Elise Hodson is a Senior Tutor (Research) in the School of Design at the Royal College of Art (London). Her work combines design history and criticism with cultural theory and political economy to examine the changing role of design in post-industrial contexts and global networks. Current research areas include distributed authorship in global design practice and the social value and impacts of design. Elise holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture (York University, Toronto) and Master’s degrees in design history (Bard Graduate Center, NYC) and museum studies (University of Toronto). Prior to joining the RCA, Elise was a Post-doctoral Researcher in Design Economies in the Department of Design at Aalto University, Finland. She is former Chair of the School of Design at George Brown College and Director of Exhibitions at the Design Exchange (Canada).