School of Innovation and Technology - The Glasgow School of Art

The School of Innovation & Technology at The Glasgow School of Art. Led by Professor Gordon Hush, the School of Innovation and Technology (SIT) will focus towards identifying future opportunities for innovation, alongside considerations of alternative ways of living in the present. This new School will dynamically combine Product Design’s track record of design-led social innovation - the design of new products, services and experiences - with Simulation and Visualisation’s historical expertise in evolving digital technologies and the applied use of data. The new School aims to integrate social innovations that build upon technological innovations in a way that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries within art and science. It offers an opportunity for students to learn how to critique the ways we live using design in combination with scientific knowledge, by thinking about what the capacity of designers will be to look at key changes needed now in multiple aspects of our lives. SIT will examine complex questions in fields such as healthcare, education, technology and pressingly within the context of the climactic and ecological crisis.