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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

 

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