[EN] Nicolas Nova is an anthropologist, design researcher, and writer. With a multidisciplinary background in social sciences, information technologies, design, and natural sciences, he investigates everyday cultures to tell stories, and employs design approaches to explore the implications of new technologies as well as environmental changes. Using ethnographic approaches, Nicolas investigates everyday cultures to tell stories, and employs design approaches such as Design Fiction to explore the implications of such mutations.
He is both managing partner of Girardin & Nova and Professor at the Geneva University of Arts and Design (HEAD – Genève), where he teaches digital anthropology, ethnography and design research. He is also associate researcher at the Institute of Sociological Research at the University of Geneva.
Nicolas holds a PhD in Social Sciences (University of Geneva), and another PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL, Switzerland). He was previously co-founder of the Near Future Laboratory, as well as visiting professor at ENSCI - Les Ateliers (Paris), Politecnico di Milano, visiting researcher at the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA), the Institute of Sociological Research at the University of Geneva, and co-founder/curator of the Lift Conferences, a series of international events about digital culture, design and innovation. He has given talks and exhibited his work on the intersections of design, technology and the near-future in venues such SXSW, EPIC, the AAAS conference, O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, PICNIC, NEXT, the design week in Milano, and the Institute for the Future.
[FR] Nicolas Nova est Professeur à la HEAD (Haute école d’art et de design de Genève, HES-SO) où il enseigne et mène des recherches anthropologiques sur les cultures contemporaines liées aux mutations insufflées par les technologies numériques ou par la crise environnementale. Il est également co-fondateur de Girardin & Nova, une agence d’exploration prospective. Avec un parcours pluridisciplinaire, au croisement des sciences naturelles, de l'anthropologie et des pratiques artistiques, il s’intéresse aux croisements multiples entre enquête et création. Il est également chercheur associé à l'Institut de recherche sociologique de l'Université de Genève.
Titulaire d’un doctorat en sciences de la société (Université de Genève) et d'un autre en informatique (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), il a été professeur invité à ENSCI - Les Ateliers (Paris), Politecnico di Milano (Italie), Die Angewandte (Vienne), chercheur invité à Art Center College of Design (Pasadena) et à l’Institut de Recherches Sociologiques de l’Université de Genève.
Contact: nicolas at nearfuturelaboratory dot com
Follow: @nicolasnova
Connect: linkedin.com/nicolasnova
