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Joyce’s research focuses on the role, value and impact of design in organisational context. Specifically, she is interested in the ways design is used to support, enable and drive change through the creation of innovative practices in organisations. She was the lead investigator for the Valuing Design project, an AHRC funded research that identified and mapped the impact and value of design in public and voluntary and community sector organisations. Building on this work, she published a book, Transformations which introduces 7 roles that design play in driving change in organisations. Her previous book, Design Transitions explored how design practices are changing and identified a key requirement for designers to externalise their approaches and demonstrate value beyond design in service innovation projects. Extending her interest in design in social spaces, she co-founded the Designing Social Innovation in Asia-Pacific network (www.desiap.org) with Yoko Akama. DESIAP (funded in 2015 by the AHRC Research Network grant) is a research platform, a community of practice, and a network for collaboration and ongoing knowledge sharing for various practitioners, researchers, communities, and professionals working in the Social Innovation space in the UK and the Asia-Pacific region.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Design Studies, PhD
1 Sep 2003 → 30 Nov 2006
Award Date: 1 Sep 2003
External positions
Professor, Taylors University
1 Dec 2022 → 30 Nov 2024
Lancaster University
1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2025
Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
14 Nov 2018 → 14 Nov 2024
Kingston University
1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021
Royal College of Art
1 Sep 2017 → 31 Aug 2020
University of South Wales
1 Sep 2016 → 31 Aug 2019
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Women's leadership in designing social innovation: mutual learning in the Asia-Pacific
Arts & Humanities Research Council
1/11/21 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Developing Community-led Evaluative Practicest at the Young Foundation
1/07/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Consultancy
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Before the Tech Bit: Observations on the Workings of a Scottish Community Fridge
Kiden, S., Strohmayer, A. & Yee, J., 8 Jan 2023, GROUP '23: Companion Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work. Fiesler, C. & Pinatti, F. (eds.). New York, US: ACM, p. 45-47 3 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific
Akama, Y. (ed.) & Yee, J. (ed.), 17 Nov 2023, 1st ed. New York, USA: Routledge. 256 p. (Design Research for Change)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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The Routledge Companion to Design Research
Rodgers, P. A. (ed.) & Yee, J. S. R. (ed.), 31 Jul 2023, 2nd ed. London: Routledge. 554 p. (Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Being a Sociable Designer: Reimagining the Role of Designers in Social Innovation
Tjahja, C. & Yee, J. S. R., 2022, In: CoDesign. 18, 1, p. 135-150 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enacting plurality in designing social innovation: Developing a culturally grounded twenty-first-century leadership programme for a Cambodian context
Yee, J. S. R., Srun, S. & Smitheman, L., 19 Dec 2022, Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse. Meittinen, S., Mikkonen, E., Loschiavo dos Santos, M. C. & Sarantou, M. (eds.). 1stt ed. New York, US: Taylor & Francis, p. 171-185 15 p. (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Programme External Examiner
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Examiner)
1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2025Activity: Examination