CV
Jonas Fritsch is an Associate Professor in Interaction Design at the IT University of Copenhagen in the Department of Digital Design. His work revolves around creative thinking of interaction design, design processes, experience philosophy, and affect theory through practical design experiments with e.g. interactive sound and physical interfaces.
He has founded and is currently head of the Affective Interaction & Relations (AIR) Lab at ITU, and acted as Head of the Design Research Section from 2021-24. He is currently Principal Investigator in the VELUX Core Group TRACE – TRAnsformations in CarE (2023-27) and the DFF Humanities Research Project 1 Voice as a Matter of Design; a Framework for Novel Vocal Imaginaries (2022-25). Earlier, he obtained funding for an Industrial PhD in collaboration with the Digital Healthcare Company DAMAN (2019). He has also co-managed the DFF Humanities Research Project 2 on Affects, Interfaces, Events (2015-21) concluded by a co-edited anthology on Imbricate! Press. Further, he was an Associated Partner in the 7-year SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada) research project entitled IMMEDIATIONS: Media, Art, Event.
Jonas Fritsch’s scientific contribution and interest are interdisciplinary in nature, with publications and projects across multiple fields and application areas. Since 2003, he has published 60+ refereed publications and is working on an accepted book proposal with Open Humanities Press for a co-written book with the title “Fields of Experience: Affective Transductions across Media and Design Philosophy”.
For a full CV, please reach out to frit@itu.dk.
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2023-present
Member of the Steering Committee in ITU’s Center for Climate IT (CCIT).
2021-2024
Head of the Design Research Section, Digital Design Department at ITU, Copenhagen, DK.
2019-present
Head of the Affective Interactions and Relations (AIR) Lab and Research Group at ITU, Copenhagen.
2017-2020
Head of the MSc in Digital Design and Interactive Technologies (DDIT) at ITU, Copenhagen, DK.
2016-2017
Co-head of the MSc in Digital Design og Kommunikation (DKK) at ITU, Copenhagen, DK.
2016-2017
Head of the Digital Design and Communication Study Programme Revision Group at ITU, Copenhagen, DK.
2013-2015
Member of the Study Board, Information Studies and Digital Design, Dept. of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK.
2012-2015
Member of the Steering Committee for the MA in Experience Economy, Dept. Of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK.
CURRENT and PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2015-present
Associate Professor in Interaction Design at ITU, Copenhagen, DK.
2011-2015
Assistant Professor in Interaction Design and Experience Economy, Department of Aesthetics and Communication, Information Studies, Aarhus University, DK.
2008-2011
Humanistic 5+3 PhD scholarship, Aarhus University (Faculty Stipend), Aarhus, DK.
TEACHING and SUPERVISION
Currently main supervisor for two PhD students pursuing projects in care-driven interaction design.
Previous academic supervisor for an Industrial PhD on Affective Healthcare Design.
Previous co-supervisor for 2 PhD Projects on Affective Robots (ITU) and Affective Design Archives (Aarhus University).
External opponent in 6 external PhD defenses in Scandinavia and local opponent in 4 PhD defenses at ITU.
Extensive teaching experience at BA and MA levels as well as supervision of 60+ master and bachelor theses.
EDUCATION
2011 (June)
PhD Affective Experience as a Theoretical Foundation for Interaction Design. Supervisor Professor Kim Halskov, co-supervisor Professor (MSO) Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen. Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK.
2006 (September)
MA in Information Studies with a supplementary degree in Aesthetics and Communication from La Nouvelle Sorbonne, Paris. Thesis entitled: Re-thinking Embodiment as a Foundation for Interaction Design. Supervisor Professor Ole Sejer Iversen. Grade: 13.
NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
2024-present
Invited member in the DFF Network Grant on Robotic Touch, led by Associate Professor Jonas Jørgensen, SDU.
2024-present
On the Advisory Panel in the VELUX HUMPraxis project RÅDVILD about vulnerable people’s use of telephone and other crisis hotlines.
2013-2019
Associated Partner in the Canadian SSHRC project Immediations: Art, Media, Event involving partners from Europe (Leuphana University, Humboldt University, Amsterdam School of the Arts), Australia (RMIT, COFA) and North America (Concordia University, McGill University). Collaboration established during my PhD, co-written articles with several collaborators.
2013-2018
On the Advisory Board in the EU project ‘MetaBody’, via the SenseLab.
2009-present
Member of the SenseLab and 3Ecologies Institute, Concordia University, Montréal. An extended network of academic and artistic collaborators on an international level with hubs all over the world.