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Ph.D. Defence at the Aarhus School of Architecture

Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann defends her Ph.D. dissertation “Designing with the Body in Mind – Kinesthetic, Empathy, Interaction” on 23 January 2012.

See programme and abstract. 

Doctoral Colloquium for Design Ph.D. Scholars

Time and place: Tuesday on 6 March 2012 at Klarskovgaard, Korsør.

Target group: Ph.D. scholars in the field of design. There were still vacant places by 17 January 2012. Number of participants is limited to 14 Ph.D. scholars. Participants earn one ECTS point.

Purpose: The colloquium will give the participants a broader understanding of the position of their project within the field of design research. At the event, the participating Ph.D. scholars have an opportunity to

• present their projects and challenges to the other participants and a panel of Nordic experts in the field of design research
• learn about the other participants’ projects and challenges
• discuss their current challenges and receive feedback from the other participants and the panel of experts

Download course description (PDF, in Danish only).

Design as a Dynamo for Democratic Development in the Middle East

The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. And the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design now expands its activities in the region. With design as the dynamo, over the past few years the School of Design has established a well-respected collaboration where Danish design students, lecturers and representatives of Kvinfo (Danish Centre for Information on Gender, Equality and Ethnicity) cooperate with local craftswomen to create new opportunities and improvements – in human as well as economic terms.

You can read an article about the project at the website of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design (in Danish only).