Professor Mel Woods
Chair of Professor of Creative Intelligence, Creative Technology
Design and Making, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Contact
Media availability
I am available for media commentary on my research.
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Areas of expertise
- Art and design
- Climate change
- Digital technology
- Education
- Environment
Research projects
Project lead
Public engagement project
Citizen-powered data ecosystems for inclusive and green urban transitions
Research project
‘Making Sense’ embodies socio-technical design research to support participatory sensing initiatives addressing urban environmental challenges in areas such as noise and air pollution.
Research project
A £5m Knowledge Exchange Hub funded by the AHRC to show how design drives innovation and economic growth, with added support from Creative Scotland to help Scottish SMEs apply design-led strategies across industries.
Public engagement project
‘GROW Observatory’ by Mel Woods centres around a design framework and operational information system for climate action at scale.
Research project
Soil moisture plays a key role in predicting the extreme weather events that are becoming increasingly common in a changing climate. Our vision is supporting a movement of citizens generating, sharing and using information to improve their soil management, and food production.
Project team
Research project
WeObserve will build a sustainable ecosystem of citizens’ observatories and move environmental monitoring into the mainstream
Stories
Press release
The relationship between cityscapes and so-called “urban forests” is to receive a root and branch review as part of major conference hosted by the University of Dundee
Press release
Research aiming to transform the health ecosystem through design-led innovation, while contributing to the UK’s urgent net zero agenda and sustainability targets, is to be led by researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde.
Press release
Dundee is one of six cities across Europe to have joined forces to enable their citizens to implement nature-based solutions to issues such as air pollution and mental health problems
