Hella Hernberg

Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
A803 Dept. Design

Hella Hernberg is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Design, Aalto University. Her research investigates the mediation of sustainability transformation processes involving multi-actor networks in spatial and material contexts. She holds a Doctor of Arts degree from 2022. Her doctoral thesis, titled Architects as ‘Mediators’ – Socio-political roles in mediating the ‘temporary use’ of vacant spaces, investigated the roles of mediators in the temporary use of vacant spaces, seen more broadly as part of urban sustainability transitions. Her doctoral research was partly based on professional architectural work on similar themes since 2008. Since 2010, she has run her own company, Urban Dream Management, and in 2012-13 she worked as a strategic designer at the Ministry of the Environment. 

Full researcher profile
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Phone number
+358503042551

Areas of expertise

Honors and awards

Aalto ARTS Dissertation Award 2022

Award for doctoral theses which are among the most meritorious top ten percent of the doctoral theses of the school. The core criteria for the award are academic quality, impact and originality. <br/>
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Muotoilun laitos Mar 2022

Grant for post-doctoral research

Palkinto tai huomionosoitus urasta Muotoilun laitos Dec 2022

Research grant

3,5 year working grant for doctoral studies
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus urasta Muotoilun laitos Dec 2016

Publications

Modes of intermediation : How intermediaries engage in advancing local bottom-up experimentation

Hella Hernberg, Sampsa Hyysalo 2024 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Identifying data gaps in the textile industry and assessing current initiatives to address them

Kirsi Niinimäki, Hella Hernberg, Anubhuti Bhatnagar, Malahat Ghoreishi 2024

Arkkitehti muutoksen välittäjänä

Hella Hernberg 2022 Arkkitehti - Finnish Architectural Review

Design for Sustainability Transformations: A ‘Deep Leverage Points’ Research Agenda for the (Post-)pandemic Context

Idil Gaziulusoy, Emilija Veselova, Elise Hodson, Eeva Berglund, Elif Erdogan Öztekin, Eeva Houtbeckers, Hella Hernberg, Mikko Jalas, Kata Fodor, Maria Ferreira Litowtschenko 2021 Strategic Design Research Journal

Mediating ‘Temporary Use’ of Urban Space: Accounts of selected practitioners

Hella Hernberg 2020 Built Environment and Architecture as a Resource

Agonistic Temporary Space – Reflections on ‘Agonistic Space’ across Participatory Design and Urban Temporary Use

Hella Hernberg, Ramia Maze 2018 Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference

Enabling Sustainable Change

Hella Hernberg 2018 Doughnuts to Muffins