Short and longer bio
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Short bio
Jörn Christiansson is Associate Professor in Interaction Design at the Digital Design Department at IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He was PI in the recently closed Nordic research project CAPE – Civic Agency in Public E-service Innovation (financed by NordForsk). His research focus is on co-design and participatory design, particularly exploring design approaches for civic engage- ment and empowerment of digitally vulnerable user groups in public sector digitalization.
Longer bio
Jörn Christiansson is Associate Professor in Interaction Design at IT University of Copenhagen.
His current research focus is Digital Civics, Co-design and Participatory Design (PD), specifically community-based PD and civic agency in public sector digitalisation. He has earlier done research in Interaction Design, specifically mobile and ubiquitous computing, and place-centric computing. He completed his PhD in informatics (2000) in the field of computer supported collaborative learning.
Jörn has supervised 2 PhD-students (one current), co-supervised 2 PhD-students and acted as examiner/opponent for 6 PhD-thesis. He has examined 50+ master’s theses and taught master level university courses since 1995, and bachelor level university courses since 1990. He has been associated with the influential two-year master’s program in Interaction Design at Malmö University since its founding in 1998 and until 2010.
Affiliations
2014 – pres: Associate Professor, Interaction Design, Dept. of Digital Design, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Head of Study Program, Bachelor in Digital Design and Interactive Technologies (2014–2022).
2010 – 2014: Adjunct Professor, Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010 – 2014: Associate Professor, Interaction Design, School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden.
2001 – 2010: Assistant Professor, interaction design, School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden. Program director, 2 year master’s program in Interaction Design (2001–2006, 2009–2010).
1998 – 2001: Lecturer, interaction design, School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden. Program director, 2 year master’s program in Interaction Design (2000–2001).
1998 – 2003: Researcher, Space and Virtuality Studio, The Interactive Institute, Malmö, Sweden.
1995 – 1998: PhD-student, Department of Informatics, Lund University, Sweden.
1988 – 1995: Lecturer, informatics, Department of Informatics, Lund University, Sweden.
1987 – 1988: Teaching assistant, Department of Informatics, Lund University, Sweden.
1985 – 1990: Systems analyst/programmer, SattControl Automation AB, Malmö, Sweden.
1983 – 1984: Programmer, Ångpanneföreningen AB, Malmö Sweden.
Administrative appointments
2014 – 2022: Head of Study Programme, Bachelor in Digital Design and Interactive Technologies, Dept. of Digital Design, IT University of Copenhagen.
2017 – 2020: Elected member of Board of Studies, IT University of Copenhagen.
2012 – 2014: Member of the Faculty appointment board for School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden.
2007 – 2009: Member of Forum for Research in Medicine, Technology and Science, Malmö University
2006 – 2007: Member of the Faculty appointment board for School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden.
2001 – 2003: Member of Faculty board for School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University, Sweden.
1993 – 1997: Member of Faculty board for Department of Informatics, Lund University.
1992 – 1993: Acting Director of Studies, Department of Informatics, Lund University.
Languages
Swedish: native
English: fluent reading, writing and speaking
Danish: fluent reading, writing and speaking
Norwegian, fair reading, able to communicate with Norwegian-speaking people through shared understanding of Scandinavian languages
German: rudimentary reading and speaking
Degrees
PhD, informatics, Lund University, Sweden, 2000
BSc, Informatics, Lund University, Sweden, 1989