Sustained Participatory Design: Extending the Iterative Approach

Jesper Simonsen, Guest Editor for DesignIssues 28, no. 3 (Summer 2012), is Professor of Design Studies at Roskilde University. His research interests include Participatory Design, and offering theories and methods for IT design in an organizational context. Recent publications include Simonsen et al., eds., Design Research: Synergies from Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge, 2010) and Simonsen and Robertson, eds., Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design (Routledge, 2012).

Morten Hertzum is Associate Professor in Computer Science at Roskilde University. His research interests include human-computer interaction, computer supported cooperative work, information systems development, and medical informatics. He has recently co-edited a book about the balancing of sourcing and innovation in information systems development.