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Building Competencies for Systemic Sustainability Innovation

Watch the webinar recording where our top speakers, Research Group Leader İdil Gaziulusoy and Futurist and Design Lead Duncan Brown, will share their views on sustainability innovation and transformative journeys of exploration.

30.01.2025

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In this webinar recording, we will unlock the power of sustainability with a groundbreaking approach that goes beyond the usual. By collaborating across boundaries and embracing partnerships, even with unlikely allies, it is possible to innovate for the future with long-term and systemic thinking, challenge existing paradigms, and ask tough questions.

Take inspiration from our top speakers, Associate Professor, Research Group Leader İdil Gaziulusoy and Futurist and Design Lead Duncan Brown, who will share their views on sustainability innovation and transformative journeys of exploration. 

Watch the recording and hear insights from our keynote speakers.


Introduction of the  speakers

İdil Gaziulusoy is a sustainability scientist and a design researcher. She is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Design at the Department of Design, Aalto University, Design and Architecture, and the leader of the NODUS Sustainable Design Research Group in the Department of Design. Her research focuses on transformative sustainability innovations and sustainability transitions in urban and business contexts. She collaborates with several businesses, such as Hitachi, in helping them to build sustainable businesses. 

Duncan Brown is the Lead Design Strategist and Futurist in the DesignLab at Hitachi's European R&D, applying generative AI and synths for transition design and regenerative futures. He is a Fellow of the RSA and The Lunar Society. Operating at the intersection of design and strategy. He has over 30 years of experience across research-driven human insight, digital strategy, and product design, spanning a variety of industries for both early-stage startups and global enterprises.


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