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Ena Naito

Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
A803 Dept. Design

Ena is an interdisciplinary design researcher, working at the intersection between biology, design, and co-learning. Her doctoral research investigates makerspaces as sites for cultivating sustainability competencies, particularly by integrating biodesign into learning processes. Through this research, she also explores alternative socio-cultural knowledge systems towards expanding environmental sustainability research beyond the West.

In addition, she is a researcher for the Erasmus+ collaborative project, CoCoon – Co-Creating Greener Futures, which develops methodologies and processes to empower sustainable ways of making, as well as advocating innovative use of bio-based materials. Ena holds an MA in Contemporary Design with CHEMARTS from Aalto University, and BFA in Fine Art from the University of Oxford, UK. 

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Phone number
+358504644304

Areas of expertise

Biodesign, Biomaterials, Sustainability, sustainability education, Infrastructural design

Research groups

  • Inuse

Publications

Ena Naito 2026 What's Around Design?

Ena Naito 2026 DRS2026: Edinburgh, 8–12 June, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ena Naito 2025

Ena Naito, Andrea Botero 2024 NordiCHI '24: Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Ena Naito, Taisa Ferreira Ribeiro 2023