Researcher
Research:2013-14 Co Investigator on BESiDE: Design for Wellbeing: Ageing and Mobility in the Built Environment funded by the EPSRC with a team from the Universities of Dundee and Newcastle with experts in Computing, Architecture, Medicine and Design.Principal Investigator: Professor Vicki Hanson, Co-Investigators: Professor Marion McMurdo, Professor Chris Reed, Hazel White, Professor Paul Watson, Dr Lesley McIntyreWhite, H, Holmlid, S, Wetter Edman, K, Pacenti, E, Mager, B. (2012). What Do Tomorrow’s Service Designers Need to Know? Research workshop at ServDes, the 5th international Service Design and Innovation Conference, Finland. White, H, Holmlid, S, Wetter Edman, K, Pacenti, E, Mager, B. (2012). Paper presented at EAD 2013 KISTproject (funded by the Scottish Funding Council) A project with the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) to co-design, develop and test a prototype of a system which enables access to the internet using simple hand held objects as ‘remote controls’ with Sara Nevay and Joanne Hodge from the University of Dundee 2012Developed RIP+MIX, a design method to include a wide range of participants in creative processes with Deutsche Telekom, T-labs, Berlin focussing on information communication for older users. Worked with a great team: Rosan Chow, Fraser Bruce, Mike Press, Lauren Currie, Kate Pickering, Giorgio Giove and Rob BlackFuture Craft Practitioner. AHRC funded Past, Present, Future Craft to support craft research, practice and dissemination – development of Hamefarers Kist: a networked interactive device used to enable families and health and care professionals to re-imagine products and services for older people. Artist in Residence. Selected in competition by Shetland Arts/Scottish Arts Council to conduct research, exhibit and run workshops associated with the Hamefarers Kist. 2009-10Principal Investigator AHRC Charmed: Can Jewellery Tell Us What We Want From Wearable Technology? 2007