Dr Pushpi Bagchi is a visual communication designer and researcher dedicated to leveraging design as a tool for social innovation. As the Principal Designer of Innovation Services, she champions co-creation through design and futures-focused methodologies to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations with partners across EFI’s ecosystem.
Pushpi holds a PhD in Design and an MA in Graphic Design from the University of Edinburgh. Her expertise spans visual communication, human-centred design, participatory methodologies, and critical theory. She has worked in various roles in the education, creative, and third sectors across Sri Lanka, India, and the United Kingdom. Her research explores participatory and systems design, pluriversality and transnationalism. She is particularly interested in how the nuances of cultural context create frictions that challenge notions of universality.