Shanti Sumartojo is Associate Professor of Design Research in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, and a member of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University. Grounded in human geography, and with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship, her research includes theoretically informed inquiry into how people experience design and technology in their surroundings, particularly in shared, public spaces. Her recent books include Atmospheres and the Experiential World (2018) and Geographies of Commemoration in a Digital World (2021).

1. Light, dark and lighting design for shared public spaces: new perspectives on experiences of the lit world Shanti Sumartojo 2. Illuminating experiences: lighting design as an epistemic approach Nona Schulte-Römer 3. Light and Value: A Design Anthropology of Light and Wellbeing in Hospital Building Sarah Pink, Melisa Duque, Shanti Sumartojo and Laurene Vaughan 4. The Midwifery Feel of Light Stine Louring Nielsen 5.Perceptions of safety in cities after dark Hoa Yang, Jess Berry and Nicole Kalms 6. How the city feels: workshopping lighting design in public space Shanti Sumartojo 7.At the margins of attention: Security lighting and luminous art interventions in Copenhagen Mikkel Bille and Olivia Norma Jørgensen 8.Lights out? Lowering urban lighting levels and increasing atmosphere at a Danish tram station Mette Hvass, Karen Waltorp and Ellen Kathrine Hansen 9.Towers for the night Casper Laing Ebbensgaard 10.Dark Designs: Creating Shadow, Gloomy Spaces and Enchanting Light Tim Edensor