Professor: Design policy research - imagination, health, wellbeing, cities and the digital public space. President of DRS
Joined February 2009
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Researchers @ImaginationLanc are using digital city-building games to shape the future.
Dr @PaulCureton and Professor Paul Coulton (@ProfTriviality) have come up with exciting new mapping technology, which you can read more about here 👇
lancaster.ac.uk/news/how-res…
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
We’re inviting applications from across the arts and humanities communities, disciplines and sectors to join our Advisory Board.
There are 11 member vacancies for the AHRC Advisory Board, covering a three year term length.
Apply by 12 September.
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ALT AHRC Advisory Board: member vacancies Closing date: 12 September 2024 Number of positions: 11 Length of term: Three years Time commitment: Up to 20 days per year, including two Advisory Board meetings each year (one day per meeting) Remuneration: £200 per day attendance allowance (for meetings) Travel and subsistence costs for in-person meetings Interview dates: 16 January 2025 17 January 2025 22 January 2025 24 January 2025 Outcomes communicated: By the end of February 2025
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
Congratulations to the brilliant @nurikwon9 who is newly a doctor having just passed her PhD viva! My first supervisee to go through the whole process 😭
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A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our Festival of Futures @LancasterUni. Over 600 people were involved in 9 satellite events, 2 symposiums and an exhibition of cutting-edge design with amazing partners @Lab4Living @Bio_Buildings @CFPRresearch tinyurl.com/2276kwbc
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
We can’t wait to welcome our partners to Lancaster University on 15 March to share the culmination of five years of design-led research at 'The future is a work in progress' as part of our Festival of Futures. Will you join us? tinyurl.com/yc8fsbm4
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
Our students are gearing up to bridge the North-South creative industry gap with their very own Northern Design Festival!
📅 17 - 19 May: The three-day celebration of design excellence serves as a creative launch pad for new and aspiring designers
lancaster.ac.uk/news/norther…
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
We are running another @InterNETZERO_ workshop this Friday. Sign up if #AI #sustainability and #trust are your bag! 🤖🌎
@nurikwon9 @Ola_Michalec @neelimasunil @ProfTriviality @tas_hub @EnergySysCat @ImaginationLanc @LICAatLancaster
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
Presenting the next videos from our September Lancaster #AISummit - we're not part of the #AIFringe but we had a great provocation from @WashDesign and @joegalen who debated whether or not we should panic about these technologies in CCIs vimeo.com/880124605?share=co… 1/2
AI Summit in Lancaster a month ago…
We're ahead of the game, having held our own #AISummit in September @ImaginationLancaster to discuss impacts for the Creative and Cultural Industries.
You can now watch the Keynote here! More videos will be coming over the next few days vimeo.com/880096948/2b296590… @LancasterUni
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
Really exciting to be part of the #Music & Performing Arts panel with Melissa & @dder.
@tas_hub @Braid_UK @responsibleaiuk @UoNMusic @RNCMPRiSM @UoNComputerSci @OxfordeResearch
@RachelFDCooper @PETRASiot
#AI #Art #Design
Not long now until we host the AI Summit North West at @LICAatLancaster with @WashDesign! 🤖
Join us for the opportunity to collaborate, learn from one another, and engage in debate around artificial intelligence and creative industries.
Register here: tinyurl.com/bddkszc3
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
The free event runs from 10am-5pm on Sept 20 at @LICAatLancaster at @LancasterUni, and includes speakers from the BBC, @EdinburghUni, @UniofOxford and @UniofNottingham well as representatives from film, TV, design, advertising, marketing, architecture, music and performance. 2/7
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
Imagination Lancaster, the design-led research laboratory at Lancaster University, and @WashDesign, of Preston, will host a special event focusing on the impact of #ArtificialInteligence on the creative industries in the North West of England. 1/7
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Are you a senior administrative manager looking to use your skills to develop an international research organization? We're looking for someone with initiative and energy to help grow an already successful organization. More info here: designresearchsociety.org/jo…
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
To some more-than-human friends... please share this Tweet, submit, and come along! @ImaginationLanc @ronwakkary @mljuul @nadiacw @howell_noura @tripsandflips_ @ProfTriviality
.. + I wonder what a 'more-than-human' paper looks like anyway, does it have to be 5000 words?
CALL FOR PAPERS: More-Than-Human Design in Practice 🎨🐉🍀🛠️
With these wonderful co-chairs, I'm organising a special track for the @DRS2024 conference @iohanna_ed @laura4lano @elisagiaccardi @arneberger @Zaga_daga
Full info and submission system here: drs2024.org/theme-tracks/#17
ALT This is a digital poster for the call for papers, it shows an abstract reddish background with the co-chairs names, submission date (13th october) and the title (more than human design in practice)
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
Job klaxon 📢 Come join me @ProfTriviality & team on the @EPSRC Fixing the Future project.
Senior RA #design from Sept 2023 @ImaginationLanc @LICAatLancaster @LancasterUni
Help us design the @RepairShop2049 with @T_Mac_P @TheMakingRooms
Full details - hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…
Rachel Cooper OBE retweeted
How smart are our smart devices if we cannot repair and reuse them?
This is the question a team from @ImaginationLanc will pose to hundreds of festival-goers as they run The Repair Shop 2049 tent at the popular @bluedotfestival
lancaster.ac.uk/news/fixing-…
