We are extremely delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.Technology (Malmo), Dr h.c. Philosophy (Halmstad) Sarah Pink to IntCDC. She is visiting us from Monash University, where she is Professor and Director of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, and recently launched FUTURES hub. She engages and innovates interdisciplinary and international research approaches to offer fresh perspectives and realistic future visions and foresight about the role of human futures in shaping the better design, use of new, emerging and possible technologies. She has a joint appointment across the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture and the Faculty of Information Technology.
Sarah is an award winning design and futures anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, whose work is influential internationally both inside and beyond academia. In 2023 Sarah was awarded a prestigious five-year Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship, two Honorary Doctorates from Malmo and Halmstad Universities in Sweden, three Australia Good Design Awards, and the Simon Professorial Fellowship at Manchester University, UK.
She has published numerous academic books, peer referred journal articles and book chapters and directed several documentaries. Sarah is also known for her career-long focus on innovating new research and dissemination methodologies, and engaging design futures, digital, visual and sensory methods in interdisciplinary projects to engage with contemporary issues and challenges.
"We are excited to welcome Sarah Pink, who is internationally recognised for her reflexive and methodologically advanced contributions to digital, sensory, and visual ethnography. A pioneer in reimagining ethnographic research beyond traditional interviews and observation, she has introduced innovative approaches that explore what ethnography can become in a digital world. Through her work in design ethnography, Pink advocates for accountable and ethical practices, empowering scholars to make their research and interventions relevant in times of global crisis. Her work paves the way for envisioning possible futures, including different modes of designing."
–– Prof. Cordula Kropp
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