Category: partners

Naemi Luckner

I’m a university assistant at the Vienna UT with a background in computer science. I’m interested in the fields of game design, e-learning and share-communities.

I’m especially interested in the inter-generational aspect of the Give & Take project, as well as providing means for an international audience. I see another intriguing aspect in the involvement of small businesses and in avoiding to take away work of other local service institutions.

In the first phase of the project, I will largely be involved in literature review and reading up on similar projects in the area. Later on, I will also be involved in the design process, as well as creating digital prototypes. As a PhD student, I’m also interested in basing my own research in the area, and reporting my findings back to the project.

Signe Louise Yndigegn

I’m a PhD fellow at the IT University of Copenhagen. I have a background in sociology and digital design. During my PhD I have participated in a user-driven innovation project: Senior Interaktion about developing new service concepts and technology for the public sector with involvement of stakeholders and senior citizens. I have worked with a special interest in co-design with focus on participation and involvement of citizens.

Lone Malmborg

I am an Associate Professor in the Interaction Design Research Group at the IT University of Copenhagen. I hold an MSc in Computer Science and Danish Literature & Language, and a PhD in Computer Science / Informatics. My current research focuses on interaction design in the area of design related to social aspects of aging. 2014 to 2017 I am the scientific coordinator of Give&Take. Recently I participated in two research projects: SeniorInteraction, and the LevVel Mødestedet also focusing on design in the area of aging. My future research agenda generally focuses on Interaction Design for a Good Life. I have been a co-editor of Digital Creativity since 1998. Further I have been a member of the Danish Disability Council since early 2011. I love novels, poetry and nerdy cooking.

In this project am very interested in exploring how to do infrastructuring for exchange of human skills, competencies and things, and in understanding how we can change society and give new meaning to welfare, solidarity, participation and citizenship.

My primary role in this project is to be the scientific coordinator and through this make sure that we establish a good dialogue and strong collaboration in the project, and communicate our results to people that for different reasons find this project interesting.

Thomas Raben

 

 

Thomas Raben holds a MA in history from the University of Copenhagen in 2005. For the past 6 years he has been working as a consultant in Frederiksberg Municipality, primarily within employment and social welfare.

Frederiksberg Municipality has for the last few years been exploring new ways of involving and engaging citizens, businesses, associations and educational institutions in the development of Frederiksberg.  A central aim is to develop new social services aiming at participation and sharing of resources between different social groups and generations.

The Give & Take project contributes and fits within this focus by promoting active ageing and creating opportunities for senior citizens to contribute to fellow citizens and society. The municipality is looking forward to be a part of this project in the coming years.

Frederiksberg Municipality will primarily contribute to the project by identifying and involving citizens in Frederiksberg in the project and also supporting the development and testing of the Give & Take digital platform.

Erik Grönvall

I am an Associate professor in the People and Computational Things (PACT) section and the IxD Research Group at the IT University of Copenhagen. I have a Ph.D. in Telematics and Information society with a focus on Participatory Design and pervasive healthcare IT. I have 13+ years of experience working with, and designing, healthcare technologies. I have been teaching university classes for eight years; for example in Service Design, Physical computing and Participatory Design.

I have an interest in designing for everyday wellbeing, health and healthcare, especially for non-clinical settings and use. I’m interested in infrastructuring, co-design in non-work settings and civic engagement. I have done much work on care networks and collaboration between formal and informal (care) actors.

My role in the project will be to participate in research, for example related to co-design of services and other systems and technologies to support Give & Take. I will also be involved in co-authoring scientific papers.

Geraldine Fitzpatrick

I am a Professor of Design and Assessment of Technology in the Informatics Faculty at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology). I have an eclectic background starting in Australia (dropping out of social work, training as a nurse and midwife, co-setting up the first private midwifery practice in Queensland, studying for an informatics degree, completing a PhD at the intersection of computer science and the social sciences, working in a distributed systems research organization) then moving to Europe to work as a user experience consultant in industry in London, and then as an academic in England and now Austria.

I am passionate about re-thinking the design of technology to enhance quality of life, in particular for this project, the experience of aging and community, connecting to people’s core values and to what makes life fun and rewarding. Other research areas include health and well being, social and emotional skills learning, and collaboration and social interaction.  

I facilitate the great team of researchers at TUW, responsible for WP2 on the service design model and facilitating the partner engagements in Austria.