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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

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Study

Masters Programme

PhD Programme

Lancaster University

Environment 2.0

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

The Environment 2.0 lab (2006-9) looked at how participatory observation and mapping combined with global information sharing creates an unprecedented capacity for participatory mass observation of the environment and climate. It was initiated in 2006 by FutureEverything and ImaginationLancaster to explore contributions to the sustainability of the way we live our lives, and how people can use locative art to develop ‘new senses,’ and share their discoveries with neighbours and people around the globe to become a part of a world-wide network of ‘one billion eyes.’

Project Team

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

Carlo Buontempo Met Office and Hadley Centre

Rebecca Ellis Lancaster Environment Centre

John Tweddle Natural History Museum

Professor Brian Wynne CSEC and CESAGen (ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics)

Alfie Dennen Artist

Christian Nold Artist

Yara El-Sherbini Artist

Johannes Vogel Natural History Museum

Paul Upham Tyndall Centre Manchester

Professor William Gaver Goldsmiths College

Gabriella Giannachi Exeter University

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

Partners / Funders

Project Partners

Met Office

Hadley Centre

Natural History Museum

OPAL (Open Air Laboratories network)

Tyndall Centre Manchester

Lancaster Environment Centre

CESAGen (ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics)

Project Funders

OPAL (Open Air Laboratories network)

Arts Council England

EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences Council

Updates

Environment 2.0 Art Exhibition Curatorial Essay

Articleby Drew Hemment

The Environment 2.0 art theme at Futuresonic 2009 is the culmination of three years of activities in Manchester, Singapore, Lancaster and Berlin. It adds an engagement in the environment to the festival's now perennial themes of society, technology and the city, in an exhibition featuring thirty international artists and ten world premieres. ...Read full article

Environment 2.0 Art Exhibition

OutcomeExhibition

The Environment 2.0 Art Exhibition includes artworks that make visible and tangible the outcomes of our actions at a local level, artworks conceived as social interventions, and artworks which arise out of a sustained engagement and dialogue between artists and scientists. In urban environments in...More information

Environment 2.0 Conference Events at Social Technologies Summit, Futuresonic 2009

Event4 years and 13 days ago

13^th of May 2009, Manchester

The complex relationship between environment and technology forms one strand of the Social Technologies Summit conference at Futuresonic 2009.

Environment 2.0 Conference Events include the opening address by Jamais Cascio, founder of...Read full update

Environment 2.0: Participatory Mass Observation (Editorial)

OutcomeJournal Paper

Environment 2.0 was initiated to explore contributions to the sustainability of the way we live our lives. It involves participatory art and design projects that collaboratively produce and make sense of information about natural, built and social environments. We envision an exploration of how...More information

Creative Assemblages: Organisation and Outputs of Practice-Led Research

OutcomeJournal Paper

Here we explore the organisation of creative, practice-led projects and the variety of research outcomes they produce, in order to question assumptions about their potential benefits ...More information

Environment 2.0 Creative Assemblages

OutcomeWeb publication/site

A research survey was undertaken to document and assess creative, interdisciplinary projects on energy, climate and environmental sustainability. The case studies are drawn from contemporary art, consumer products, policy intervention and community events, and vary in terms of disciplinary...More information

Themes

Key Outcomes

Special Issue
Environment 2.0 Leonardo Special Section

Other
Climate Bubbles

Exhibition
Environment 2.0 Art Exhibition

Journal Paper
Environment 2.0: Participatory Mass Observation (Editorial)

Web publication/site
Environment 2.0 Creative Assemblages

News Update
Urban Climate Camp, Singapore

Other
Futuresonic Pilot Carbon Audit