I work collaboratively in participatory settings with stakeholder organisations and community members to co-create socially innovative initiatives. I draw on theories of democracy, social justice, and sustainability to understand how people can work together and develop local responses to global challenges. In my research and design practice I utilise participatory design and participatory action research methodologies. I am particularly interested in how design research can have long-lasting and sustainable impacts, going beyond short cycles of project funding. Within the CDC, my role cuts across the four thematic areas, researching how co-creation can support digital citizenship and sustainable innovation.
Innovation Fellows Sebastian Prost and Henry Collingham talk about how they created the Sustainability Reflection Cards to help unpack and understand sustainability holistically to help inform responsible research.
This card deck is designed to be a tool to reflect on what sustainability means in relation to digital technology. It builds on a theoretical and methodological framework the “Circles of Sustainability”.
Higher Ground Allendale are working with CDC on two projects exploring ways digital interventions can support and develop the practice of a rural community garden, focussing on service users’ mental health and wellbeing.
