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196 About the author About the authorEfrat Gommeh is a social scientist and industrial designer, passionate about bridging the two disciplines. She was born in Holon, Israel, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (2002) as well as a Master’s degree in Design Management, graduated cum laude (2008). After a decade of providing design services for companies and individuals, initiating design projects, exhibiting her designs worldwide, teaching design, and managing design processes, Efrat redirected her focus to Academia. This time, her interest led her to study Science, Technology, and Society (STS), culminating in a Master’s thesis on crowd participation in product design processes, for which she graduated magna cum laude (2015).Throughout her career and personal life, Efrat has had several extended stays in foreign countries. She spent approximately a year travelling in Asia, mostly in India; she resided in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for several months as an exchange student, and later lived and worked in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, for six months as part of an art residency. In 2017, Efrat combined her wanderlust and intellectual curiosity by pursuing a doctoral degree abroad. She returned to the Netherlands, this time for an extended period, accompanied by her life partner and their son. Efrat joined the Public Administration and Policy Group at Wageningen University and became a leading researcher in the NWO-funded project ‘Travelling of Framed Facts and Uncertainties’. The project aimed to enhance responsible research and innovation through the study of contested technology images that circulate on the Internet and social media.Next to her academic pursuits, Efrat engages in physical and mental practices such as Partner Acrobatics, Yoga, and Mindfulness Meditation. She also periodically contributes to an online magazine for the Israeli community in the Netherlands. Efrat and her family currently reside in Wageningen, the Netherlands.Efrat.indd 196 20-09-2023 08:52