After 15 years in Copenhagen, Alie moved to Costa Rica in 2020 to run the Interaction Design Programme from its new location in San Jose. One of the founding team members of CIID and originally from a concept design background, she has over 20-years of professional experience working across interaction design, marketing, innovation and business & technology research.As well as managing the Interaction Design Programme and the OPEN lecture series – she is responsible for managing the Institute’s extensive international network of academics, professionals and partner organisations.Before moving to Denmark to work at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Alie was a project manager at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (Italy) where she coordinated industry facing projects, exhibitions and communications.She took the drastic step to work in education after living and working in London, where she managed design-centered projects and events for a wide range of clients. Her approach towards managing projects and communications focuses on people, team-building and open networking.
