Thomas Markussen
Professor
Social Design Research Unit
Syddansk Universitet
Bio
Thomas Markussen is Professor and Co-Founder of the Social Design Research Unit at the University of Southern Denmark. The unit has strong competences in practice-based design research and its awarded social innovation work has been fully implemented in public sector institutions. In his written work, Markussen focuses on how design can be used as a political and critical aesthetic practice, notably in the fields of social design, design activism and design fiction. Publications include journal articles such as “The disruptive aesthetics of design activism: enacting design between art and politics” (Design Issues); “Disentangling the ‘social’ in social design’s engagement with the public realm” (CoDesign); and “The politics of design activism – from impure politics to parapolitics” published in Routledge’s book “Design and Dissent”.