Jung-Joo Lee
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Jung-Joo Lee is a design researcher whose work critically examines the intersection of care, labour, and emerging technologies. Her research centres on participatory design, service design, and the futures of care work, with a particular focus on how automation, AI, and mixed reality might reshape the often-invisible reproductive labour that sustains society. In her most-cited paper, “Collective Imaginaries for the Futures of Care Work” (2024), Lee challenges techno-deterministic narratives by proposing a speculative, participatory approach to envisioning care futures—one that centres the voices of care workers and recipients. Though early in its citation trajectory, the work has already sparked important conversations in design and human-computer interaction communities. Lee’s broader contributions include developing methods for collective imagining and co-design with vulnerable populations, advancing how design practice can engage with systemic social issues. Her scholarship is notable for bridging critical theory and applied design, offering both conceptual frameworks and practical tools for reimagining care infrastructures. For students and researchers, Lee’s work is a compelling model of how design research can confront pressing societal challenges with both rigour and imagination.
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- 1Collective Imaginaries for the Futures of Care Work3 citations · 2024