Signe Pedersen Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen, Dk

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Project developer and project manager of the SMOKE-project (Sustainable Management Of Kitchen Environments) in Nepal.Rural Kitchen Environments in Nepal offers a lot of room for improve-ment in terms of hygienic cooking practices and health promoting equipment. During 2008 and 2009 I developed the fuel-efficient wood-fired cooking stove, Sapana Stove, designed to improve the Rural Kitchen Environments of Nepal. The challenge was to design a functional product to be used in a different context and culture with very alternative cooking practices and mind-sets. Also a system of advocacy, awareness raising and private sector development is currently being developed to support the sustainability of the project. My reflective and empathic personality was key in designing this type of product and project, and I truly enjoy working in cross-disciplinary teams towards a shared goal.Main tasks: Design of new improved cooking stove, Project Management, Strategy Development

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Working as researcher and designer to prevent hospitalisation of elderly with dementia at nursing homes as part of the PACE project in collaboration with colleagues from AAU, DTU and selected nursing homes in Denmark. Using anthropological methods to fully dive into the field of dementia-care and a design thinking approach to stage and facilitate the process of co-designing a system together with nursing home care takers. Inputs for this system is based on Big Data from sensor-inputs as well as social and pædagogical approaches.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Co-designing innovative business models and product service systems for a number of Danish companies with inspiration from Circular Economy considerations.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

My PhD project is titled "Representation and Translation of Knowledge in User-oriented Design Practices". I study co-design processes in a number of cases within PPIs (Public Private Innovation projects) and qualify how knowledge from different actors (including especially users) is negotiated, synthesized and translated into innovative solutions. The design practices which unfolds at Philips Healthcare is the main subject of my study, which means that I have conducted ethnographic studies and engaged with various actors such as patients, doctors, nurses, therapists etc. at Danish Hospitals and participated in design sessions at the Philips HQ in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Main activities:- Researching on how to co-design products, services and systems in the healthcare sector.- Designing and conducting a Participatory Design course in Nepal for Kathmandu University faculty as part of BSU (Building Stronger Universities)- Lecturing and supervising students from the engineering education Sustainable Design and Techno-anthropology (both Bachelor and Master level)- Writing articles- Presenting at conferences in Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Milan, and New York- Conducting field work (interviews, observations, design sessions etc.)- Writing Research Proposals

Sydhavnen, Copenhagen

Researching on translation of user-knowledge (user-insights) in organisations.- Company presentations on front end design and innovation- Desk research on user-centred design/participatory design - Partnership building activities with universities and NGOs in India and Nepal

Lyngby, Denmark

Use of ethnographic methods to shed light on how user insight and actual practice in the pre-hospital paramedical work setting can improve work practices. Design and facilitation of participatory stakeholder workshops to identify the most important focus-areas within the prehospital setting in Denmark. Identify and evaluate methods for staging design and innovation processes in Front End of Innovation departments of organisations.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark; India

Working as independent consultant for Novo Nordisk. The award-winning design project focused on “how to bring insulin closer to the patient” through a profitable and scalable business model targeting the BoP (Base of the Pyramid) segment.- Development and use of Design Games to structure and create a value based and solution-oriented user dialogue- Collecting user insights in India- Synthesis of user-insights into personas, flow-diagrams etc.- Translating knowledge and insights into a final solution consisting of an entire product-service system- Detailing the final pilot project

Preparation and facilitation of Danida Fellowship Courses for professionals around the world in Environmental Mainstreaming as well as Green Energy and Carbon Markets. Lecturing in the topics of Life Cycle Assessments and Energy Savings at several of these courses. Furthermore, I have developed and designed inspiring learning games as part of the education of the multi-cultural course participants. Development of CDM projects (Clean Development Mechanism – a flexible mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol) in Asia and Africa. Customer- and partner identification plus development of project design documents.Preparing and writing Expressions of Interests and Tenders for various bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors such as Danida, Asian Development Bank, World Bank and the European Commission. Communication with consortium partners and Tender / project kick-off workshop development and facilitation.

Frederiksberg

The aim of Nethood is to built up IT-skills within vulnerable social groups in DenmarkMy tasks was to re-think the current Nethood concept and to teach and educate the participants in the use of Microsoft Office programmes.

Co-organiser of the exhibition / conference NEXT 2007 – taking care of exhibitor-relations and handling various ad hoc assignments.

M.Sc, Design & Innovation

A master in product development with focus on user involvement, co-creation and design for developing countries. Bachelor Thesis: Design.

Highschool Graduate, Math, Chemistry, Movie Making