Victor Udoewa
Service Design Lead, CDC
Having started his career in the design and development of computational tools for scientific applications, Victor shifted his focus to the social impact space and Information and Communications Technologies for Development, both community and international development. He is a practitioner and advocate of participatory design, a meta-methodology he’s used in service and system design for governments, multilateral institutions, nonprofits, for-profits, and communities, to facilitate skill-building and improved employment opportunities for community members. Bitten by the “civic-innovation bug” he is now focused on creating or improving government products and services for citizens, immigrants, and refugees.
Victor has a particular love for design, learning, and design education. He advocates bringing practices such as positive deviance, pluriversal methods, and systems practice into civic design. He helps leads an equity-centered meetup group and Justice by Design as part of his work to decolonize design. Outside of work you can find Victor teaching salsa, singing with his a cappella group, volunteering as a health trauma and crisis counselor, or (mostly) hanging out with his family.
Rosenverse talks by Victor:
" Building psychological safety and trust through dialogue creates organizational memory that drives change. "
Making service tangible: the fastest path to higher performance
November 19, 2025
" Community-rooted wisdom like the Mexican 'guana' practice reduces postpartum depression without traditional research. "
Beyond Methods and Diversity: The Roots of Inclusion
March 26, 2024
" I think you can't be good at research unless you're also good at getting that research across. "
Panel: Excellence in Impact
March 25, 2024
" Everything is designed, much of it poorly, so it’s incumbent on us to redesign capitalism and systems more inclusively. "
What emerging methods are advancing UX research [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series]
September 28, 2023
" I want a story that moves and quakes me, palpitates my heart and shakes me. "
Research in the Pluriverse
March 29, 2023
" If we practice transformation as a way of life, it’s easier to practice it in our research work. "
Theme One Intro
March 27, 2023
" Workshop content is equivalent to a one-day in-person event spread over 10 virtual hours with coaching and support. "
Everything You Need to Know about the Civic Design 2022 Call for Presentations
May 17, 2022
" The pace of radical participatory research must match the pace of availability, trust, and relationship. "
Radical Participatory Research: Decolonizing Participatory Processes
March 9, 2022
" Facilitation is powered; power is exercised in the spaces between workshops without community presence. "
Radical Participatory Design: Decolonizing Participatory Design Processes
December 10, 2021
