Aditi Choorakkad Sunil
(she/her)
“In every boardroom where major policy decisions are made, needs a designer who acutely understands the community the policy affects.”
Hi, I’m Aditi, a multidisciplinary designer passionate about service, systems, and policy.
I specialize in designing for the intersection of diversity, governance, and policy, building communities that are not only resilient but active in shaping the policies that affect them.
As someone who’s seen how policy shapes lives, I design with empathy and urgency. Because good policy shouldn’t just govern people, it should empower them.
Limiina – The Conscious Choice
“I want to stop guarding parts of my identity so intensely. I want to feel like I can contribute without performing”
Many people feel forced to hide who they are just to fit in at work. And it’s exhausting.
Limiina is a CBT-informed group grounding ritual designed for Third Culture Individuals (TCIs) navigating identity and belonging within workplace environments.
The project addresses the psychological tax of constant code-switching and self-filtering, behaviors that often lead TCIs to feel that belonging is conditional. Limiina shifts this dynamic from a reactive struggle to a conscious, self-defined choice. Co-designed through a cross-disciplinary partnership between TCIs, employers, and behavioral health practitioners, Limiina integrates reflective tools, such as persona cards, grounding wearables, and gratitude prompts, to facilitate shared dialogue.
By fostering mutual recognition rather than forced adaptation, Limiina allows a more authentic sense of belonging to emerge within professional spaces.
Designing Future Experiences – Scottish Restorative Taskforce
Since winning the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections, the Green Party has introduced ecological policies over their two terms. Recognising Scotland as one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world and responding to evidence that 80% of Scots support government-backed rewilding, the Greens established the Scottish Restoration Task (SRT) in 2032.
This national climate duty requires those aged 16 and above to complete either 60 paid days in a flora, fauna, or water habitat placement, or 60 days of paid climate education classes, to earn a SCQF level 5 qualification. Scotland’s restoration programme has created a generation directly connected to their ecosystems, with communities across economic backgrounds participating together and breaking down social barriers whilst rebuilding habitats.
Workers restore kelp forests, remove invasive species, monitor water quality, and collect biological data across Scotland’s coastlines and lochs. This work contributes to planetary health through carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection. The programme creates equitable health by making restoration accessible across abilities and backgrounds, whilst treating ecosystems themselves as stakeholders deserving of care. This is an SRT research centre located on an active restoration site where conscripts collect data and specimens during their placements.
Refugia – Policy Ideation Toolkit and Workshop
Refugia
[rɪˈfjuːdʒɪə] plural noun • British English
Safe havens that support species to persist even during unfavourable conditions.
Refugia is a policy-ideation toolkit that transforms local and citizen knowledge into actionable climate and health interventions.
Citizen knowledge or thick data is a crucial form of expertise that is frequently absent from policy decisions.
By 2035, city councils across Scotland collaborate with local communities through new policy-making labs that bring community officers, thick-data analysts, and policymakers under one roof. These labs run monthly Refugia workshops to generate innovative, equitable policies and ensure they move through to delivery.
This system empowers communities to directly shape the policies that affect their lives and their land, resulting in interventions that are genuinely beneficial both to local people and to the planet.
