create tiny utopias.

Maker Utopias

Investigating visions and practices of makers and hackers to create tiny utopias.

Bringing together researchers to diversify thinking about more-than-human flourishing.

Sympoietic Collaboratory

Bringing together researchers to diversify thinking about more-than-human flourishing.


PhD / Postdoctoral Projects

Aditya Pawar

Aditya Pawar

Design for Social Innovation

Anja Neidhardt

Anja Neidhardt

Feminist Tactics as Means to Re-Design Design

Designing for Diversity

Catharina Henje

Designing for Diversity

Monica Lindh Karlsson

Monica Lindh Karlsson

Conceptualization of Contemporary Design Doing

Pamela Gil-Salas

Pamela Gil-Salas

Designing Mechanisms for Public Deliberation on Data Use

Rob Collins

Rob Collins

Designing for contestable systems

Seda Özçetin

Seda Özçetin

Designing Alternatives for the Terms of Service (ToS)

The design ecologies of grassroot communities

Sergio Bravo Josephson

The design ecologies of grassroot communities

Tracing the eros of olfaction in multi-species metabolisms

Natarsha Bates

Tracing the eros of olfaction in multi-species metabolisms

Rethinking design through embodied food practices

Leena Naqvi

Rethinking design through food practices

Latest update: 2024-08-29