Shuhao is a PhD candidate in Digital Media (waiting for defense) at the Interactive Technologies Institute, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Ulisboa), Portugal, and an affiliated PhD student at CMU/HCII within the scope of CMU Portugal. My PhD research examines the evolving relationship between design activities and labor. On one hand, I investigate the gig economy and platform work through ethnographic methods, aiming to identify, interpret, and critically discuss the central role of workers and labor within design processes. On the other hand, I explore how design strategies can improve the lived experiences of marginalized working communities, as well as how designers navigate corporate environments to advocate for worker justice. I am an interdisciplinary design researcher who develops flexible design approaches to pragmatically navigate the power dynamics that designers encounter within real-world organizational settings while addressing issues of social justice and sustainability. Prior to my PhD, I was a service and interaction designer with a master’s degree in design from Tongji University.