Christina Jakobsen is a PhD student at the department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, and is joining DUL for cooperation. With a background in Information Studies and Design and Design processes from Aarhus University, she is returning to familiar ground.
Her PhD project is entitled "User driven innovation as a strategy in building processes". The main case study of the PhD is the building process of MEDIASPACE the future main library at Aarhus harbor, in which DUL is also involved. The aim of the project is to explore the opportunities and challenges of co-designing technology, future practice and a future physical building in the context of a building process.

Grounded in Participatory design, she is particularly interested in how to involve users in designing location specific Ubiquitous Computing concepts for not yet existing buildings – buildings which only exist as a vague idea in the head of people, in paper blue prints or 3D models. Designing for not yet existing environments challenges traditional design methods, such as field studies, in-situ design, test and evaluation. For the next couple of years Christina will be interested in joining and contributing to projects where aspects of the described challenges can be explored.

Tags: new urban areas | people | user-driven innovation