Monica Di Ruvo has a background in Interior Design and is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Applied Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Her research interests include interdisciplinary design studies and sustainable design and making in globalized digital economies.
Monica enjoys collaborating with staff, students, and other stakeholders towards achieving relevant academic excellence in a positive and responsive environment.
DEFSA promotes relevant research with the focus on design + education through its biennial conferences, to promote professionalism, accountability and ethics in the education of young designers
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