ITU

Design, Innovation og DigitaliseringsLab

Organisational unit: Research Group

IT University of Copenhagen
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark

Contact information

Research Group Coordinator

Morten Hjelholt (mohje@itu.dk)

Organisation profile

Digitalisation, Welfare and Social Design is a research group that brings together researchers across the Digital Design Department at the IT University of Copenhagen around research areas such as digitalisation, marginalisation, ageing, welfare technology,  public co-creation, and community development. 

The research group are interested in how people design and use technologies; and the implications technologies have for people and society. This includes ageing people, vulnerable groups, and self-organising communities.

The group work with an understanding of design as social engaging, intervening and including, but also as practice and empirical sites, which includes a critical perspective towards techno-centric perspectives and a move towards a human-centric perspective on design.

The Digitalisation, Welfare and Social Design group study social practices - and social processes of technology and service design - and based on a strong foundation in both public institutions, companies, and universities, the members are working to create better digital designs at both individual, organisational and socioeconomic levels.

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Research outputs (66)

  1. Published

    News Startups

    Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Encyclopedia chapter › Research › peer-review

  2. Published

    Enchanting, Evoking, and Affecting: The Invisible Work of Technology Implementation in Homecare

    Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  3. Published

    Drawing Together: Infrastructuring and Politics for Participatory Design - a visual collection of cases, issues, questions, and relevant literature.

    Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research

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Prizes (1)

  1. Statsvetenskapliga förbundets uppsatspris för yngre forskare (Swedish Political Science Association’s price for best young researcher)

    Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions

Research Activities (6)

  1. The Long Now of the Commons

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in workshop, seminar, course

  2. A Bestiary of Digital Monsters

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

  3. City Street 3

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in workshop, seminar, course

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Press (93)

  1. Hundreder af faglige medarbejder har allerede meldt sig til årsmøde

    Press/Media: Press / Media

  2. Digital fremtid: Kvalitet og besparelser behøver ikke være modsætninger

    Press/Media: Press / Media

  3. Teknologi bliver ikke et mirakelmiddel mod alt

    Press/Media: Press / Media

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