Ms. Carolina Carvalho

Carolina is a designer and researcher from Portugal, based in Ireland. They hold a Bachelor's and a Master's Degree in Design and Multimedia from the University of Coimbra. As part of the Reworlding MSCA Doctoral Network, their PhD at the University of Limerick focuses on autism and participatory design. Their research interests centre on topics such as accessibility, digital literacy, and the intersections of design and activism.

Carvalho, A., & Storni, C. (2026, June). Waiting to Learn, Learning to Wait: How ‘waiting’as a neurodiversity-affirming approach can inform inclusive participation. In Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 2: Exploratory Papers and Doctoral Colloquium (pp. 177-182).

Design, W. (2021, October). Non-linear Storytelling Applied to Data-Driven. In Advances in Design and Digital Communication II: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design and Digital Communication, Digicom 2021, November 4–6, 2021, Barcelos, Portugal (p. 146). Springer Nature.