Jonas Fritsch
Full Name
Jonas Fritsch
Job title
Associate Professor
Company
ITU
Speaker Bio

Jonas Fritsch (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. His field of research is human-centered interaction design, where he has been at the forefront of introducing affect theoretical findings from cultural and critical theory into the joint fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and design. In recent years, this has led to a deep research engagement with affective and emotional aspects of people- and patient-centered healthcare and an expanded care-driven agenda spanning environment, social, and mental ecologies. His scientific contribution is interdisciplinary in nature, with publications across multiple fields. Jonas has founded and is head of the Affective Interaction & Relations (AIR) Lab at the IT University of Copenhagen and is currently PI in the VELUX Core Group TRAnsformations in CarE (TRACE) and the DFF-funded FKK project “Voice as a Matter of Design; a Framework for Novel Vocal Imaginaries.