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Kim Nørgaard Helmersen is a lecturer and researcher at the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology in the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich. He studied sociology at Copenhagen University in Denmark and received his PhD in Architectural Theory and History from ETH Zurich in Switzerland in 2023. His research intersects science and technology studies with work and organization, focusing on how work and knowledge practices in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) are transformed by new technologies. He investigates approaches to technology design that influence the future of work and organization in the AEC sector, analyzing digital fabrication, researchers' innovation strategies, and the mindsets and paradoxes that shape the conditions of work and knowledge in construction. His interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research studies how design processes and knowledge foundations (both tacit and explicit) are changing as linear approaches are replaced by circular ones. In addition to his research, Kim teaches courses at the Master's and PhD levels on topics related to organizational behavior, such as leadership, team dynamics, and diversity, as well as qualitative research methods. He is also an affiliate of the Trandisciplinarity Lab at ETH Zurich and works with the NCCR Digital Fabrication, facilitating a focus on digital collaboration and the responsible coordination and integration of diverse research projects related to this topic.
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