Svetlana Usenyuk-Kravchuk (PhD) is a design researcher interested in co-design, user innovation practices, design ethnography, and specific long-term involvement in research for the Arctic and remote regions with challenging climatic conditions. After completing her postdoc at Aalto University, Finland, she worked for the Institute of History and Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences, led a Design Research Lab at Ural State University of Architecture and Art, and, since 2022, became the Head of the Arctic Design Lab, Ural Federal University.