Institute Associates
Institute Associates are people who are deemed to have a sufficient connection to the Institute where both parties would benefit from the identification and declaration of the association. Naming Institute Associates is a way of consolidating our relationship with individuals with whom we are working on strategic and other projects. This group of associates ranges from local community-based practitioners and researchers to scholars and practitioners across the many places of our strategic engagement.
Dr Ilpo Koskinen
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Dr Abby Mellick Lopes
Abby Mellick Lopes is a design theorist with over 20 years of practical and academic experience in the field of design for sustainability, originating with her membership in the pioneering research and education consultancy the EcoDesign Foundation from 1996-2004. Her engaged research focuses on the relationship between design and social arrangements to support the transition to more sustainable cultures and economies, intersecting with a broad range of disciplinary fields, including cultural studies, sociology, geography and planning. Abby has published extensively on sustainable design, transdisciplinarity and transdisciplinary education. She also contributes to scholarly discourse on design, ontological design and image ecologies, and her work has been presented in the UK, US, Canada, Cyprus, Spain, Malaysia and China. Abby is also an Associate of the Studio at the Edge of the World. Abby currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Design Studies at UTS. In addition to her role as an Associate at the Institute for Culture and Society, she holds an Adjunct role in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. Contact Abby at abby.mellicklopes@uts.edu.au |
Ramon Marrades
Ramon Marrades is an urban economist, writer, and activist with a passion for people and places. He is currently the Director at Placemaking Europe and strategy advisor to a number of cities and large-scale development projects. Before, he served as the Chief Strategy and Finance Officer at La Marina de València, Valencia’s waterfront redevelopment agency, and a board member of the Worldwide Network of Port Cities (AIVP). Ramon is co-editor of the book “Our City? Countering Exclusion in Public Space” (2019) and the host and co-curator of Placemaking Week Europe 2019. His work focuses on the interface between public space and economic development. |
Dr Sheba Mohammid
Dr Sheba Mohammid has over ten years of experience in national and global policy, engagement and research. She has been named an Emerging Leader of the Digital World (EC and Diplofoundation). Her research focuses on bringing diverse global perspectives to discourse on emerging technology through ethnographic approaches. Her recent work has included multi-sited research projects in the United States, Australia and the Caribbean on artificial intelligence, creativity, fashion and automated decision-making, and digital media and learning. She has served as a research advisor for organisations such as the International Federation of Red Cross. Dr Mohammid’s applied work has included leadership roles in managing national development projects and serving as an ICT policy specialist for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and a director on the Global Social Media Impact Study. She was an Internet Society IGF Ambassador and remains active in (de)constructing human-centred approaches to technology. |
Dr Erin B. Taylor
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Dr Ilpo Koskinen has worked as a professor of design since 1999 in Europe, Asia and now at UNSW. His main research interests have been mobile multimedia, the relationship of design and cities, proactive information technology, methodology (especially in design research), and interpretive approaches in design. He has written about 150 papers, and he believes some of them are good. The most recent book of his is Design, Empathy, and Interpretation (MIT Press, 2023), which makes the case for an interpretive approach to design. His current interests are social design, energy transformation, and design at home.
