About

Conference Co-chairs

Prof Alma Culén (University of Oslo), Prof Laurence Habib (OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University) and Prof Andrew Morrison (Oslo School of Architecture and Design, AHO)

Conference Manager

Maryam Kaviani (OsloMet)

Local Organising Committee

Mari Suoheimo (AHO, Design), Synne Skjulstad, Adeline Hvidsten (Kristiania University, Design), Angeliki Dimaki-Adolfsen (OsloMet, Design), Hedda Marie Westlin (OsloMet, Web), Christodoulos Christodoulou (OsloMet, Graphics)

Programme Committee

Arild Berg, Joanna Boehnert, Martina Čaić, Angeliki Dimaki-Adolfsen, Enrique Encinas, Sisse Finken, Maria Göransdotter, Astrid Marie Heimer, Julia Jacoby, Onkar Kular, Henry Mainsah, Einar Sneve Martinussen, Satu Miettinen, Nevad Pavel, Minna Pikkarainen, Laura Popplow, Vibeke Sjøvoll, Synne Skjulstad, Nicholas Stevens, Einar Stoltenberg, Joshi Suhas, Mari Suoheimo, Kristin Støren Wigum, Nicolas Torretta, Josina Vink, Danielle Wilde, Heather Wiltse, Signe Louise Yndigegn, Christina Zetterlund

Organisers, reviewers, theme and session chairs, assistants, communication design and sponsors will be posted at a later date.

Location

In 2025 NORDES returns to Oslo. The conference is located at the OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University city centre campus. On this occasion, we have three closely connected conference chairs from three leading design research institutions and a lively local organising committee and a team of Nordic organisers and regional and international reviewers.

Previous conferences

Papers from and material about earlier NORDES conferences can be found at www.nordes.org and also archived in the DRS digital library https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/nordes/

Programme

Final programme published: 20 June 2025
Programme outline:
Wednesday 6 August 2025: Welcome, Keynote, Refreshments and Snacks
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 August 2025: Keynotes, Conference presentations and events
Saturday 9 August 2025: Doctoral Consortium

Publication

All accepted submissions will be available as open access publications during and after the conference via the NORDES Digital Archive. Subsequently, publications will be accessible via the online DRS Digital Library and in the format of an integrated Conference Proceedings.