Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Participatory Design

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Rachel Charlotte Smith is Associate Professor of Human-Centred Design at Aarhus University Denmark. Her research focuses on everyday digital transformations and sustainable technology futures through Participatory Design and Design Anthropology. She co-chaired PDC 2016 in Denmark and is Chair of the PDC Advisory Board 20202024.Daria Loi is Chief Experience Officer at Astral and Founder at Imperfecta USA. Her work combines design strategy and participatory research with the goal of enriching peoples everyday lives. She was Conference Co-Chair for PDC 2010 in Australia Co-Chair of the PDC Advisory Board 20202022 and Beyond Academia Chair for every PDC since 2014.Heike Winschiers-Theophilus is Professor in Software Engineering at the Namibia University of Science and Technology Namibia and UNESCO Chair in Digital Technology Design with Indigenous People. Collaborating with local communities she conceptualised community-based co-design grounded in principles of Participatory Design Afrocentricity and Ubuntu. She co-chaired PDC 2014 in Namibia and PDC 2024 in Malaysia.Liesbeth Huybrechts is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at the University of Hasselt Belgium. Based on Participatory Design Design Anthropology and spatial transformation processes her research applies design and politics for/with participatory exchanges between human and material/natural environments. She co-chaired PDC 2018 in Belgium and is Co-Chair of the PDC Advisory Board 20222024.Jesper Simonsen is Professor of Participatory Design at Roskilde University Denmark. He has over thirty years of experience conducting participatory design projects and was Programme Chair of PDC 2008 General Chair of PDC 2012 and Chair of the PDC Advisory Board 20142019. His books include The Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design (2013).