Dr. Emīlija Veselova is an expert in the emerging field of designing with nature, which strives to address the sustainability crisis by incorporating natural non-human entities—such as organisms, species, and ecosystems—as stakeholders in design and decision-making processes. This field is also known as more-than-human, multispecies, or planet-centric design.

In her doctoral research, Emīlija coined the designing with nature for sustainability approach by building integrative, cross-disciplinary links between design research and practice, sustainability science, socio-ecological systems, systems thinking, ecology, and environmental ethics. Additionally, her research pioneered a novel systemic approach and typology for identifying natural nonhuman stakeholders and critically investigating the identification of natural nonhuman needs. 

Dr. Emīlija Veselova holds a Doctor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in design. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher in multispecies design at the Department of Design, Aalto University.