Dr. Rahmin Bender-Salazar is a Researcher at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at the University of Galway. For BlueAdapt, Rahmin working with Sinead Burke on the development of a behaviourally enhanced Smartphone app. The app will explore whether real-time water pollution alerts (delivered via a smartphone App) can protect water users from exposure to waterborne microorganisms in the sea.

Rahmin is an Entrepreneur, Social Psychologist, and Academic focused on the application of design research and creativity on innovation, business, and policy that is socially and ecologically sensitive in a global context. His research at the University of Galway focused on sustainable futures, behavioural change, and socio-ecological systems. He is also the founder of Creativo Design, a design thinking consultancy, which works at the crossroads of management consulting, policymaking, social psychology, and design to engage in the co-creation of products and services on all levels for social impact. Rahmin is also a member of the World Economic Forums Expert Network and is an Agenda contributor.