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Thomas Slensvik

Thomas Slensvik

Project started: 2022PhD Fellow Disruptive Innovation Through Military Design Thomas Slensvik is a lecturer and officer at the Norwegian Defence University College and a PhD fellow at AHO who researches how SOD might help military operations understand and interact...

Audun Formo Hay

Audun Formo Hay

Started 2022PhD Fellow Designing Reflexive Public Service Systems Audun is a PhD fellow at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, researching how design practices for fostering adaptability within public service systems. Before starting his PhD, he worked for...

Haley Fitzpatrick

Haley Fitzpatrick

PHD Fellow 2021-2024 Haley Fitzpatrick is a PhD student in Systems-Oriented Design researching co-creative pathways for regenerative and resilient mountain communities. Before starting her PhD, she was working as an architect in the United States and recently four...

Dr. Jairo da Costa Junior

Dr. Jairo da Costa Junior

Finalised Jairo da Costa Junior defended his doctoral thesis at the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft), the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). The main supervisor was Professor Jan-Carel Diel.A SYSTEMS DESIGN APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE...

Dr. Manuela Aguirre Ulloa

Dr. Manuela Aguirre Ulloa

Finalised 2020 Thesis – Transforming public organizations into co-designing cultures: a study of capacity-building programs as learning ecosystemsTransforming Public Organizations into Co-designing Cultures As a PhD fellow at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design...

Dr. DEFNE SUNGUROĞLU HENSEL

Dr. DEFNE SUNGUROĞLU HENSEL

Finalized 2017 Institution: Oslo School of Architecture and DesignMain supervisor: Birger SevaldsonCONVERGENCE: MATERIAL ADAPTATION AND INFORMATICS IN ARCHITECTURE Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel [MSc EmTech AA Dipl RIBA II] (born 1979, İstanbul, Turkey) is an architect,...

Dr. Marie Davidova

Dr. Marie Davidova

Finalised 2018 Institution: Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Architecture MOLAB DepartmentMain Supervisor: Miloš FloriánSecondary supervisor: Birger SevaldsonWOOD AS A PRIMARY MEDIUM TO ECO-SYSTEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY IN SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO...

Sigrun Lurås

Sigrun Lurås

Started 2022PhD Fellow   Sigrun is an interaction designer with a special interest in designing for complex contexts. In her PhD research, she focused on how to understand designing for complex, high-risk control environments and how systemic design may be of...

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What is SOD Animation

What is SOD Animation

We have just published a new animation that explains Systems Oriented Design (SOD) to a broad audience. Patr (Bing) Leelarasamee created the video during the 2025 studio course Systems Oriented Design – Design for Very Complex Systems at the Oslo School of...

About Systems Oriented Design

About Systems Oriented Design

The main mission of SOD is to help designers to become better at dealing with very complex problems. Complex problems are described as problem fields, networks of problems, wicked problems and problematiques.