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Email	imagination [at] lancaster [dot] ac [dot] uk
Tel.	+44 (0) 1524 510873
Address	ImaginationLancaster LICA Building Lancaster University Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK

Research

Themes

Current Research Activities

A Practice-Based Approach to Design Research Exploring new creative directions in product design to include sustainable principles.

BARTER moBile sociAl netwoRking supporTing local Ethical tRading

Bridge Bridging resources and agencies in large-scale emergency management

CaTalyST: Citizens Transforming Society (Tools for Change) This £1.5 million EPSRC funded 4 year project examines the role of new technology in citizen led ...

CheckinDJ The first crowdsourcing jukebox to use NFC technolog.

Data Arts An investigation into emerging approaches to visualising, interpreting and using data.

DeEP: Design in European Policies Evaluating and Sharing Design Innovation Policies for European Growth

Design and Production for Sustainability Research into the nature and form of functional objects

Design PhD Conference 2013 Design Research for Turbulent Times

DESIS UK Network Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) UK Network

Environment 2.0 Investigating new forms of social sensing and participatory observation of local environment and climate.

HighWire Creating Innovative People for Radical Change

Liveable Cities Transforming the Engineering of Cities for Global and Societal Wellbeing

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Innovation

Current Innovation Activities

BARTER moBile sociAl netwoRking supporTing local Ethical tRading

Beyond the Castle Write a new chapter in the history of Lancaster's green space

Bridge Bridging resources and agencies in large-scale emergency management

Data Arts An investigation into emerging approaches to visualising, interpreting and using data.

DeEP: Design in European Policies Evaluating and Sharing Design Innovation Policies for European Growth

Environment 2.0 Investigating new forms of social sensing and participatory observation of local environment and climate.

HighWire Creating Innovative People for Radical Change

London Creative and Digital Fusion Ambitious £5m project to inspire and support growth in the digital industries

New IDEAS To develop, refine and disseminate highly innovative knowledge exchange approaches to local, academic and ...

PROUD People Researchers and Organisations Using Design for Co-Creation and Innovation. Working with designers, ...

ServDes 2014 Service Design and Innovation Conference at Lancaster University

Taking the Artwork Home Digital Curation Through Mobile Augmented Reality

The Creative Exchange Creating New Contexts for Growth in the Experience Economy

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People

ImaginationLancaster Staff

Pam Allen Project Manager: The Creative Exchange

Sam Birchall AI, Programming, Philosophy, Knowledge Exchange, Pedagogy

Christopher Boyko Environmental Psychology, Regeneration, Space and Place, Tourism, Town Planning, Urban Design and Behaviour, Urban Sustainability, Wellbeing

Monika Büscher Sociology / Anthropology / Cultural studies of mobilities, Technology (futures), Video Ethnography and Design, Ethnomethodological studies

Valerie Carr Design for health and wellbeing, therapeutic environments, workplace design, post occupancy evaluation, community engagement, design for social innovation, codesign

John Chisholm Innovation, Design Management, European Policy, Business Support

Rachel Cooper Design Management, Design Policy, Design Thinking, Urban Sustainability, Socially Responsible Design, Design Against Crime, Design & Manufacture

Paul Coulton Digital Design, Game Design, Design Fiction, UX Design, Play, Toys, Mobile, Gameful Design, Fun, Interaction Design, Bricolage, Storytelling

Claire Coulton Liveable Cities Project Administrator and Editorial Assistant (The Design Journal)

Gemma Coupe Design Manager, PROUD EU INTERREG program

Leon Cruickshank Open Design and Innovation, User Centred and User-Led Design, Interactive Design, Technology and Society, Design Methodology, Design Theory and Philosophy

Martyn Evans Design, Design Management, Design Futures, Design Strategy, Design and Branding, Design Policy, Design Thinking, New Product Development

David Hands Design Policy Development; Design Briefing; Design Leadership; Designing against Crime; New Product Development.

Drew Hemment Art Curation, Open Data, Social Technologies, Smart Cities, Digital Innovation

Naomi Jacobs Senior Research Associate, The Creative Exchange

Vicky Lund Proud Project Administrator

Laura Morris Design, Knowledge Exchange, Creative Problem Solving, Multidisciplinary Work

Emma Murphy Design Management, Branding (Organisational, Place and Services), Design Thinking, Design Procurement, Briefing Process, Design and Business.

Daniela Sangiorgi Service Design, Design for Public Services, Service Innovation

Nicola Sarjent Team Coordinator

Stuart Walker Design for Sustainability; Design and Meaning; Practice-based Design Research; Design, Values and Spirituality; Product Aesthetics; Product Design, Localization and Place

Roger Whitham Human-Computer Interaction, Visualisation, Interactive Structures, Virtual Work Environments, Facilitation

All 44 staff and students

Study

Masters Programme

PhD Programme

Lancaster University

John Chisholm

Senior Research Associate - Design Management

Innovation, Design Management, European Policy, Business Support

+44 (0) 1524 510874

j [dot] chisholm [at] lancaster [dot] ac [dot] uk

DeEP comes to Lancaster for the 3rd Consortium meeting - February 2013

Event3 months and 18 days ago

4^th of February 2013, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

Lancaster University welcomes consortium members to progress work on DeEP European design innovation policy evaluation tool.

Lancaster University recently hosted the third in the series of DeEP project workshops, held...Read full update

European Design Innovation Initiative (EDII) ‘First Action’ meeting in Brussels

Event5 months and 24 days ago

28^th of November 2012, Brussels, Belgum

First meeting between all six funded projects in the European Design Innovation Initiative (EDII) identified potential synergies between projects

The first meeting between all funded projects in the EDII ‘First Action’ was held on 28...Read full update

DeEP Taxonomy Workshop

Event6 months and 16 days ago

6^th of November 2012, Imagination Lab, Lancaster University

Intensive workshop withThe Work Foundation and ImaginationLancaster lays groundwork for DeEP Design Innovation Policy taxonomy

Project participants from The Work Foundation (Big Innovation Centre) travelled up to...Read full update

DeEP participates in Regional Studies Association Research Network workshop – San Sebastian, November 2012

Event5 months and 24 days ago

29^th of November 2012, San Sebastian, Spain

Inaugural workshop: Innovation Policy Evaluation as a Tool for Policy Learning in Dynamic, Complex and Multilevel Policy Systems

The Regional Studies Association Research Network recently held the first of three events considering...Read full update

DeEP into social media

The DeEP project has launched itself onto social media

The DeEP project now has a presence upon social media. The project has recently set up both a Facebook and Twitter accounts. You can follow regular updates on the DeEP project on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/eudesignpolicy and on...Read full update

DeEP Consortium meeting - Mälardalen University, Sweden, October 2012

Event7 months and 21 days ago

1^st of October 2012, Mälardalen University & Munktell Science Park, Sweden

DeEP Consortium members debate the European design innovation policy eco-system at intense 2-day workshop

The DeEP Consortium recently met for an intense 2-day workshop in Mälardalen University, Sweden....Read full update

DeEP comes to Lancaster for the 3rd Consortium meeting - February 2013

Event3 months and 18 days ago

4^th of February 2013, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

Lancaster University welcomes consortium members to progress work on DeEP European design innovation policy evaluation tool.

Lancaster University recently hosted the third in the series of DeEP project workshops, held...Read full update

European Design Innovation Initiative (EDII) ‘First Action’ meeting in Brussels

Event5 months and 24 days ago

28^th of November 2012, Brussels, Belgum

First meeting between all six funded projects in the European Design Innovation Initiative (EDII) identified potential synergies between projects

The first meeting between all funded projects in the EDII ‘First Action’ was held on 28...Read full update

DeEP Taxonomy Workshop

Event6 months and 16 days ago

6^th of November 2012, Imagination Lab, Lancaster University

Intensive workshop withThe Work Foundation and ImaginationLancaster lays groundwork for DeEP Design Innovation Policy taxonomy

Project participants from The Work Foundation (Big Innovation Centre) travelled up to...Read full update

DeEP participates in Regional Studies Association Research Network workshop – San Sebastian, November 2012

Event5 months and 24 days ago

29^th of November 2012, San Sebastian, Spain

Inaugural workshop: Innovation Policy Evaluation as a Tool for Policy Learning in Dynamic, Complex and Multilevel Policy Systems

The Regional Studies Association Research Network recently held the first of three events considering...Read full update

DeEP into social media

The DeEP project has launched itself onto social media

DeEP Consortium meeting - Mälardalen University, Sweden, October 2012

Event7 months and 21 days ago

1^st of October 2012, Mälardalen University & Munktell Science Park, Sweden

DeEP Consortium members debate the European design innovation policy eco-system at intense 2-day workshop

The DeEP Consortium recently met for an intense 2-day workshop in Mälardalen University, Sweden....Read full update

Themes

Key Projects

DeEP: Design in European Policies Evaluating and Sharing Design Innovation Policies for European Growth