Niti Bhan
Contingent Worker
Contingent Worker
T212 Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
Niti recieved the Dean's finishing grant in June 2025. Together with her supervisor, Dr Jouni Partanen, she submitted a high quality doctoral thesis for pre-examination in Spring 2026.
Portfolio of curated selection of artistic works from professional practice (1990-2025)
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
niti.bhan@aalto.fi
Areas of expertise
Co-creation, indigenous research paradigms, innovation facilitation, front-end inquiry, design planning, epistemological pluralism, cognitive justice, 214 Mechanical engineering, 519 Social and economic geography, 6132 Visual arts and design, Industrial design, Development research, Social and cultural geography, urban studies, regional studies
Honors and awards
Dean's Finishing Grant
6 months fulltime scholarship to prepare dissertation for pre-examination
Granted funding (personal grants)
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
May 2025
Research groups
- Materials to Products, Visitor (Doctoral Researcher)
Publications
An interface, a lens, and a paradigm : Triangulating epistemological 'truths' for cognitive justice
Niti Bhan
2026
CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts
Anticipatory Knowledge for 4th Order Design: The Diagnostic Work of Planning Design Actions
Niti Bhan, Piia Rytilahti
2026
Design Journal
The Fuzzy Front-End of Transformation: An Inquiry Protocol for Intervention Design
Niti Bhan, Piia Rytilahti
2026
DRS 2026: Edinburgh, 8-12 June, Edinburgh
Living together with Grandfather Volcano : Changing our relationship to the more-than-human by changing our research paradigm and lens for inquiry
Zita Tedjokusumo, Niti Bhan
2026
Facilitating Cognitive Justice: Innovative Co-Creation with Indigenous Knowledge-holders
Niti Bhan
2025
Africa Development
Knowledge Mapping : User research for plural, just and equitable co-creation interface design
Niti Bhan, Zita Tedjokusumo
2025
International Journal of Design
Relational knowledge inquiry at the front-end of co-creation to facilitate transformation
Niti Bhan, Bianca Vienni-Baptista
2025
Impact of Extending the Scandinavian Tradition of Participatory Design to International Development:
Niti Bhan
2021
The 6th joint Nordic Development Research Conference 21 - 22 June 2021
Identifying the User in an Informal Trade Ecosystem
Niti Bhan, Rinku Gajera
2018
Proceedings of DRS 2018 : Catalyst