Anna Thies

 

Industrial Designer (Master of Fine Arts) and Clinical Innovation Fellow (Karolinska Institute and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) She has worked in the forefront of design in the healthcare context in Sweden since 2010. Using her competence from design, she has been involved in numerous innovation projects in healthcare ranging from primary care to specialized gastric surgery and emergency care. Her focus lies in using design to understand problems holistically in order to support innovation. She is currently conducting PhD studies at Stockholm University. 

 

Last update: January 2016

 

Articles published on IXD&A:

 

On the Value of Design Thinking for Innovation in Complex Contexts: A Case from Healthcare, N. 27, 2016, pp. 159 - 171, abstractdownload

 

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