Speaker profile
Jonas Rehn-Groenendijk
Dr. Jonas Rehn-Groenendijk is Senior Design Researcher at the Innovation- and Transformation Platform for Sustainable Development (itp:ne) at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and holds a doctorate in design research and industrial design. His research interests include system innovations, design for behaviour change and design for sustainable development while applying transdisciplinary and co-creational approaches as well as empirical research methods. Jonas was active in the transdisciplinary research-based transfer project “More Sustainable Chemistry in Leather Supply Chains” and is co-editor of the “Handbook of Leather Design for Sustainable Development”.
He is currently leading the European transdisciplinary project “Enable Digital Product Passports with Chemicals Traceability for a Circular Economy (ECHT)”. He is reviewer and teaches on design methodology in Germany, Switzerland and the UK.