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

Design philosophy for things that change
Handling the complexity of the sociotechnical landscapes we now create using networked things.

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

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

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

Sympoietic collaboratory
Bringing together researchers to diversify thinking about more-than-human flourishing.
Postdoctoral projects

Scentsory foraging
Exploring how different species use smell to interact and communicate through art, design, and biology.
PhD projects

Aditya Pawar
Design for Social Innovation

Catharina Henje
Designing for Diversity

Monica Lindh Karlsson
Conceptualization of Contemporary Design Doing

Pamela Gil-Salas
Designing Mechanisms for Public Deliberation on Data Use

Rob Collins
Designing for contestable systems

Seda Özçetin
Designing Alternatives for the Terms of Service (ToS)

Xaviera Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada
Co-Design for Resilience

Sergio Bravo Josephson
The design ecologies of grassroot communities

Leena Naqvi
Rethinking design through food practices
Latest update: 2024-11-27