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Dr Michael Stead

Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures

  1. UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Showcase 2024 Energy & Environment Presentation

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    5/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  2. UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Showcase 2024 Energy & Environment Panel

    Stead, M. (Member of Panel)

    5/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  3. UKRI TAS Hub InterNET ZERO project @ ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Owen, V. (Organiser) & Coulton, P. (Organiser)

    9/11/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  4. UKRI Research England E3 Community of Practice Event

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    20/06/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference - Academic

  5. UKRI Future Internet for a Resilient Society in Transformation

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    19/09/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  6. UKRI EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Webinar

    Stead, M. (Speaker)

    19/09/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  7. UKRI EPSRC InterNET ZERO Workshop 2

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Kwon, N. (Organiser), Michalec, O. (Organiser) & Sailaja, N. (Organiser)

    15/12/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  8. UKRI EPSRC InterNET ZERO Workshop 1

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Kwon, N. (Organiser), Michalec, O. (Organiser) & Sailaja, N. (Organiser)

    7/12/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  9. UKRI EPSRC DE-Nexus: Digital Economy Next Stage Symposium

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    10/06/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference - Academic

  10. UKRI AI & Net Zero Collaborative Showcase

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    4/06/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  11. UKCEH/CEEDS; Sustainable Futures By Design: Speculative and Collaborative Methods in Practice

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    25/10/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  12. UK Parliament - Green Alliance: Digital Inclusion and the Circular Economy

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    22/01/2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesOther

  13. Tinkering With Tech @ Campus In The City 2025 - Morecambe

    Stead, M. (Presenter), Owen, V. (Presenter) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Presenter)

    11/04/2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  14. Tinkering With Tech @ Campus In The City 2025 - Lancaster

    Stead, M. (Presenter), Owen, V. (Presenter) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Presenter)

    12/04/2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  15. The Value of Design In The Fight for Climate Change Talk @ Northern Design Festival 2024

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    19/05/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  16. The Repair Shop 2049: Building Local Repair Communities to Make Smart Tech Smarter

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    22/11/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  17. The National Festival of Making 2024

    Stead, M. (Contributor) & Owen, V. (Contributor)

    6/07/20247/07/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  18. The National Festival of Making 2023

    Stead, M. (Presenter), Pilling, M. (Presenter) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Presenter)

    8/07/20239/07/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  19. The National Festival of Making 2022

    Stead, M. (Presenter), Pilling, M. (Presenter) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Presenter)

    11/06/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  20. The Morecombe Bay Curriculum Conference 2024

    Stead, M. (Presenter)

    5/07/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  21. The future is a work in progress Exhibition at the Festival of Futures

    Coupe, G. (Organiser), Cartwright, N. (Curator), Greenwood, L. (Organiser), Craig, C. (Contributor), D'Agnano, F. (Contributor), Chamberlain, P. (Contributor), Darby, A. (Contributor), Morgan, L. (Contributor), Reed, H. (Contributor), Stanton, A. (Contributor), Jorgensen, T. (Contributor), Costa, A. (Contributor), Koski, K. (Contributor), Bridgens, B. (Contributor), Scott, J. (Contributor), Calvo, M. (Contributor), Dart, S. (Contributor), Kaiser, R. (Contributor), Topcu, A. (Contributor), Therordoridou, M. (Contributor), Mwebaza, D. (Contributor), Graviador, A. (Contributor), Zhang, M. (Contributor), Dade-Robertson, M. (Contributor), Stead, M. (Contributor), Coulton, P. (Contributor), Owen, V. (Contributor), MacPherson-Pope, T. (Contributor), Menger, F. (Contributor), Boons, S. (Contributor), Hingley, L. (Contributor), Griffiths, R. (Contributor), Nesbitt, G. (Contributor), Parraman, C. (Contributor), Arteaga, R. (Contributor), Azimi Sajadi, N. (Contributor), Bush, T. (Contributor), Carnac, H. (Contributor), Kettle, A. (Contributor), Elliot, C. (Contributor), Hill, T. (Contributor), Mandrile, C. (Contributor), Urbano, L. (Contributor), Paz, A. (Contributor), Rogers, J. (Contributor), Smith, M. (Contributor), Soula, N. (Contributor), Langley, J. (Contributor), Blaney, A. (Contributor), Whitham, R. (Contributor), Perez Ojeda, D. (Contributor), Sherry, A. (Contributor), Lindley, J. (Speaker), Benjamin, J. (Speaker), Fernandez Galabo, R. (Speaker), Aure Calvet, X. (Contributor), Huson, D. (Contributor), Snooks, K. (Contributor), Richards, D. (Contributor), Gradinar, A. (Speaker), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Ozkan, D. (Contributor), Hardy, J. (Contributor), Pelit, E. (Contributor), Ian, F. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Soares Neto, C. S. (Contributor), Sacks, J. (Contributor), Junior, J. (Contributor), Elsacker, E. (Contributor) & Hoenerloh, A. (Contributor)

    7/03/202415/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  22. The future is a work in progress at the Festival of Futures

    Coupe, G. (Organiser), Flint, A. (Organiser), Dunn, N. (Chair), Cooper, R. (Chair), Frayling, C. (Host), Schofield, A. (Speaker), Hill, G. (Speaker), Afroj, S. (Speaker), Craig, C. (Speaker), Tsekleves, E. (Speaker), Mountain, G. (Speaker), Jorgensen, T. (Speaker), Koski, K. (Speaker), Stead, M. (Speaker), Bridgens, B. (Speaker), McGuirk, J. (Speaker), Aure, X. (Speaker), Chamberlain, P. (Speaker), Cureton, P. (Speaker), Scott, J. (Speaker) & Parraman, C. (Speaker)

    15/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesSymposium

  23. The 2021 Festival of Social Science

    Gradinar, A. (Organiser), Stead, M. (Organiser), Pilling, F. (Organiser) & Bourne, J. (Organiser)

    27/11/2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  24. Technical Programme Committee member - Avoiding an Internet of Trash Track - ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2024) (Event)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    05/202407/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  25. Sustainable Things: Design for More-Than Human Centred Worlds

    Stead, M. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    23/07/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  26. Sustainable Repair and Circularity Research: Accelerating Impact and Engagement

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Invited speaker)

    6/06/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  27. Sustainable Design Futures Research: Impact & Engagement Knowledge Exchange

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    7/12/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  28. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (Journal)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    08/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  29. Sustainability - Designing for a Utopia or Dystopia?

    Stead, M. (Speaker)

    22/04/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  30. SHU x ImaginationLancaster: Sustainable Design Fiction Studio

    Stead, M. (Lecturer)

    16/03/202330/03/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  31. Revista Base - Diseño e Innovación (Journal)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    05/202302/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

  32. Revista Base - Diseño e Innovación (Journal)

    Perez Ojeda, D. (Guest editor), Bakirlioglu, Y. (Guest editor), Stead, M. (Guest editor), Contreras, P. (Guest editor) & Toledo, I. (Guest editor)

    1/06/20231/06/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

  33. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Journal)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    01/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  34. Repair Futures: Collaboration, Creativity and Community @ Repair Space Blackburn Launch Event

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    17/01/2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  35. Repair 101 - Climate Change and Design Workshop @ Northern Design Festival 2024

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Owen, V. (Organiser) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Organiser)

    18/05/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  36. PHD BY DESIGN CONFERENCE 2014

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    6/11/20147/11/2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  37. PHD BY DESIGN @ DRS2016

    Stead, M. (Speaker)

    27/06/2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  38. PETRAS Expert Panel: Ensuring consumer IoT devices are safe, secure, and private

    Stead, M. (Speaker)

    23/06/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  39. Patient Name: P. Earth – Designing Sustainable More-than-Human Digital Healthcare Futures

    Stead, M. (Keynote speaker)

    30/01/2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  40. Organising Committee Member - ACM Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies 2025 (COMPASS'25) (Event)

    Stead, M. (Chair)

    01/202507/2025

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of committee

  41. LUMS Tech Catalyst Innovation: Designing Sustainable Technological Futures: Challenges and Opportunities

    Stead, M. (Keynote speaker)

    21/11/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  42. Living in the Internet of Things

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    28/03/201829/03/2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  43. Living Design: Design for Sustainability in Maker Enterprises

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    14/11/2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  44. Journal of Futures Studies - Sustainable Futures - Solutions for Positive Change

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    30/07/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  45. ISF DSTL Stories4Policy: Speculative Futures for Engaging with Risk and Uncertainty

    Stead, M. (Presenter) & Coulton, P. (Presenter)

    6/07/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  46. ISF DSTL Stories4Policy conference: Experiential Futures - Exhibits Panel Discussion

    Stead, M. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Speaker)

    6/07/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  47. Interacting with Computers (Journal)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    08/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  48. Interacting with Computers (Journal)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    12/2024 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  49. Imagination Festival of Futures 2024

    Stead, M. (Contributor) & Owen, V. (Contributor)

    8/03/202415/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  50. Imagination Festival of Futures 2024

    Gradinar, A. (Contributor) & Stead, M. (Contributor)

    8/03/202415/03/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  51. ICDHS 2025: Cultures of Design - International Committee for Design History and Design Studies (Event)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    04/202511/2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  52. IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design (Event)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    12/06/2023

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  53. IAA EPSRC ESRC Repair Shop 2049 Workshop 2

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Pilling, M. (Organiser) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Organiser)

    7/05/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  54. IAA EPSRC ESRC Repair Shop 2049 Workshop 1 (Online)

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Pilling, M. (Organiser) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Organiser)

    1/04/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  55. HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures Workshop at ACM CHI 2023

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    28/04/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference - Academic

  56. Green Yonder: Sustainable Design Futures at Fourth Portal's Innovation Showcase 2024

    Stead, M. (Presenter) & Owen, V. (Presenter)

    20/11/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  57. Green Alliance Digital Exclusion and Electronic Waste Policy Advisory

    Stead, M. (Advisor)

    21/06/2024

    Activity: Expert Knowledge and Consultancy typesExpert Opinion

  58. Green Alliance - Election debrief – What Now for the Environment?

    Stead, M. (Participant)

    11/07/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  59. FCCR/CSF Future City Innovation Workshop

    Stead, M. (Participant)

    21/01/2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  60. FASS CaKE Break - The Repair Shop 2049: Designing Repair Communities for Local Circular Futures

    Stead, M. (Speaker)

    21/09/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  61. European Creative Hubs Network - The Making Rooms - Making Spaces

    Stead, M. (Organiser) & Owen, R. (Organiser)

    30/11/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  62. Ethical Dilemma Cafe at Digital Design Weekender as part of London Design Festival / V&A 2022

    Gradinar, A. (Organiser), Stead, M. (Organiser), Pilling, F. (Organiser), Ian, F. (Organiser) & Bourne, J. (Organiser)

    23/09/202225/09/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  63. Ethical Dilemma Cafe as part of Mozilla Festival 2022

    Stead, M. (Presenter), Pilling, F. (Presenter) & Gradinar, A. (Presenter)

    26/04/202227/04/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  64. ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Coulton, P. (Organiser), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Organiser) & Pilling, M. (Organiser)

    19/11/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  65. ESRC Digital Good Network: Sandpit Event

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    27/03/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  66. Equal-IoT: Co-designing Smart Technology Transitions for Sustainable & Equitable Futures

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    30/11/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  67. EPSRC PETRAS House of Lords Event

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    12/02/2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesOther

  68. EPSRC Manufacturing and the Circular Economy Community Workshop

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    9/02/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  69. EPSRC Liveable Cities UK Cities Summit

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    27/11/2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesOther

  70. EPSRC Fixing the Future Workshop - Industry Stakeholders

    Stead, M. (Organiser) & Owen, R. (Organiser)

    19/12/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  71. EPSRC Fixing the Future Workshop - Gaming Communities

    Stead, M. (Organiser) & Owen, R. (Organiser)

    11/12/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  72. EPSRC Fixing the Future Showcase @ Edinburgh Futures Institute

    Stead, M. (Organiser), Owen, V. (Organiser), Urquhart, L. (Organiser), Lechelt, S. (Organiser), Sailaja, N. (Organiser), Castle-Green, T. (Organiser), Paris Darzentas, D. (Organiser), Dubey, N. (Organiser) & Primlani, N. (Organiser)

    14/03/2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesSymposium

  73. EPSRC Fixing the Future Research Presentation - Repairing Communities through Collaboration and Creativity

    Stead, M. (Keynote speaker)

    14/03/2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  74. EPSRC Circular Economy Community Workshop

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    29/03/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  75. EPSRC Circular Economy and ICT Engagement and Networking Workshop

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    28/02/2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  76. Engaging Policymakers with Arts and Humanities Research Panel - Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)

    Stead, M. (Member of Panel)

    29/01/2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  77. Edge of Tomorrow: Co-designing A Sustainable Edge - Engaging Sustainability Experts

    Gradinar, A. (Organiser), Stead, M. (Organiser) & Pilling, F. (Organiser)

    23/07/2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  78. Edge of Tomorrow: Co-designing A Sustainable Edge - Engaging End-Users

    Gradinar, A. (Organiser), Stead, M. (Organiser) & Pilling, F. (Organiser)

    2/07/2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  79. Edge of Tomorrow: Co-designing A Sustainable Edge - Engaging Cyber Security Experts

    Gradinar, A. (Organiser), Stead, M. (Organiser) & Pilling, F. (Organiser)

    9/07/2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  80. DRS 2022 Bilbao PhD Mentorships

    Stead, M. (Contributor)

    28/06/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in conference -Mixed Audience

  81. Double Trouble? Negotiating the (Un)Sustainability of IoT Through Design

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    12/09/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  82. Digital Design Weekend @V&A for London Design Festival

    Stead, M. (Contributor), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Coulton, P. (Contributor), Gradinar, A. (Contributor), Ian, F. (Contributor) & Bourne, J. (Contributor)

    23/09/202225/09/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  83. Designing the Right to Repair Ecosystem in Botswana

    Nthubu, B. (Speaker), Stead, M. (Speaker) & Perez Ojeda, D. (Speaker)

    29/11/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  84. Designing Sustainable Technological Futures: The Repair Shop 2049 & Other Adventures

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    20/10/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  85. Designing For The End of Life of IoT Objects

    Lechelt, S. (Organiser), Gorkovenko, K. (Organiser), Soares, L. (Organiser), Speed, C. (Organiser), Thorp, J. (Organiser) & Stead, M. (Organiser)

    6/07/202010/07/2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  86. Designing for Net Zero Futures Panel

    Stead, M. (Member of Panel)

    15/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  87. Designing A More Sustainable Internet of Things

    Stead, M. (Invited speaker)

    22/02/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  88. Design Research Society 2024: Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, Reimagination (Event)

    Stead, M. (Peer reviewer)

    11/202301/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesPublication peer-review

  89. CyberUK 2022

    Gradinar, A. (Contributor), Stead, M. (Contributor) & Bourne, J. (Contributor)

    10/05/202211/05/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  90. Creating Sustainable Internet of Things Futures Workshop @ ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2024

    Stead, M. (Organiser)

    2/07/2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in workshop, seminar, course

  91. Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) (External organisation)

    Stead, M. (Member)

    11/2024 → …

    Activity: Membership typesMembership of council

  92. Cheltenham Science Festival 2022

    Gradinar, A. (Contributor), Stead, M. (Contributor) & Bourne, J. (Contributor)

    7/06/202212/06/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  93. British Science Festival 2022

    Stead, M. (Contributor), Pilling, F. (Contributor), Pilling, M. (Contributor), Coulton, P. (Contributor), Gradinar, A. (Contributor) & Bourne, J. (Contributor)

    17/09/2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesFestival/Exhibition/Concert

  94. British Council Re-imagining Alternative Futures of Sustainability Through Design Fiction

    Stead, M. (Speaker)

    15/01/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

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