Éric Kavanagh

A linguist by training, Éric Kavanagh has been a professor at the Université Laval’s school of design since 2002. Director of the Master’s program in interaction design, he teaches design theory and specializes in service design and information design, which he has been practicing in Québec for 20 years.

He has supervised over 200 graduate students (at both the Master’s and Doctorate level) studying various design specialities (graphic, interface, interaction, information, service, information architecture). His current research involves the designing of decision support tools to be used jointly by patients and health care specialists.