Ep.22 Follow and know the pioneers - Sarah El Khamsa

Sarah Belkhamsa is a lecturer at the Institute of Arts and Crafts of Kairouan in Tunisia and a project consultant in the field of culture and design. She holds a Ph.D. in Design from the University of Paris 1 and was a researcher in Semiotics of Arts and Design at the ACTE Institute (2007 to 2017) in France. Laboratory, where she developed modeling and theories framed in digital tools that can be used to audit Habits change (http://metabolisme.design/). Her topic is about relationships between design research, system thinking, and semiotics. She relies on this research and methodology to build and disseminate a new vision of design. Her projects have a strong social impact such as "School of designers " in 2017 and the "TOGA" Network of Education Through Art in 2019 copyrighted and implemented in Tunisia. She deploys her expertise in communication and design to NGOs specialized in education, culture, and innovation. Product Designer/Researcher/Coach and design activist. she continues her work on habit by experimenting with its model in various fields. For several years, his expertise has provided significant support to various Tunisian startups by integrating design thinking as an innovation process and by developing product/service adapted to the target customers. She is currently coach and Taskforce of the OSTX network (Open Startup Tunisia). Finally, she is a member of several scholarly and professional organizations in the field of design that defend the ethical, committed and developmental dimension of design in the sustainable economy of countries.