Lorela Mehmeti

She/her (PhD) is a researcher in Design Cultures at the University of Bologna. Her work focuses on the evolution of knowledge cultures in design, with particular attention to the publishing ecosystem of the discipline, scientific assessment models, and the transformation of academic practices in an open access perspective. She investigates publishing as a critical and design space, exploring new ways of producing and disseminating knowledge in the field. She is Associate Editor of diid. Disegno Industriale Industrial Design, where she oversees the peer review process and contributes to the definition of ethical standards in scholarly publishing. Alongside her research and editorial work, she is also involved in competitive project design, contributing to the development of European project proposals and consortia, with an integrated approach that connects design, research, and social impact.