Masood Masoodian

Masood Masoodian

I have a PhD from the University of Waikato, where I used to work (2000-2016). I have also previously worked in the University of Southern Denmark and Massey University.

I lead the Visual Communication Design research group. I am interested in design of interactive visualizations to provide effective means of understating information by ordinary people in areas such as health, energy, and sustainability. I am also interested in design thinking and trying to better understand the design process, for instance by investigating the role of imagery in the visual design process.

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Publications

Multicultural Urban Palimpsest Evoked through Personal Cultural Heritage Narratives: A Case Study in Kavala

Inkeri Aula, Manolis Pratsinakis, Masood Masoodian 2026 Proceedings of the Tell.Me 2026 - 3rd International Symposium on Biographical Narratives in Arts, Media and Society

From Myths to Meaning: A Historical Perspective on Creativity and Well-Being

D. Henriksen, Mark Runco, Masood Masoodian 2026 The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Wellbeing.

Creative Co-Imagination in Transgenerational Comics Workshops

Inkeri Aula, Masood Masoodian 2025 Sociological Research Online

Ethnographic and Narrative Methods of Enquiry for Researching Intangible Cultural Heritage

Inkeri Aula, Masood Masoodian, Alicia Nunez Garcia 2025 Ethnologia Fennica

INT-ACT Intangible Cultural Heritage, bridging the past, present and future

Inkeri Aula, Andrada-Ioana Lupulescu, Saturnino Luz, Masood Masoodian, Áurea Rodrigues, Antti Ruotoistenmäki, Ilektra Simitsi, Elpida TZIKA Tzika, Renata Vieira 2025

Spoken Walking-Drawings : A Workshop on Weaving Visual Voices into Dialogic Artifacts

Viktorija Bogdanova, Inkeri Aula, Masood Masoodian 2025 Mobile heritage

A study protocol for assessing the effects of intangible cultural heritage experiences on human well-being

Alicia Núñez García, Sofia de la Fuente García, Erfan Lowemi, Masood Masoodian, Renata Vieira, Aurea Rodrigues, Saturnino Luz 2025 PloS One

Fostering collective impact in arts-based interventions and cultural programmes for creative well-being of older adults

Dohee Lee, Inkeri Aula, Masood Masoodian 2025 International Journal of Ageing and Later Life