I am a postdoc researcher inAalto
University School of Arts, Design and Architecture(Helsinki, Finland), inINUSEUsers and Innovation Research Group.
I was once a maker of furniture, but I spend most of my
time nowadays making academic papers, making books and making
EU-funded research project reports.
I also teach Design-for-Sustainability and write about design activism,urban activismand peer production.
I'm very involved in theCreative SustainabilityMaster's Programme.
I've been researching Fab Labs for more than five years, but I'm a beginner at personal fabrication. I defended my doctoral dissertation (on Fab Labs) last March. This completely interrupted my progress in Fab Academy 2016.
In January 2017, our Fablab moved to a new location and then I went to India for almost a month. While this completely interrupted my progress in Fab Academy 2017, I was able to spend a week at the amazingVigyan
AshramFabLab. But now I'm back in Helsinki and ready to work on Fab Academy.
If you're interested, my dissertation is available to purchase as abook and download as afree pdf.(Graphic design by the stellar Emmi Kyytsönen / Karppi Design.)