Prof. Delfina Fantini van Ditmar, PhD is a Research Professor at the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology (CARADT) on Regenerative Art and Design and a Senior Researcher at the Royal College of Art where she co-directs the UKRI-funded Becoming Regenerative Lab. Delfina holds a BA in Biology and completed her PhD at the Royal College of Art in the School of Design (SoD), where she has taught in the MA Design Products, MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering, and MA Fashion programmes. Driven by her interest in ecological thinking, reflective practices and inter-relations as a systemic response to the environmental collapse, Delfina’s critical practice examines material ethics of care and the necessary paradigm shift in design.

She co-founded the Design Research Society (DRS) Special Interest Group on Design and Ethics. In 2021, she was chosen as one of the Future Observatory Design Researchers in Residence (DRiR) at the Design Museum, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Delfina has been a crit and Visiting Lecturer in several institutions, including The Bartlett, Architectural Association, Central Saint Martins (UAL), The Design Museum, L’École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD), Politectino di Milano, Domus Academy, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Linnaeus University, Critical Media Lab Basel and TU Berlin, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), National Institute of Design, Syracuse University, Rice University, Fab City Foundation among others.