PhDs and reviews
PhD supervision
1st supervisor for Mrs. Yi Zhong (FT PhD): Service Design for Intercultural Adaptation: The case of Chinese International Postgraduate Taught Students in the UK (2021-present)
1st supervisor for Mr Mohammed Albaqami (FT PhD): Artificial Intelligence as an Innovation and Its Role in Supply Chain (2024-present)
1st supervisor for Mr Benjamin Eghan (FT PhD): Upcycling Fashion and Textile Waste for Rough Sleepers: Sustainable Solutions and Social Impact (2024-present)
1st supervisor for Mr Ahmed Sadek (FT PhD): Design-Led Circular Economy Solutions for Solar Photovoltaic Panels (2024-present)
1st supervisor for Mrs. Nabilah Jeffery (PT iPhD): Fashion Upcycling: The Unchartered Waters of Southeast Asia (2025-present)
2nd supervisor for Mr Paulson Letsholo (external PT PhD): Waste pallet upcycling in Botswana (2024-present; University of Botswana)
PhD completion
1st supervisor for Dr Nada Ebrahim (PT iPhD): Policy Interventions for Blockchain Service Innovation: Bahrain Customs Affairs Case Study (2019-2024)
PhD examination
2023: (i) Jiaqi Bai's PhD, A comparative study between China and the UK: Opportunities and challenges for promoting collaborative consumption, in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University, UK
(ii) An Liu's PhD, Slow Fashion Strategies for the Guangdong Industry from the Perspective of Well-being, in the School of Fashion and Textile at De Montfort University, UK
2020: Soyoung Kim's PhD, Bringing Everyday Design into People’s Life: Design Considerations for Facilitating Everyday Design Behaviour, in the Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
PhD independent assessor
Noha Fouad: Can Design Bridge the Gap Between the Physical and Virtual Realities? How would that Enhance Memory and the Immersive Experience? (2022)
James Stuart: Upcycling of Post-Consumer Food Packaging Materials for Textile and 3D Printing Applications (2021-2024)
Reviews for funding applications
2025: (i) AHRC Responsive Mode: Standard Research Grant - Round Six
(ii) UKRI Cross Research Council Responsive Mode round 2 outline stage Panel 3b (SS-EPS)
2024: (i) AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement: round one
(ii) AHRC responsive mode: follow-on funding for impact and engagement: round two
(iii) UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme: round 1 full application
(iv) EPSRC Research for a digitally enabled circular economy and sustainable digital technologies: Full
(v) AHRC Innovation Scholars secondments in design: second round
(vi) AHRC Doctoral Focal Awards in Arts and Humanities
(vii) AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: round three
(viii) AHRC responsive mode: Standard Research Grant – Round Four
(ix) AHRC responsive model: Catalyst Award: round four
2023: (i) EPSRC Circular Economy Critical Mass programmes
(ii) AHRC Follow on Funding for Impact & Engagement
(iii) UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme: round 1 outline application
(iv) Mauritius Research and Innovation Council Innovation and Commercialisation Proof of Concept Scheme
(v) Italian Ministry for University and Research 2022 PRIN Call
(vi) EPSRC Manufacturing research hubs for a sustainable future two
(vii) AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: round one
Reviews for journals
2024: Journal of (i) Resources, Conservation and Recycling; (ii) Cleaner Production; (iii) Environment and Behavior; (iv) Sustainable Production and Consumption; and (v) Archives of Design Research
2023: Archives of Design Research
2022: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
2021: Journal of (i) Design Research; (ii) Sensors; (iii) Sustainability; and (iv) Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy
2020: Journal of (i) Design Research; (ii) Sustainability; and (iii) Waste Management
2019: Journal of (i) Design Research; (ii) Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity; and (iii) Sustainability
2018: Journal of (i) Applied Sciences; (ii) Design Research; (iii) Environmental Research and Public Health; and (iv) Sustainability
2017: Journal of Recycling
2016: Journal of Industrial Ecology
Reviews for conferences
2024: (i) Korean Society of Design Science Spring International Conference 2024
(ii) British Academy SHAPE Sustainability Impact Projects final conference
(iii) Korean Society of Design Science Autumn International Conference 2024
2023: International Upcycling Festival 2024
2022: British Academy of Management 2022 Conference
2021: International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) 2021 Conference
2020: (i) Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2020 Conference
(ii) International Upcycling Symposium 2020