Design for Global Challenges and Goals

Emmanuel Tsekleves is Senior Lecturer in Design for Health at ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University. His research focuses on tackling community challenges related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Emmanuel is the convenor of the Design Research Society Global Health special interest group and co-editor of Design for Health (Routledge, 2017).Rachel Cooper, OBE, is Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy at ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University. She is Founding Director of ImaginationLancaster, an open and exploratory design-led research lab conducting applied and theoretical research into people, products and places and their interactions. Her research interests cover design thinking, design management and design policy and span all sectors of industry, with a specific interest in design for wellbeing and socially responsible design. She is President of the Design Research Society.Jak Spencer is Founding Partner at Urban Scale Interventions, a creative studio responding to changes in the way we live, work and play. Previously Jak led the Social & Global Research Space at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art. His research interests lie in design for sustainable behaviour with a focus on developing markets.