Prof Heike Winschiers-Theophilus

Biography: 

All my research projects are concerned with co-designing technologies with indigenous and previously excluded communities as a means to provide alternative learning ecologies for communities and students; foster socio-economic agency of minorities; enrich established research paradigms with indigenous and marginal knowledges, and generate inclusive tech innovations. Long-term collaborations beyond individual projects are established with different communities to ensure sustainability. The research is fully integrated into course and thesis work, with undergraduate and postgraduate (national and international) students involved at all levels of the projects allowing practice-based learning and early career research development. 

Research Focus: 

• Emerging technology design with indigenous minority communities 

  HOME IKCLUSTER | Indigenous Knowledge

• EduTech and Interactive media

  TechHub – Namibia Innovation Technology Hub

Teaching and Supervision:

Human-Computer Interaction (Honours) 

Software Development (Honours) 

Supervision of Honours, Masters and PhD related to the UNESCO Chair mandate

Publications:

‪Heike Winschiers-Theophilus‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalTechnologyDesign