Elena Vai

Elena Vai (Ph.D.) is a Researcher at the Department of Architecture, where she collaborates with the Advanced Design Unit. Since 2019 she has been coordinating the activities of the Research Center on Cultural and Creative Industries (CRICC) at the University of Bologna, and since 2023 she has been a member of the Strategic Thematic Group "Design for Societal Transformation" directed by the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), within the EIT on Culture and Creativity. Her research interests are in creative practices (embodied creativity) and advanced design, with reference to the development of innovative cultural and creative ecosystems. She works on anticipation and commoning design in processes of urban, cultural and human reactivation in the contemporary city.
Since 2021, she is Associate Editor of the scientific journal diid - industrial industrial design.