Micki Semler

  • Design Thinking
  • Social Research

About Me


I am currently an independent consultant as part of the Sonder Collective -- a network of independent specialists and designers with a shared purpose of co-creating meaningful and impactful change with communities in low resource contexts.

Working for social projects across 4 continents, directly with families, in their homes and community spaces, has strengthened my ability to understand interpersonal, familial and community-specific experiences, and how they are involved in the ecosystems that surround us.

I'm interested in projects that are going to impact those most in need. I'm open to collaborations and exploring new ideas and aproaches to existing social problems.

132

Hours of Interviews

14

Workshops

120

Pages of Transcripts

4

Publications

Portfolio


  • All
  • Design
  • Research
Misconduct Report Myanmar, Oxfam
Research, Design
Pathways, Gates Foundation
Research
Pathways (COVID-19), Gates Foundation
Research
Oral PrEP uptake, PS Kenya
Research, Design
Nutritional behaviours of adolescent girls, GAIN
Research
Design Thinking in MNCH Programs, JHI
Design

Resume


2018 - Present
Research Lead @ Sonder Collective

Part of a multidisciplinary team that is looking to use social research and design thinking to provide solutions to some of the largest social problems.

2017 - 2018
Strategic Designer @ ThinkPlace

Research and design projects focussing on the Health and HIV in the Africa region.

2013 - 2016
Family Therapist @ CASES

Designing long-term treatment plans and delivering crisis management and intervention for at-risk youiths in the New York justice system.

2013 - 2014
Social Worker @ The Center for Court Innovation - Newark Community Solutions

Helping low-level, non-violent offenders within the Newark Municipal Court System the opporunity to complete social and community service in place of jail time/fines.

Design

User-centered design that puts the users or subjects first.

Research

Get in-depth qualitative insights into the people that you're trying to help.

Workshops

Combine qualitative data and a design-thinking approach to problem solve interactively.

Get In Touch


Phone:

+(44) 7497 087 508

Email:

micki.semler@gmail.com

Address:

1 Caithness Walk, Croydon, CR0 2WD

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