Gabriele Ferri

Gabriele Ferri is an Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology's Department of Industrial Design. His work bridges Design Justice and Transforming Practices through methodologies combining design critiques, ethnography, speculative fabulation, and research through design. He actively investigates systemic injustices perpetuated by design artifacts and collaborates with communities to create equitable alternatives.

• PhD in Semiotics from Università di Bologna (Italy) and Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (Firenze)
• Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) and Indiana University Bloomington (ISTC-Social Postdoctoral Researcher funded by Intel)
• Senior Researcher and program director at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (M.Sc. Digital Design development)

His research focuses on:

• Design Justice frameworks in technological development
• Civic Interaction Design for community empowerment
• Speculative fabulation methods for crisis situations
• Blockchain applications in local governance
• AI ethics and large language models' political implications

Recent publications examine AI ideologies, blockchain commons, and citymaking through games. He mentors design students in justice-oriented projects and co-organizes critical design initiatives like Politics of Design @ Dutch Design Week.

• Contributed to UN Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Cities and Communities
• Active in editorial boards (Big Data & Society journal)
• Developed design curricula across multiple institutions