Anneli Selvefors

Anneli Selvefors is a senior researcher at RISE, specialising in exploring transdisciplinary approaches to design for sustainability. With a background in design research, she is particularly interested in design-based ways of exploring opportunities for a circular and sustainable future. She investigates how to design products, services and systems that enable people to meet their needs within the limits of the planet. Key research themes include designing for a sustainable everyday life, designing for circular consumption and production processes, and designing for circular business models.

As part of her work, she also explores how theory can be put into practice by looking at how businesses can be supported to adopt innovative ways of working. For example, Anneli has been involved in the development of several design methods and tools based on research findings, such as the Use2Use Design Toolkit and the Future Adaptive Design Toolkit. In 2023, Anneli also co-authored the book Sustainability through everyday designs, which highlights how behavioural science can be used to design for resource-efficient behaviour and sustainable everyday life.

Anneli has a MSc in Industrial Design Engineering and a PhD in Human-Technology-Design completed 2017 at the division Design & Human Factors at Chalmers University of Technology.

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