Dr. Bendor, R.
Roy Bendor is Assistant Professor of Critical Design in the department of Human-Centered Design. His research explores the social and political contexts of design, and more specifically, the capacity of design to disclose alternative social, political and environmental futures. Current research interests also include sustainability and regenerative design; participatory design of urban intelligent systems; sociotechnical imaginaries and the radical imagination; and critical future literacies.
Academic Background
Roy’s academic background is interdisciplinary and includes media studies, philosophy of technology, and environmental communication. He completed a PhD at Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication, a postdoc at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and joined the faculty in 2016. In addition to his research and teaching at TUD, Roy is also a Fellow of the Urban Futures Studio at Utrecht University, and former editor of the Sustainability in (inter)Action forum in the ACM’s Interactions magazine.
Find out more about him on his website (link under profile picture).
Education
- 2007–2014
PhD, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada - 2004–2006
MA, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada - 1997–2001
BA (magna cum lauda), Philosophy and Film Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Experience
- 2016
Assistant Professor, the faculty of IDE, TU Delft - 2014–2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Canada - 2014–2016
Board Member, Civic Renewal Lab, Vancouver, Canada - 2013–2016
Research Associate, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Canada - 2010–2015
Instructor, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Specialisation / field of research
- Design futures
- Speculative design
- Critical AI
- Smart cities
- Sustainability
- Regenerative design
- Civic media
- Critical theory
- Philosophy of technology
Involved in the research project(s):
Books

Interactive Media for Sustainability
Roy Bendor
ISBN: 978 33 1970 383 1
Published in 2018

Roy Bendor
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- R.Bendor@tudelft.nl
- Personal website
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