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Ki Nam is a Lecturer at the University of Lapland’s Faculty of Art and Design, focusing on empathic design strategies and service innovation. He collaborates on projects like the RRF Empathy Business initiative (2022–2024), exploring digital service prototyping and creativity. His research spans visual arts, design strategy, and social economics, emphasizing bridging human-technology gaps and citizen-centric service design.
Research interests include empathic service design, participatory arts, and creative knowledge generation. Key projects involve analyzing stakeholder mapping with AI tools, such as Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT). His work often intersects with policy and urban contexts, addressing challenges in big cities and political engagement.
Publications highlight trends in service innovation for food industries, empathic strategies for citizen services, and the role of dialogue in collaborative arts. He co-created a dataset from 20 interviews with service design experts, contributing to empirical research methods.
Recent activities include organizing workshops on empathetic stakeholder mapping and presenting at conferences on AI-driven design practices. Collaborations span international networks, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to design challenges.
