About me
I am Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture at De Montfort University in the UK. My research is broadly concerned with design and sustainability, with a focus on upcycling, circular economy and net zero. I have research interests and expertise in sustainable design, craft, production, business, supply chains, behaviour, consumption and lifestyles. My research uses design as a tool for new product development, service innovation, behaviour change, scaling up niche sustainable practices/behaviours, and transitioning to the circular economy and net zero. I have published over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters in my field with high-impact journals and high-quality publishers. I am interested in supervising PhD students. If you are interested, please see detailed research interests/expertise below.
Research interests/expertise
Upcycling and circular economy
Sustainable art, design and craft
Sustainable production, businesses and supply chains
Sustainable behaviour, consumption and lifestyles
Consumer behaviour and behaviour change
Product design and new product development
Product-service systems and service innovation
Systems thinking and innovation
Scaling-up and transition
Design education
Net Zero
Qualifications
PhD in sustainable design at Nottingham Trent University, UK (thesis titled Sustainable production and consumption by upcycling: Understanding and scaling up niche environmentally significant behaviour)
Fellow in Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at De Montfort University, UK
MSc in Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (dissertation titled Needs Assessment of South Sudanese Base of the Pyramid Customers on Health, Water and Sanitation)
BSc in Industrial Design at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Research group affiliations
Institute of Art and Design, De Montfort University (2017-present)
Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (2013-2017)