Global challenges call for rapid methods that support long-term thinking. We developed Future Ripples, a workshop for innovation teams to map out the consequences of their work. Our method structures the foresight process of scanning, framing and futuring through the metaphor of scanning a shore, choosing a pebble and creating ripples. Beyond its practical use, our method develops anticipatory capacities through structured futuring.
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I am a transdisciplinary design researcher at the Department of Design at Aalto University and the Social Computing Group at the University of Helsinki, working at the intersection of HCI, futures studies, and the political dimensions of digital technologies. My work is defined by methodological agility and innovation — moving between psychological, social-scientific, and artistic approaches across domains as varied as web and UX design, automotive interfaces, dress culture, and digital politics. I am particularly interested in how sociotechnical imaginaries and ideologies shape the technologies we live with, and in developing new methods to bring anticipatory and critical perspectives into design and technology innovation. Find my publications on Google Scholar.
Postdoctoral Researcher