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 January 2026.
Portfolio of curated selection of artistic works from professional practice (1990-2025)
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
E-post
niti.bhan@aalto.fi
Kompetensområde
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, Environmental social science research, Social and cultural geography, urban studies, regional studies
Utmärkelser
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
Forskningsgrupp
- Materials to Products, Visitor (Doctoral Researcher)
Publikationer
Anticipatory Knowledge for 4th Order Design: The Diagnostic Work of Planning Design Actions
Niti Bhan, Piia Rytilahti
2025
Design Journal
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
How Africa Is Challenging Marketing
Niti Bhan
2014
Using the methods designers use as aids to thinking the case of public-private partnerships in sustainable agricultural value chain development
Niti Bhan, Bart Doorneweert
2014
2013 IEEE-Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium
The Farmer’s Perspective: Bridging the Last Mile to Market
Bart Doorneweert, Niti Bhan, Wambura Kimunyu, Siim Esko
2014