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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 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 2024
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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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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Designing as Infrastructuring to Impact Policy
Yee, J., Spencer, N. & Defeyter, M. A., 23 Jun 2024, In: DRS Biennial Conference Series. 2024, 19 p., 238.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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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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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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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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Adjunct Professor (Taylor's University, Malaysia)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Participant)
1 Dec 2022 → 30 Nov 2024Activity: Other
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Adjunct Professor (RMIT, Australia)
Joyce Sheau Roei Yee (Participant)
1 Jan 2019 → 14 Nov 2024Activity: 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