E3: Fixing the Future: The Right to Repair and Equal-IoT

Project: Research

Description

The £1.2M EPSRC Fixing the Future: The Right-to-Repair & Equal-IoT project is a collaboration between researchers from Design (ImaginationLancaster), Human Computer Interaction (Nottingham), Technology Law and Ethics (Edinburgh) and the Digital Humanities (Napier). Starting in October 2022, the two year project will see the interdisciplinary team work closely with The Making Rooms, BBC Research & Development, Which? and NCC Group, to explore the opportunities and challenges for collectively designing, building and sustaining more repairable and equitable electronic IoT devices as part of growing circular, digital economies. In doing so, the project will scale up and disseminate the research approaches pioneered at Imagination through the prior EPSRC/ESRC IAA funded The Repair Shop 2049 project.

Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/08/22 → 31/03/25

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: £294,963.73

Stead, Michael (Principal Investigator)
Coulton, Paul (Co-Investigator)
Owen, Violet (Research Associate)
Pilling, Matthew (Research Associate)
Lindley, Joseph (Co-Investigator)

Project relations

IAA AHRC: Generation Fix: Designing Educational Toolkits to Accelerate Digital Circular Economy Education Within Local Communities
Project: Research
Blackburn Repair Space
Project: Consultancy

Activities

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
The Repair Shop 2049: Building Local Repair Communities to Make Smart Tech Smarter
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
EPSRC Manufacturing and the Circular Economy Community Workshop
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Designing A More Sustainable Internet of Things
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
EPSRC Circular Economy and ICT Engagement and Networking Workshop
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures Workshop at ACM CHI 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
Alien Futuring: Speculative Approaches to More-Than-Human Design
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The National Festival of Making 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Bluedot Festival 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
FASS CaKE Break - The Repair Shop 2049: Designing Repair Communities for Local Circular Futures
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
UKCEH/CEEDS; Sustainable Futures By Design: Speculative and Collaborative Methods in Practice
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Revista Base - Diseño e Innovación (Journal)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Equal-IoT: Co-designing Smart Technology Transitions for Sustainable & Equitable Futures
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
European Creative Hubs Network - The Making Rooms - Making Spaces
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Sustainable Design Futures Research: Impact & Engagement Knowledge Exchange
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
British Council Re-imagining Alternative Futures of Sustainability Through Design Fiction
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Journal)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
EPSRC Fixing the Future Workshop - Gaming Communities
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
EPSRC Fixing the Future Workshop - Industry Stakeholders
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Applying Sustainable Design Fiction Practice - Lancaster University Management School Guest Lecture/Workshop
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Beyond Zero: Sustainable Futures By Design
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Designing for Net Zero Futures Panel
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
The Value of Design In The Fight for Climate Change Talk @ Northern Design Festival 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Repair 101 - Climate Change and Design Workshop @ Northern Design Festival 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Imagination Festival of Futures 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
UKRI EPSRC DE-Nexus: Digital Economy Next Stage Symposium
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
UKRI Research England E3 Community of Practice Event
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
Sustainable Repair and Circularity Research: Accelerating Impact and Engagement
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Green Alliance Digital Exclusion and Electronic Waste Policy Advisory
Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy types › Expert Opinion
Advancing Creative Physical Computing Education Workshop @ ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Creating Sustainable Internet of Things Futures Workshop @ ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Technical Programme Committee member - Avoiding an Internet of Trash Track - ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2024) (Event)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
The Morecombe Bay Curriculum Conference 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
How do we develop More-than-Human Design and Technology education to foster a Sustainable Future? 'Action' Roundtable at The Morecombe Bay Curriculum Conference 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
The National Festival of Making 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
AHRC Generation Fix at the V&A London Digital Design Weekend 2024 / London Design Festival 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Press/Media

The Repair Shop 2049 at ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
Sustainability with Dr Michael Stead
Press/Media: Other
The Repair Shop 2049: part of Lancaster University at the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022
Press/Media: Other
60 Seconds with... Dr Michael Stead (Imagination Lancaster/Design)
Press/Media: Other
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): Spark radio show/podcast with Nora Young: The Fight For Your Right To Repair Interview
Press/Media: Research
Future Observatory: Research Network - Dr Mike Stead
Press/Media: Research

Prizes

ACM Best Provocation/Work in Progress Paper Award
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Research outputs

‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Web publication/site
The Repair Shop 2049: Opening Salvo
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
Sustainable Transitions for HCI: Technologies, Fictions and Futures
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review
The Repair Shop 2049: Co-Designing Sustainable and Equitable Transitions for Smart Device Repair with and for Local Communities
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
Connected Tech: Smart or Sinister?: A Call for Evidence from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport
Research output: Other contribution
Fixing the Future: Cultivating a Capacity to Repair IoT Devices through Experiential Futures
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
UbiFix: Tackling Repairability Challenges in Smart Devices
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
The Repair Shop 2049 LED Badge Soldering Kit
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
A Technologically Sustainable, Responsible and Smarter Home
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter
Assembly
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
Pet Tap
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
RepairLand
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
Creating Sustainable Internet of Things Futures: Aligning Legal and Design Research Agendas
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
Fostering IoT Repair Through Care: Learning from Emotional Durable Gaming Practices and Communities
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
EPSRC Fixing the Future Annual Report 2024
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Co-written Report
Greetings from Silicon Heaven: Postcards from the IoT Afterlife
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
Gaming the Eco-system: Designing More-than-Human Game Worlds to Interrogate Unsustainable Systemic Technological Futures
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Pet Tap V2
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact
RepairLand V2
Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Artefact

Research