Victor Udoewa
Service Design Lead, CDC
Having started his career in the design and development of computational tools for scientific applications, Victor shifted his focus to the social impact space and Information and Communications Technologies for Development, both community and international development. He is a practitioner and advocate of participatory design, a meta-methodology he’s used in service and system design for governments, multilateral institutions, nonprofits, for-profits, and communities, to facilitate skill-building and improved employment opportunities for community members. Bitten by the “civic-innovation bug” he is now focused on creating or improving government products and services for citizens, immigrants, and refugees.
Victor has a particular love for design, learning, and design education. He advocates bringing practices such as positive deviance, pluriversal methods, and systems practice into civic design. He helps leads an equity-centered meetup group and Justice by Design as part of his work to decolonize design. Outside of work you can find Victor teaching salsa, singing with his a cappella group, volunteering as a health trauma and crisis counselor, or (mostly) hanging out with his family.
Rosenverse talks by Victor:
" Systems of value determine whose knowledge we increase and whose knowledge we diminish. "
Beyond Methods and Diversity: The Roots of Inclusion
March 26, 2024
" It's not a match-winning pass if no one catches it. "
Panel: Excellence in Impact
March 25, 2024
" Culture carries inequities; researchers must be aware of their own positionality to avoid missing critical context. "
What emerging methods are advancing UX research [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series] (Videoconference)
September 28, 2023
" Research cannot be taken out of its relational context and still maintain its shape. "
Research in the Pluriverse
March 29, 2023
" The best product managers are the ones who keep learning every day. "
Theme One Intro
March 27, 2023
" Attendee cohorts are small groups with facilitators who meet daily, creating deeper conversations and community beyond the main sessions. "
Everything You Need to Know about the Civic Design 2022 Call for Presentations (Videoconference)
May 17, 2022
" Have a majority of the research team members experience a sustained and sustainable shift in power. "
Radical Participatory Research: Decolonizing Participatory Processes
March 9, 2022
" Community members must outnumber professional designers and own the outcomes. "
Radical Participatory Design: Decolonizing Participatory Design Processes
December 10, 2021
