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Joyce is Professor of Design and Social Innovation at Northumbria School of Design, UK. She is passionate about designing for social good and advocates for culturally diverse and locally relevant practices that challenge the dominant industrialized and western-centric models of design.
She co-founded the Designing Entangled Social Innovation in Asia-Pacific network (www.desiap.org) in 2015 with Dr Yoko Akama, RMIT in Australia, as a peer learning network for social innovation practitioners using design. Her ongoing work through the network ranges from seeking to understand cultural practices of designing, to repositioning the role of impact evaluation in designing social innovation (DSI) practices, to exploring how relationships are enabled and supported in DSI initiatives.
Her work is framed through a critical praxis lens that seek to contribute to the decentring of dominant Design narratives, through the recognition of different practices, knowledges and wisdoms. Recent collaborative research includes an investigation into the societal impact of creative districts in Thailand and an application of a reflective learning approach to social impact measurement. Her current research focuses on addressing intersectional barriers for women through a mentorship programme supporting women in social innovation and creative economy sectors in 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 Sept 2003 → 30 Nov 2006
Award Date: 1 Sept 2003
External positions
Professor, Taylors University
1 Dec 2022 → 30 Nov 2024
Lancaster University
1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sept 2025
Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
14 Nov 2018 → 14 Nov 2027
Kingston University
1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021
Royal College of Art
1 Sept 2017 → 31 Aug 2020
University of South Wales
1 Sept 2016 → 31 Aug 2019
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research on Best Practices for Creative and Cultural Districts: Case Studies from the UK and Thailand
17/10/22 → 17/02/23
Project: Research
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Capacity Building Programme for Thailand Creative District and Creative Cities
1/10/24 → 30/09/25
Project: Other
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Women's leadership in designing social innovation: mutual learning in the Asia-Pacific
1/02/23 → 31/01/24
Project: Other
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Invisible Designing: Emotional and Affective Labour in Relational Participatory Practices
Yee, J., Akama, Y., Avendano Franco, A., Chen, K-L., Imanishi, H., Kikuchi, Y., Kushinsky, S., Ralston, N., Teasley, S. & Teerapong, K., 31 Aug 2024, PDC '24: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2024: Exploratory Papers and Workshops - Volume 2. New YorK, US: ACM, p. 67-72 6 p. 11Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Recasting ‘shadows’: expanding respectful hierarchies in participatory design practices
Akama, Y., Chen, K-L., Imanishi, H., Kikuchi, Y., Kushinsky, S., Teasley, S., Teerapong, K. & Yee, J., 29 Aug 2024, PDC '24: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2024: Full Papers - Volume 1. D’Andrea, V., Abreu de Paula, R., Geppert, A. A., Brereton, M., Del Gaudio, C., Yasuoka Jensen, M., Winschiers-Theophilus, H. & Zaman, T. (eds.). New York, USA: ACM, p. 52-62 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation
Petrella, V. & Yee, J. S. R., 28 Nov 2023, ServDes.2023: Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings. Cipolla, C., Mont’Alvão, C., Farias, L. & Quaresma, M. (eds.). Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University Electronic Press, p. 1092-1116 25 p. (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; no. 203).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Calling on “aunties” and “nieces”: Empowering women in creative sectors in Southeast Asia through designing mentorship
Yee, J., Teerapong, K. & Akama, Y., 17 Nov 2023, Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Akama, Y. & Yee, J. (eds.). 1st ed. New York, US: Routledge, p. 94-114 21 p. (Design Research for Change).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific
Akama, Y. (ed.) & Yee, J. (ed.), 17 Nov 2023, 1st ed. New York, USA: Routledge. 236 p. (Design Research for Change)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
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Adjunct Professor (Taylor's University, Malaysia)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Participant)
1 Dec 2022 → 30 Nov 2024Activity: Other
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Programme External Examiner (Lancaster University)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Examiner)
1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sept 2025Activity: Examination
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Adjunct Professor (RMIT, Australia)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Participant)
1 Jan 2019 → 14 Nov 2027Activity: Other
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Programme External Examiner (Kingston University, UK)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Participant)
1 Sept 2017 → 31 Aug 2021Activity: Other
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Programme External Examiner (Royal College of Art, UK)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Participant)
31 Aug 2017 → 30 Aug 2020Activity: Other
Thesis
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Developing a practice-led framework to promote the practise and understanding of typography across different media
Author: Yee, J., 5 Oct 2006Supervisor: Young, R. A. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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