The Human-Centred Research and Design in Crisis course had its last session on September 2. The session’s agenda started with … More
Category: Weekly Sessions
Recap: Resistance as a form of change – Power Dynamics, Social Movements and Design Facilitation
What is resistance? How does power come to be exerted in the everyday? How can be disrupt within set frames? … More
Purposeful Innovation Skills to Unlock Opportunities in Crises
Participatory workshop: From Challenges to Opportunities Authors: Pauliina Mattila, Tiina Tuulos, Floris van der Marel In our earlier blogpost, Purposeful … More
Workshop: Resistance as Change – Power Dynamics, Social Movements & Design Facilitation
Lecture & participatory workshop on discovering inflection points within systemic issues Led by: Natalia Villaman, MA in Creative Sustainability, Aalto … More
Participatory Workshop: Purposeful Innovation Skills to Unlock Opportunities in Crises
TIME AND DATE: Wednesday 19th Aug 2020 | 10:15am-12.45pm (FI) / 5:15-7.45pm (AU) FACILITATORS: Floris van der Marel, Pauliina Mattila, … More
Workshops Brainstorming Session
In this session on August 12, 10:15 – 11:45 we jointly develop themes for participant-led workshops. These are based in … More
Decolonizing AI & Rethinking Resistance
Speaker: Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Aalto University On August 7, Prof. Nitin leads a participatory discussion, building on the previous two … More
AI Ethics in Practice: Designing for Ecosystems
Speaker: Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Aalto University In the 2nd AI Ethics session on August 5th, Prof. Nitin Sawhney discusses ways … More
Ethics & Politics of AI in Society
Speaker: Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Aalto University We kick off the second part of the Human-Centred Research and Design in Crisis … More
Introduction & Reorientation for Course Part 2
We welcomed participants back for part 2 of the course on Human-Centred Research and Design in Crisis in an introspective … More
Presentation of Project Concepts & Design Directions
The course participants presented their final design directions on July 14, 10:00 – 13:00. The three hours of presentations and … More
Project Concept Presentations, July 14th
Participants present their interim project concepts and design directions in an interactive online session via Zoom and Miro on Tuesday, … More
EUvsVirus: Ethical and Transdisciplinary Practices when Designing for Societal Issues
Speaker: Cristina Zaga, Assistant Professor, Human-Centred Design Group, University of Twente Cristina Zaga, Assistant Professor in the Human-Centred Design Group, … More
How do Health Agencies use Instagram for Crisis and Emergency Communication?
Speaker: Aqdas Malik, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University On June 7, participants in the Human-Centred Research and … More
Mapping Ecologies of Crisis using Design Thinking: Workshop Outcomes
Led by Prof. Nitin Sawhney and André Santos Friday, July 03, 10:00 – 12:00 (Online) The goal of the workshop was … More
Participatory Workshop 2: Mapping Ecologies of Crisis using Design Thinking
Led by Prof. Nitin Sawhney and André Santos Friday, July 03, 10:00 – 12:00 (Online) Outcomes: The goal of the … More
Designing Multi-modal Interfaces for Demanding Conditions in Crisis
Speakers: Paula Valkonen, Master of Arts, Aalto University and Dr. Jari Laarni, Principal Scientist, VTT In this session on July 30, 2020, we … More
Greetings from the Future: Experiences from a Virtual Workshop
Here we are, living in a moment, where even the students have personal, connected, and mobile live broadcasting studios that … More
Rethinking Critical Crisis Themes and Design Directions: Workshop Outcomes
On Friday, June 26, 10 – 12, we kicked off the first participatory workshop in the course led by Prof. … More
Participatory Workshop: Rethinking Critical Crisis Themes and Design Directions
Led by Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Dr. Salu Ylirisku and Magdalena Mihalache Friday, June 26, 10:00 – 12:00 (Online) Outcomes: The … More
Data-Driven Approaches to Healthcare Research during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speaker: Miika Leminen, Head of Analytics and AI Development at Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) Miika Leminen, Head of Analytics and AI … More
Designing for Healthcare Experiences from a Multi-stakeholder Perspective
Speaker: Prof. Johanna Kaipio, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University On June 23, 2020, we find out more about multi-stakeholder … More
On Security, Privacy and Contact Tracing
Speakers: Prof. Janne Lindqvist, Department of Computer Science at Aalto University and Director at the Helsinki-Aalto Center for Information Security … More
Contact Tracing for COVID-19: Role of Interaction Design & Data Science
Speakers: Karri-Pekka Laakso, Lead Designer (Interaction), Reaktor and Prof. Antti Honkela, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University … More
Role of ICT in Humanitarian Sector & Crisis Communication Strategies
Speakers: Ilpo Kiiskinen, Communications Director at Finnish Red Cross and Jaakko Salavuo, Communications Director, Aalto University On June 9th we … More
Real-world Challenges of Crisis & Disaster Management
Speaker: Marko Korhonen, Disaster Management Coordinator at Finnish Red Cross The second session of the Human-Centred Research and Design in … More
Understanding Crisis & Role of Human-Centred Design
Speaker: Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University On June 2nd we began the first session of the … More
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