Michael Stead

Michael Stead is Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures at Lancaster University’s open and exploratory design research lab ImaginationLancaster.

His current research focusses on how design can help society to better understand the socio-technical implications that adopting data-driven technologies like Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and digital fabrication poses for achieving sustainability goals like the Circular Economy and Net Zero 2050.

His work aims to develop innovative design approaches and tools in collaboration with industry, policymakers and publics which raise awareness and support the adoption of sustainable and equitable data-driven technologies and related practices.