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She leads 杏吧原创\u2019s <strong>Urban Imaginaries Lab<\/strong>, organized the international <strong>Participatory Design Conference<\/strong> in 2020 on the theme <em>Participation(s) Otherwise<\/em>, serves on its Advisory Board, and is Editor\u2011in\u2011Chief of <em>Design and Culture<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chiara Del Gaudio\u2019s research critically examines design as a political, affective, and relational process. Working at the intersection of participatory design, strategic design, and critical studies in design, she investigates how power and agency are distributed, constrained, and negotiated within design processes, and how participation shapes possibilities for self\u2011determination. Her work analyzes both the emancipatory potential and the limits of collaborative and participatory approaches, paying particular attention to dynamics of inclusion, exclusion, resistance, and normativity in design practice. 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