Projects per year
Organization profile
INUSE research group studies designer-user relations in sociotechnical change. Our studies examine the new ways by which design and use become interrelated and the potential that approaches that explicitly focus on this interrelation have for more equitable and sustainable change. In so doing we engage in participatory design, codesign, open and user innovation, open design, peer knowledge creation, user communities, citizen science, knowledge coproduction and user knowledge in organizations. Much of our design spaces are expanded into years or even decade long lines of research. Whilst short term interventions have their place in our repertoire, they are often not enough to change things or for understanding how designer–user relations can be reconfigured and what are the implications of doing this.
Our interest in users, and not just designers, is rooted in their important – and often underestimated- roles in sociotechnical change. Users adjust technology, invent new uses, innovate new practices, products and services, and perform many other activities that shape the paths that new technology takes. We study how they do so and experiment with new ways by which designer–user relations can be organized and orchestrated.
INUSE research is multidisciplinary simply because users’, consumers’, customers’, prosumers’ and citizens’ engagement with design and technology projects is studied in a range of fields. Our main points of reference reside in design research, (particularly human centred design and participatory design) innovation studies (particularly user innovation research and sustainability transitions research) and in Science & Technology Studies (particularly in social shaping of technology and practice theories therein).
Network
Profiles
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Andrea Botero
- Department of Design - Professor (Associate Professor), Research Fellow
- Inuse
Person: Postdoctoral researchers, Professors, tenure track
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Markéta Dolejšová
- Department of Design - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Inuse - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: Postdoctoral researchers
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Designing with indigenous communities: participatory interventions to support resistance and intercultural communication in the Ecuadorian Amazon
01/11/2020 → 30/11/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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From the lab and the studio, to the garden, the forests and back
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
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CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures
Mattelmäki, T., Botero, A., Lohmann, J., Chun, N. & Dolejšová, M.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: EU: Framework programmes funding
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Citizen energy lost in sustainability transitions : Knowledge co-production in a complex governance context
Lukkarinen, J. P., Salo, M., Faehnle, M., Saarikoski, H., Hyysalo, S., Auvinen, K., Lähteenoja, S. & Marttila, T., Feb 2023, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 96, 12 p., 102932.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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CreaTures Co-Laboratory Catalogue
Sáez Agurto, F., Beavers, I., Altarriba Bertran, F., Botero, A., Buschmann, J., Camino, D., Chewie, Choi, J. H., Davis, H., Dolejšová, M. (ed.), Catlow, R., van Gaalen, S., Hanafi, A., Heitlinger, S., Nielsen, S., Vaajakallio, K., Howse, M., Putrle Srdic, J., Knopp, T., L'Huillier, N., & 20 others , 1 Jan 2023, 167 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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Design types in diversified city administration : the case City of Helsinki
Hyysalo, S., Savolainen, K., Pirinen, A., Mattelmäki, T., Hietanen, P. & Virta, M., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Design Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Creatures Experimental Productions
Sáez Agurto, F. (Creator), Beavers, I. (Creator), Altarriba Bertran, F. (Creator), Botero, A. (Creator), Buschmann, J. (Creator), Camino, D. (Creator), Chewie (Creator), Choi, J. H. (Creator), Davis, H. (Creator), Seaweed, D. O. (Creator), Dolejšová, M. (Creator), Hanafi, A. (Creator), Heitlinger, S. (Creator), Howse, M. (Creator), Knopp, T. (Creator), L'Huillier, N. (Creator), Light, A. (Creator), Lohmann, J. (Creator), Magic, M. (Creator), Miller, M. (Creator), Mitro, M. (Creator), Mujica, P. (Creator), Collective, O. F. (Creator), Patterson, A. G. (Creator), Pokrywka, A. (Creator), Graham Raven, P. (Creator), Rudd, G. (Creator), Schubert, T. (Creator), Smrekar, M. (Creator), Šutić, G. (Creator), Thornton, C. (Creator), Wallis, L. (Creator), Wilde, D. (Creator) & Cathlow, R. (Creator), 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7460561, https://zenodo.org/record/7460690
Dataset
Prizes
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SENESCYT International Graduate Scholarship Program
Pinto Torres, Nathaly (Recipient), 13 Nov 2019
Prize: Granted funding (personal grants)
Activities
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Energy Economics (Journal)
Sini Numminen (Editorial board member)
20 Feb 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Reviewer of scientific journal
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Open Forest at CreaTures Festival (Getting to Know the CreaTures ExPs)
Markéta Dolejšová (Speaker), Andrea Botero (Speaker), Jaz Hee-jeong Choi (Speaker) & Chewie (Speaker)
30 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)
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DEVELOP annual seminar
Nathaly Pinto Torres (Member)
27 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participant of a conference, workshop, session, tutorial or event
Press/Media
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Suomalaisille myydään näillä alueilla halpaa sähköä – Muualla saa tällä hetkellä maksaa keskimäärin 22 % enemmän
01/02/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Suomeen syntyy ”halvan sähkön saarekkeita” – Kustannukset kymmeniä prosentteja korkeampia muualla
22/01/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Suomeen on syntynyt ”halvan sähkön saarekkeita” – Muualla kustannukset kymmeniä prosentteja korkeampia
21/01/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance