About

I am a principal design researcher and academic, with special interests in designing AI for wellbeing, designing AI for home wellbeing, technology strategy, service design, participatory research methods, technology for good, and creative research methods. My expertise include a range of participatory approaches for engaging stakeholders in the design of new technologies such as world cafes, co-design workshops and in-depth interviews as well as project design and management, data analysis, interpretation and presentation, and implementation of creative research methods (i.e. photo and art elicitation).

I also excel at selling and positioning project ideas to bring onboard industry partners to projects as well as fostering collaboration between a range of stakeholders, including academics, third sector, and industry through the organising and hosting of live networking events, such as "Research and Innovation in Technology for Home Wellbeing"—delivered as part of the 2021 ESRC Festival of Social Sciences.

I am passionate about exploring and delivering new technologies and associated services that support societal wellbeing with a specialism in home wellbeing. Relatedly, I am the founder and leader of the special research interest group "Home Wellbeing" at the University of Surrey. I enjoy finding solutions to challenging societal problems through technology and service innovation by exploring the nuances of how these issues are propagated to deliver impactful design outcomes.

My colleagues would describe me as a highly conscientious, resourceful and driven person who enjoys rising to a challenge to enact real societal change. I welcome any opportunities to work with and/or collaborate with projects developing, investigating, or selling/positioning new technologies and/or services that enable companies and other organisations to deliver value to society and/or that allow individuals to improve their psychological and/or physiological wellbeing.