Berit Godfroij
Berit Godfroij MSc (1981) has been working as a researcher for the research group Co-Design since 2011. She is focusing on design ability for innovation in healthcare practices, and on collaboration between professionals in the creative and health sectors.
Berit has a background in Industrial Design, Master Design for Interaction (Delft University of Technology, 2008). She has experience as qualitative usability researcher, and affinity with meta-research, reflection research and process research (PhD course, VU Amsterdam, 2017). She is involved as examiner at the HU education of Business Engineering (TBK).
Berit investigates how healthcare professionals involved in co-design projects learn and develop design ability, and how the apply design in their own practice. Besides, she investigates the collaboration between healthcare professionals and designers, based on e.g. observation studies, reflection sessions and in-depth interviews with professionals.
"Reflection on interdisciplinary collaboration and the use of research artefacts contribute to the knowledge generation regarding a healthy and active lifestyle."
Fields of expertise
- Co-design
- Design ability
- Process research
Publications
- Developing design ability for innovation in healthcare practices
- Redressing power imbalances in care for people with intellectual disabilities Co-creating inclusive research methods for collaboration in long-term care
- Changing roles in interdisciplinary Research-through-Design
