Background and experience
Education:
- September 2025-Present: Doctoral candidate at UiA; co-tutelle with RMIT, Melbourne
- April 2025-Present: Diploma in Inclusive and Decolonial Latin American Design by the University of Rio Negro, Argentina
- 2021-2023: MDes on Design for Health at OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
- August 2019: summer course on Rethinking Healthcare at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2015-2019: Honours Bachelor of Science with a double major in Neuroscience and Psychology, and a minor in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health, from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- July 2014: summer courses on Neurobiology of Memory and Observational Drawing during the Yale Summer Session at Yale University, Newhaven, U.S.A.
Research Experience:
- 2022-2025: Research Associate at the Health Design Studio in OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
- Summer 2024: Independent research on "Co-designing for a Healthy Mexico" through a grant from PAD Jalisco from the Ministry of Culture in Jalisco, Mexico
- 2016-2021: Research Assistant at Yucel-Gupta Eye Pathology Lab in Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, Canada
Research
Research Interests:
Sustainable transitions, environmental psychology, regenerative innovation, design research, co-design, transdisciplinary research, systems thinking, systems design, reflexivity, health equity.
Selected Publications:
Jolicoeur, G., Giorgi, L. A. P., Al-Katat, A., Mohan, N., Simard, C., Bessissow, A., ... & Malhamé, I. (2024). Co-Designing a Communication-Support Tool for Pregnant Individuals Requiring Urgent Imaging to Rule out Pulmonary Embolism. Thrombosis Research, 242.
Mallakin, M., Langley, J., Harvey, G., Walker, S., Raber, C., Beyzaei, N., Paczka Giorgi L.A., Holyoke P., & Sellen, K. (2024). Recovery and Renewal of Co-Design Approaches in Health: Protocol for a Realist Synthesis. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), e58318.
Paczka Giorgi, L. (2023) Co-Designing with Immigrant Women to imagine an Equitable Mental Health Service Ecosystem, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.796
Paczka Giorgi, L. A. (2023). Imagining an Equitable Mental Health Ecosystem: Co-designing with Immigrant Women to Encourage Mental Health through Nature Interaction in an Urban Context (Master’s dissertation, OCAD University)
Paczka, L., & Herlin, O. (2023). Nature's Language, A Manifesto. In New Farmer’s Almanac: Adjustments and accommodations. Essay, GREENHORNS.