Transformation North West
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Lancaster Inst for the Contemporary Arts
Abstract
My interests lie in how technologies can catalyse community engagement, community resilience, meaningful participation and social agency. Whether opening a public space to new uses; informing and developing conversations within a traditional industry; or enabling individuals to work through personal issues. My PhD will explore the creative space between local government and community, creative media, and academia.
I am particularly keen to study at Lancaster as I am interested in creating and working on projects for town and rural communities that are often less focused on than communities within larger metropolises. Through my PhD I will combine my creative media skills and community project involvement with academia. Looking at the theme transformative digital technologies, with a particular focus on more rural community groups, I hope to better our understanding of how technologies can catalyse community engagement, community resilience, meaningful participation and social agency. Whether opening a public space to new uses; informing and developing conversations within a traditional industry; or enabling individuals to work through personal issues. My PhD will explore the creative space between local government and community, creative media, and academia.
Through my practice I have engaged in research with organisations in the public sector, creative industries and local governments. It with this diverse experience that I can contribute to the PhD program at ImaginationLancaster.
I am particularly keen to study at Lancaster as I am interested in creating and working on projects for town and rural communities that are often less focused on than communities within larger metropolises. Through my PhD I will combine my creative media skills and community project involvement with academia. Looking at the theme transformative digital technologies, with a particular focus on more rural community groups, I hope to better our understanding of how technologies can catalyse community engagement, community resilience, meaningful participation and social agency. Whether opening a public space to new uses; informing and developing conversations within a traditional industry; or enabling individuals to work through personal issues. My PhD will explore the creative space between local government and community, creative media, and academia.
Through my practice I have engaged in research with organisations in the public sector, creative industries and local governments. It with this diverse experience that I can contribute to the PhD program at ImaginationLancaster.
Organisations
Publications
Cockeram, T
(2021)
Playing for change: designing a board game for the circular economy
Robins, J. C.
(2021)
Designing community: creating resilience through collaboration
Description | UK-Canada Globalink Doctoral Exchange Scheme |
Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/T014733/1 |
Organisation | Mitacs |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | Canada |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | "We Are Thought Leaders" IASDR Conference Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Workshop delivered at IASDR 2019 to develop a design charter for PhD researchers. Conversations around knowledge exchange, collaborative working, and people cetred design approached. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://transformationnorthwest.org/we-are-thought-leaders/ |
Description | Presented paper "Beyond 'consumer - user': living as stewards in a circular future" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presented paper at IASDR 2019 and was published in conference proceedings |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://iasdr2019.org/research-papers?keywords=robins&category= |