Loove Broms

Researcher in Interaction design and sustainable development at the division of Strategic Sustainability Studies at the department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH as well as associate Professor in interactive design at the Department of Design, Interior architecture and Visual communication - Konstfack

Research
Loove does research around design and sustainablitiy with a special interest in discursive artefacts, narratives and meaning making. The research methodology is primarily research through design, that is, and explorative typ of research with focus on design experiment as a way of making alternative and sustainabale futures more concrete and tangible.

Education
2014 PhD in Interaction Design at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Licentiate (PhL) in Interaction Design at Linköping University, Sweden
2005 Master’s thesis in Human Computer Interaction, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Master of Science in Engineering Physics - Discreet Mathematics and Computer Science at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Practice
2017- Researcher at the department of Strategic Sustainability Studies, school of Architecture and Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2015- Associate Professor in interactive design at the Department of Design, Interior architecture and Visual communication - Konstfack, University College of Arts Craft and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
2015.-2017 Postdoctoral researcher at the Media Technology and Interaction Design department, school of computer science and communication, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2010-2014 PhD Candidate at Product and Service design, Engineering design department, school of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2006-2012 Researcher/interaction designer at Interactive Institute, Energy Design, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 2004-2006 Project assistant mao works, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004-2005 Guest researcher at SMART Studio, Interactive Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Publications

Broms, L. 2021. 'Beyond Efficiency – Our Design Programme’. In Wangel, J. and Fauré, E. (Ed.) (2021). Beyond Efficiency: A speculative design research anthology in which we seek to deconstruct ecomodern imaginaries of urban sustainability through exploring what more just and sustainable living environments could be like. Bamberg: Spurbuchverlag, ISBN 978-3-88778-611-3

Hagbert, P., Wangel, J.,& Broms, L. (2020). Exploring the potential for just urban transformations in light of eco-modernist imaginaries of sustainability. Urban Planning, 5(4), 204–216.

Wangel, J., Hesselgren, M., Eriksson, E., Broms, L., Kanulf, G., Ljunggren, A. (2019). Vitiden: Transforming a policy-orienting scenario to a practice-oriented energy fiction. Futures, The Journal of Policy, planning and futures studies, Volume 112. 

Hesselgren, M., Eriksson, E., Wangel, J., Broms, L. (2018). Exploring Lost and Found in Future Images of Energy Transitions: Towards a Bridging Practice of Provoking and Affirming Design. Design Research Society International Conference. Limerick, Ireland.

Wangel, J., Broms, L., Eriksson, E., Hesselgren, M., Kanulf, G., Ljunggren, A. Vitiden: en energifiktion (2017), Published by authors, ISBN: 978-91-7729-538-9

Broms, L., Wangel, J., & Andersson, C. (2017). Sensing energy: Forming stories through speculative design artefacts. Energy Research & Social Science.

Broms, L. (2014) Storyforming: Experiments in creating discursive engagements between people, things and environments. Doctoral Thesis, KTH School of Industrial Engineering and Management Dept. of Machine Design, Product and Service Design,ISBN: 978-91-7595-212-3

Ehrnberger, K., Broms, L., Katzeff, C. (2013). Becoming the Energy AWARE Clock – Revisiting the Design Process Through a Feminist Gaze. In the proceedings of Experiments in Design Research, the 5th Nordic Design Research Conference, 258-266.

Broms, L., Katzeff, C., Bång, M., Nyblom, Å., Ilstedt Hjelm, S., & Ehrnberger, K. (2011). Days in the Life of the Energy AWARE Clock – Design of an Ambient Energy Feedback Interface. Swedish Design Research Journal, 11(1), 30–37.

Spagnolli, A., Corradi, N., Gamberini, L., Hoggan, E., Jacucci, G., Katzeff, C., Broms, L., Jönsson, J. (2011) Eco-Feedback on the Go: Motivating Energy Awareness. IEEE Computer, 44(5), 38–45.

Broms, L. (2011). Sustainable Interactions: Studies in the Design of Energy Awareness Artefacts, Linköping studies in science and technology: Thesis, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköpings universitet, ISBN10: 9173931632

Jönsson, L., Broms, L., & Katzeff, C. (2010). Watt-Lite: energy statistics made tangible. DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems.

Broms, L. Katzeff, C. Bång, M. Nyblom, Å. Ilstedt Hjelm, S. Ehrnberger, K. (2010) Coffee Maker Patterns and the Design of Energy Feedback Artefacts. DIS2010, Århus, Denmark

Broms, L. Ehrnberger, K., Ilstedt Hjelm, S. & Bang, M. (2009) The Energy AWARE Clock: Incorporating electricity use in the social interactions of everyday life. Proc. EcoDesign 2009, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Broms, L., Bång, M. & Ilstedt Hjelm, S. (2008). Persuasive Engagement: Exploiting lifestyle as a driving force to promote energy-aware use patterns and behaviours. Design Research Society International Conference. Sheffield, UK

Complete list of publications by Loove Broms in DiVA

Projects
2019-2022 Critical Design as a Way to Expose Norms Within the Sustainability Discourse, Role: Co-initiator, researcher & designer. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Partners: Global Utmaning, Usify. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency.
2019-2022 Gendered sustainability: Norm-critical Explorations of Energy Practices for Everyday Transitions. Role: Co-initiator, researcher & designer. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency.
2016-2020 Beyond Efficiency: Design for a socially engaged energy efficiency in the sustainable city. Role: Project leader, Co-initiator, researcher & designer. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency
2016-2017 Elastiska hem. Role: Researcher. Funded by: Vinnova
2016-2019 Smart Light: Development of new lighting strategies for pedestrian walkways. Role: Project leader, Co-initiator, researcher. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency
2016-2017 Empowering Energy Futures. Role: Researcher. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency
2014-2016 Sensing Energy: Urban design for energy efficient everyday life. Role: Project leader, Co-initiator, researcher & designer. Akademiska hus, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Svenska Bostäder and White arkitekter. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency.
2012-2013 Everybody's Energy. Role: Co-initiator, project leader, researcher & designer.
2011-2012 OnSite: Visualisation of environmental information in public spaces. Role: Co-initiator & researcher. Partners: Department of Industrial Ecology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Funded by: Vinnova.
2010-2013 InCharge. Role: Co-initiator, researcher & designer. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency.
2008-2011 BeAware: Boosting Energy Awareness with adaptive Real-time Environments. Role: Researcher & Designer. Partners: Helsinki University of Technology, BaseN Corporation, Interactive Institute, Engineering, Ingegneria Informatica, University of Padova, Vattenfall Eldistribution, Enel.si and IES Solutions. Funded by: European Comission, The 7th Framework Programme funded European Research and Technological Development
2007-2008 SWITCH! Energy Ecologies in Everyday Life. Role: Researcher & Designer. Partners: Konstfack. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency.
2007-2008 DESME – Designing Smart Electricity. Role: Researcher & Designer. Partners: University of Art and Design, Western Finland Design Centre Muova, and Vaasa EMG at Vaasa University. Funded by: Tekes, Bord Gáis, CapGemini, Helsingin Energia, Semio, Tam- pereen Sähkölaitos, TeliaSonera and Vaasan Sähkö
2006-2008 AWARE: Creating awareness about energy use through design. Role: Researcher & Designer. Partners: SVID, O2. Funded by: Swedish Energy Agency.

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