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Mel Woods

DJCAD, University of Dundee

 

Co-Investigator

Mel has developed and explored interaction between people to support discovery, foster creativity and affect. Throughout her academic career she has sustained a critical enquiry in art and design, creating digital artifacts, prototypes and exhibits using novel methods and evaluation techniques. She presents and publishes nationally and internationally and recently won the Imperica Prize 2013 for Installation using data from the British Library ‘Booksight’ at British Computer Society, EVA Conference, London

Mel has extensive experience leading interdisciplinary teams across art, design, computer science (Artificial Intelligence, Open Data and Semantic Web) HCI and ethnography, and regularly works with external agencies, businesses and communities. She has worked with NESTA and The Cultural Enterprise Office as a mentor for entrepreneurs in the creative industries.In this sense she aims to position her interdisciplinary approach to questions with direct application to benefit business, culture and society.

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m.j.woods@dundee.ac.uk
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Publications

2013: The pop-up ethnographer: Roles of the researcher in temporary spaces

Proceedings of the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference. EPIC 2013, London 15-18 September 2013, pp.175-190.

More information on Design in Action authors: Dr Suzy Prior, Mel Woods, Debbie Maxwell

2014: Informing a framework towards co-design within business models

Paper presented at AHRC KE Hubs for the Creative Economy Conference. Lancaster, United Kingdom. 30th – 31st October 2014.

More information on Design in Action authors: Chris Speed, Mel Woods

 

social design Interaction Administration design innovation Operations artists Co-Creation group tacit knowledge creative industries ICT learning value Communities of Practice collaboration Physical and Digital Environment Marketing Finance communities design thinking meaning creation data Design Sport cryptocurrencies Design Management innovation Food Concept Development Food Sector economics Creative Internet of things Industry Culture Knowledge exchange Rural pedagogies creativity sustainability Social Metrics 3D printing temporary spaces environment Wellbeing Gamification business practice-led Design support Mobile Development Entrepreneurship student engagement Online learning failure Professional Practice service design social innovation intellectual property creative potential e-learning Public Policy SMEs Design Promotion Participation Design Research Digital Bitcoin space appropriation HR Communications Technology physiology Storytelling Workbased learning