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Danielle Wilde is a design researcher and academic whose work focuses on participatory, embodied, and practice-based approaches to design for sustainability. She is a professor at the Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University (Sweden), and at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research addresses social and ecological sustainability through co-design, food systems, and everyday practices.
Early life
[edit]Details about Wilde’s date of birth and place of birth have not been published in reliable, independent sources and are therefore not publicly documented.
Education
[edit]Publicly available profiles do not list detailed formal education dates. Her academic background is described in institutional biographies through her long-standing research career in design, sustainability, and participatory practice.
Career
[edit]Wilde is Professor of Design for Sustainability at the Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, where she contributes to research and education addressing sustainability transitions and responsible design practice.
She also holds a professorship at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Kolding, where her work focuses on participatory design research, bottom-up engagement, and systemic approaches to sustainability challenges.
Research
[edit]Wilde’s research explores how design can support sustainable human action through participatory, embodied, and materially engaged methods. Her work often emphasizes everyday practices such as food, making, and community engagement as sites for social and ecological change.
Participatory and embodied design
[edit]A central theme of Wilde’s work is the role of bodies, materials, and lived experience in shaping design processes. She has contributed to the development of participatory methods that foreground learning through doing, reflection, and shared inquiry.
Sustainability and food systems
[edit]Wilde’s research includes work on food systems and food citizenship, examining how design can support more sustainable, just, and inclusive practices across human and more-than-human systems.
She has been involved in research initiatives that connect local communities, cultural practices, and sustainability imaginaries, including Arctic and Nordic contexts.
Achievements and recognition
[edit]- Appointed **Professor of Design for Sustainability** at Umeå University.
- Appointed **Professor** at the University of Southern Denmark.
- Named a **Design Research Society (DRS) Fellow** in recognition of significant contributions to design research.
- Appointed **Arctic Six Chair** for the project Arctic Food Citizenship: entangling communities and cultures, scales and imaginaries toward more-than-human flourishing.
- Widely cited for contributions to participatory design, embodied research methods, and sustainability-oriented design practice.
Selected works
[edit]A full list of publications is maintained on her official website and institutional research portals.