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Dr Michael Stead

Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures, School of Design Admissions Tutor

  1. 2024
  2. The Value of Design In The Fight for Climate Change

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    19/05/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  3. Repair 101 - Climate Change and Design Workshop

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Violet Owen (Organiser) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Organiser)

    18/05/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  4. ACM Mindtrek 2024 (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    05/202406/2024

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

  5. ACM NordiCHI 2024: Uniting HCI for a Hyperlocal and Global Experience (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    05/202406/2024

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

  6. Beyond Zero: Sustainable Futures By Design

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    15/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  7. Designing for Net Zero Futures Panel

    Michael Stead (Member of Panel)

    15/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  8. Imagination Festival of Futures 2024

    Michael Stead (Contributor) & Violet Owen (Contributor)

    8/03/202415/03/2024

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

  9. Imagination Festival of Futures 2024

    Adrian Gradinar (Contributor) & Michael Stead (Contributor)

    8/03/202415/03/2024

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

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

    Michael Stead (Member of Panel)

    5/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

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

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    5/03/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  12. Applying Sustainable Design Fiction Practice - Lancaster University Management School Guest Lecture/Workshop

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    26/02/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  13. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2024 (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    02/202403/2024

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

  14. Research through Design Committee - ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2024 (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    02/202404/2024

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

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

    Michael Stead (Speaker)

    15/01/2024

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  16. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Journal)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    01/2024

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

  17. 2023
  18. EPSRC Fixing the Future Workshop - Industry Stakeholders

    Michael Stead (Organiser) & Rebecca Owen (Organiser)

    19/12/2023

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

  19. UKRI EPSRC InterNET ZERO Workshop 2

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Nuri Kwon (Organiser), Ola Michalec (Organiser) & Neelima Sailaja (Organiser)

    15/12/2023

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

  20. EPSRC Fixing the Future Workshop - Gaming Communities

    Michael Stead (Organiser) & Rebecca Owen (Organiser)

    11/12/2023

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

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

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    7/12/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  22. UKRI EPSRC InterNET ZERO Workshop 1

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Nuri Kwon (Organiser), Ola Michalec (Organiser) & Neelima Sailaja (Organiser)

    7/12/2023

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

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

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    30/11/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

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

    Michael Stead (Organiser) & Rebecca Owen (Organiser)

    30/11/2023

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

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

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    11/202301/2024

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

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

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    25/10/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

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

    Michael Stead (Speaker)

    21/09/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  28. UKRI EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Webinar

    Michael Stead (Speaker)

    19/09/2023

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

  29. Bluedot Festival 2023

    Michael Stead (Presenter), Matthew Pilling (Presenter), Violet Owen (Presenter), Sejal Changede (Presenter) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Presenter)

    21/07/202324/07/2023

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

  30. The National Festival of Making 2023

    Michael Stead (Presenter), Matthew Pilling (Presenter) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Presenter)

    8/07/20239/07/2023

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

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

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    12/06/2023

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

  32. Revista Base - Diseño e Innovación (Journal)

    David Perez Ojeda (Guest editor), Yekta Bakirlioglu (Guest editor), Michael Stead (Guest editor), Paulina Contreras (Guest editor) & Ignacio Toledo (Guest editor)

    1/06/20231/06/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

  33. Base Diseño e Innovación (Journal)

    Michael Stead (Guest editor)

    05/202302/2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work typesEditorial activity

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

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    28/04/2023

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

  35. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2023: Rebuilding & Resilience (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    27/03/2023

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

  36. ESRC Digital Good Network: Sandpit Event

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    27/03/2023

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

  37. SHU x ImaginationLancaster: Sustainable Design Fiction Studio

    Michael Stead (Lecturer)

    16/03/202330/03/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  38. EPSRC Circular Economy and ICT Engagement and Networking Workshop

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    28/02/2023

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

  39. Designing A More Sustainable Internet of Things

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    22/02/2023

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  40. EPSRC Manufacturing and the Circular Economy Community Workshop

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    9/02/2023

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

  41. 2022
  42. The Repair Shop 2049: Building Local Repair Communities to Make Smart Tech Smarter

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    22/11/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  43. ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Paul Coulton (Organiser), Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Organiser) & Matthew Pilling (Organiser)

    19/11/2022

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

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

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    20/10/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

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

    Michael Stead (Contributor), Franziska Pilling (Contributor), Matthew Pilling (Contributor), Paul Coulton (Contributor), Adrian Gradinar (Contributor), Forrester Ian (Contributor) & Joseph Bourne (Contributor)

    23/09/202225/09/2022

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

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

    Adrian Gradinar (Organiser), Michael Stead (Organiser), Franziska Pilling (Organiser), Forrester Ian (Organiser) & Joseph Bourne (Organiser)

    23/09/202225/09/2022

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

  47. British Science Festival 2022

    Michael Stead (Contributor), Franziska Pilling (Contributor), Matthew Pilling (Contributor), Paul Coulton (Contributor), Adrian Gradinar (Contributor) & Joseph Bourne (Contributor)

    17/09/2022

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

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

    Michael Stead (Invited speaker)

    12/09/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  49. Bluedot Festival 2022

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Matthew Pilling (Organiser) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Organiser)

    22/07/2022

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

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

    Michael Stead (Speaker) & Paul Coulton (Speaker)

    6/07/2022

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

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

    Michael Stead (Presenter) & Paul Coulton (Presenter)

    6/07/2022

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

  52. DRS 2022 Bilbao PhD Mentorships

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    28/06/2022

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

  53. ACM NordiCHI 2022: Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    17/06/2022

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

  54. The National Festival of Making 2022

    Michael Stead (Presenter), Matthew Pilling (Presenter) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Presenter)

    11/06/2022

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

  55. Branch Magazine 'Open Climate' Issue Jam Session (EIT Climate KIC, Mozilla Foundation, Climate Action Tech, and the Green Web Foundation)

    Michael Stead (Presenter)

    8/06/2022

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

  56. Cheltenham Science Festival 2022

    Adrian Gradinar (Contributor), Michael Stead (Contributor) & Joseph Bourne (Contributor)

    7/06/202212/06/2022

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

  57. CyberUK 2022

    Adrian Gradinar (Contributor), Michael Stead (Contributor) & Joseph Bourne (Contributor)

    10/05/202211/05/2022

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

  58. IAA EPSRC ESRC Repair Shop 2049 Workshop 2

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Matthew Pilling (Organiser) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Organiser)

    7/05/2022

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

  59. Ethical Dilemma Cafe as part of Mozilla Festival 2022

    Michael Stead (Presenter), Franziska Pilling (Presenter) & Adrian Gradinar (Presenter)

    26/04/202227/04/2022

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

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

    Michael Stead (Organiser), Matthew Pilling (Organiser) & Thomas Macpherson-Pope (Organiser)

    1/04/2022

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

  61. EPSRC Circular Economy Community Workshop

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    29/03/2022

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

  62. ACM Creativity & Cognition 2022 Conference (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    11/03/2022

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

  63. 2021
  64. Designing the Right to Repair Ecosystem in Botswana

    Badziili Nthubu (Speaker), Michael Stead (Speaker) & David Perez Ojeda (Speaker)

    29/11/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

  65. The 2021 Festival of Social Science

    Adrian Gradinar (Organiser), Michael Stead (Organiser), Franziska Pilling (Organiser) & Joseph Bourne (Organiser)

    27/11/2021

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

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

    Adrian Gradinar (Organiser), Michael Stead (Organiser) & Franziska Pilling (Organiser)

    23/07/2021

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

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

    Michael Stead (Speaker) & Paul Coulton (Speaker)

    23/07/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

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

    Adrian Gradinar (Organiser), Michael Stead (Organiser) & Franziska Pilling (Organiser)

    9/07/2021

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

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

    Adrian Gradinar (Organiser), Michael Stead (Organiser) & Franziska Pilling (Organiser)

    2/07/2021

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

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

    Michael Stead (Speaker)

    23/06/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  71. 14th International Conference of the European Academy of Design (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    1/06/202128/06/2021

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

  72. Sustainability - Designing for a Utopia or Dystopia?

    Michael Stead (Speaker)

    22/04/2021

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesPublic Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

  73. 2020
  74. Designing For The End of Life of IoT Objects

    Susan Lechelt (Organiser), Katerina Gorkovenko (Organiser), Luis Soares (Organiser), Chris Speed (Organiser), James Thorp (Organiser) & Michael Stead (Organiser)

    6/07/202010/07/2020

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

  75. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2020 Conference (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    3/03/2020

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

  76. 2019
  77. Living Design: Design for Sustainability in Maker Enterprises

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    14/11/2019

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

  78. ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work 2020 (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    24/07/2019

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

  79. EPSRC PETRAS House of Lords Event

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    12/02/2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesOther

  80. 2018
  81. Living in the Internet of Things

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    28/03/201829/03/2018

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

  82. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2018 Conference (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    9/02/2018

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

  83. 2017
  84. EPSRC Liveable Cities UK Cities Summit

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    27/11/2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesOther

  85. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2017 Conference (Event)

    Michael Stead (Peer reviewer)

    17/02/2017

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

  86. 2016
  87. PHD BY DESIGN @ DRS2016

    Michael Stead (Speaker)

    27/06/2016

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

  88. 2015
  89. FCCR/CSF Future City Innovation Workshop

    Michael Stead (Participant)

    21/01/2015

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

  90. 2014
  91. PHD BY DESIGN CONFERENCE 2014

    Michael Stead (Contributor)

    6/11/20147/11/2014

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

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