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Chiara Del Gaudio
Chiara Del Gaudio is a Designer, Researcher and Instructor in Design. She is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at Carleton University’s School of Industrial Design. She holds a Ph.D. in Design from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, an M.Sc. in Design and Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from the same institution. She has been teaching Design at both undergraduate and graduate levels in Brazil and Canada, and she has been a visiting Professor in Italy and the United States. Her education and practice, teaching and research experience bring elements from strategic and participatory design, together with a critical design studies perspective, and knowledge on the design of processes, systems, services and products. After working as a product and service designer, her design practice has mainly focused on design’s social and political dimensions in projects at the intersection between the university and local communities.
Contact: Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.