Blanca Guasch
Co-design Area Manager
Blanca Guasch
Co-design Area Manager
Blanca Guasch Balcells is our co-design manager at Science For Change, where she applies participatory design methodologies to citizen science, scientific communication nad science to policy projects. She has been involved in citizen participation activities in science for years, and uses creative thinking as her main work tool.
Blanca is an industrial design engineer from Elisava, specializing in product engineering. She won the “Ei!” for the best academic record and that allowed her to study the Master’s Degree in Design and Communication at Elisava, with a specialty in art direction. In 2020 she obtained her PhD in Scientific Communication at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). In recent years, she has worked as a product designer, graphic designer, materials specialist, and communicator. She has also been the author of educational resources, a university professor and head of the Materials area of the university.
At Science for Change, thanks to her creativity, enthusiasm and knowledge, Blanca applies co-creation, co-design and design thinking methodologies to all the company’s projects in a transversal way. In this way, it makes it easier for the scientific community to open up to listening to the different voices involved in the same problem, in order to face all kinds of challenges.
As manager of the co-design area, Blanca also carries out more strategic tasks and provides, training in different area. Passionate about knowledge transfer and multidisciplinarity, she promotes work and debate environments in which everyone feels welcome, and where empathy allows for very interesting conversations that facilitate problem-solving.
Contact with Blanca Guasch:
blanca.guasch@scienceforchange.euRelated projects
Publications in which he has participated Blanca Guasch.
NEWSERA Blueprint for CitSciComm with and for industry and SMEs
Rosa Arias, Blanca Guasch, Joana Magalhães,
08/10/2023 - - Deliverable
Deliverable 3.7 Citizen Science as a communication tool in the Post-Factual Era
Joana Magalhães, Blanca Guasch, Rosa Arias,
06/10/2023 - addressing ethics, misinformation, - Deliverable
NEWSERA Blueprint for CitSciComm with and for policymakers
Joana Magalhães, Rosa Arias, Blanca Guasch,
06/10/2023 - - Deliverable
Cos4Cloud: Sustainability of Citizen Science Platforms
Blanca Guasch, Rosa Arias,
05/10/2023 - co-design, citizen science, technology, software development, - Folleto
NEWSERA Blueprint for CitSciComm with and for academic scientists
Blanca Guasch, Joana Magalhães, Rosa Arias,
05/10/2023 - - Deliverable
NEWSERA Blueprint for CitSciComm with and for citizen scientists and society at large
Joana Magalhães, Blanca Guasch, Rosa Arias,
05/10/2023 - - Deliverable
Co-design as a Service: Methodological Guide
Rosa Arias, Blanca Guasch,
21/10/2022 - co-design, citizen science, technology, software development, agile methodologies , - Deliverable
The ENJOI Engagement Methodology for target users and quadruple helix stakeholders
Rosa Arias, Blanca Guasch, Karinna Matozinhos, Joana Magalhães,
15/10/2022 - Engagement, comunicación científica, periodismo, cuadruple, helice, metodología, - Deliverable
Report on the ENJOI Engagement Workshops
Karinna Matozinhos, Blanca Guasch, Joana Magalhães,
09/10/2022 - Talleres, comunicación científica, periodismo, cocreación, - Deliverable
Report on indicators for impact assessment of science communication in Citizen Science Projects
Blanca Guasch, Joana Magalhães, Rosa Arias,
08/10/2022 - communication, impact, RRI, stakeholders engagement, gender, - Deliverable
A methodological approach to co-design citizen science communication strategies directed to quadruple-helix stakeholders
Joana Magalhães, Blanca Guasch, Rosa Arias,
07/10/2022 - science communication, 4H, co-design, - Articulo Científico
Report on the ENJOI Labs
Karinna Matozinhos, Blanca Guasch, Joana Magalhães,
07/10/2022 - Talleres, comunicación científica;, periodismo, cocreación, cuadruple helice, - Deliverable
Defining Citizen Science Communication Strategies to Engage Citizens: NEWSERA Lab
Joana Magalhães, Rosa Arias, Blanca Guasch,
06/10/2022 - science communication, co-design, engagement, citizen science, - Póster Científico
A methodological approach to co-design citizen science communication strategies directed to quadruple-helix stakeholders
Joana Magalhães, Blanca Guasch, Rosa Arias,
05/10/2022 - - Deliverable
Cos4Cloud: Co-design of Citizen Science tools
Blanca Guasch, Rosa Arias,
05/10/2022 - co-design, citizen science, technology, software development, - Folleto
Educational Toolkit Based on Design Methodologies to Promote Scientific Knowledge Transfer in Secondary Schools: A Graphene-Centered Case Study
Blanca Guasch,
01/10/2020 - co-design, science communication, matter, learning-by-doing, academia, - Articulo Científico
Enhancing Scientific Knowledge Transfer through Design Methodologies: A Graphene-Centered Case Study
Blanca Guasch,
09/10/2019 - co-design, science communication, matter, learning-by-doing, society, - Articulo Científico
Design Methodologies for Bridging Science, Technology, and Industry: A Graphene-Centered Case Study
Blanca Guasch,
02/10/2019 - co-design, science communication, matter, product design, industry, - Articulo Científico
The Representation of Graphene in the Online Press of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain
Blanca Guasch,
01/10/2019 - science communication, matter, press, media, content analysis, - Articulo Científico
Awards and recognitions for his work.
Premio a Mejor Poster en la Engaging Citizen Science Conference at Aarhus University - 2022
“Defining Citizen Science Communication Strategies Adressed to Engage Citizens - NEWSERA Lab”
Miembro del grupo de trabajo “Storytelling and other arts” de la Asociación Europea de Ciencia Ciudadana (ECSA) - 2021 - actualidad
Beca “Ayuda para contratos Torres Quevedo PTQ2020-011264” 2021-2024
Dedicada a doctores que trabajen en empresa privada y financiada por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea NextGenerationEU/PRTR
Premio “5th BCN Science Slam” - 2019
Ganadora del concurso de comunicación científica donde científicos de distintos ámbitos explican sus proyectos de investigación en charlas atractivas, claras y divertidas de 5 minutos