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Dr Michael Stead

Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures

  1. In Press/Forthcoming
  2. Forthcoming

    Gaming the Eco-system: Designing More-than-Human Game Worlds to Interrogate Unsustainable Systemic Technological Futures

    Stead, M., Owen, V. & Coulton, P., expected on 1/05/2026, (Accepted/In press) Towards Sustainable Game Design: The Game Needs to Change. Prax, P., Whittle, C. & York, T. (eds.). CRC Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  3. 2025
  4. Forthcoming

    Mindful Value Creation and Destruction: Unpacking the Complexity of Design Practice in Human-Data Interaction

    Lee, B., Chong, L., Stead, M., Speed, C. & Kim, J., 28/04/2025, (Accepted/In press) ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS) 2025. ACM

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  5. Forthcoming

    Appropriate AI by Design: Nurturing Sustainable, Trustworthy and Responsible AI Futures

    Stead, M., 14/04/2025, (Accepted/In press).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  6. Published

    Reimagining Design Education to Engender Sustainable and Inclusive Futures: Developing More-than-Human Design Pedagogy

    Stead, M., 26/03/2025.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  7. Forthcoming

    Gameful IoT Repair

    Owen, V., Stead, M. & Coulton, P., 11/02/2025, (Accepted/In press) Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) / Institute of Digital Games. Digital Games Research Association - DiGRA

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  8. Published

    Re:Play - The Purposefully Broken Games Console

    Stead, M. (Developer), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Developer), Patel, U. (Developer) & Joshi, N. (Developer), 7/02/2025

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsWeb publication/site

  9. Published

    Smarter Repair 2053

    Coulton, P., Stead, M. & Owen, R., 31/01/2025, In: The Design Journal. 28, 1, p. 126-145 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Making the Connection: Ending Digital Exclusion With Reused Devices

    Carr, E., Dossett, S. & Stead, M. (Expert Consultant), 22/01/2025, Green Alliance. 36 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  11. Forthcoming

    The Regenerative AI Practitioner: Thinking and Designing With AI More Sustainably

    Stead, M., 21/01/2025, (Accepted/In press) Artificial Intelligence In Creative Industries: Psychological and Social Implications for Creators and the Public. Tigre Moura, F. & Moruzzi, C. (eds.). Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  12. 2024
  13. Forthcoming

    Gamers: Cultivating Sustainable Practices for Electronics Care

    Owen, V., Stead, M. & Coulton, P., 2/12/2024, (Accepted/In press) Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation. Jacobs, N. (ed.). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  14. Published

    EnergyMaster Game V2

    Stead, M. (Designer), Owen, V. (Designer), Kwon, N. (Designer), Michalec, O. (Designer) & Coulton, P. (Designer), 20/11/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  15. Published

    Disruptive Sustainability: Society, Innovation and Futures

    Contreras Correa, P., Toledo, I., Perez Ojeda, D., Stead, M. & Bakırlıoğlu, Y., 11/11/2024, In: Revista Base - Diseño e Innovación. 9, 10, p. 1-16 16 p., 1.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  16. Published

    More-than-Human Net Zero Futures: Disruptive Participatory Design for A Sustainable Equitable Planet

    Stead, M., 11/11/2024, In: Revista Base - Diseño e Innovación. 9, 10, p. 28-43 16 p., 3.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Design Sustainable AI activity booklet V1

    Stead, M. (Designer) & Kwon, N. (Designer), 9/11/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  18. Published

    EnergyMaster Game V1

    Stead, M. (Designer), Kwon, N. (Designer), Owen, V. (Designer), Michalec, O. (Designer) & Coulton, P. (Designer), 9/11/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  19. Published

    CASE STUDY: Dealing with Electronic Waste (AHRC IAA Generation Fix): How does Arts and Humanities Research Influence Public Policymaking?

    Stead, M., 23/10/2024, Durham University: Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN). 3 p. (Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN))

    Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings Co-written Reportpeer-review

  20. Published

    Greetings from Silicon Heaven: Postcards from the IoT Afterlife

    Primlani, N., Paris Darzentas, D., Lindley, J., Coulton, P., Sailaja, N., Urquhart, L., Castle-Green, T., Stead, M., Lechelt, S., Owen, V. & Dubey, N., 13/10/2024, NordiCHI '24 Adjunct: NordiCHI '24 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. New York: ACM, 1 p. 58

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  21. Published

    Designing Prosocial More-Than-Human Rhetoric within Experiential Futures

    Coulton, P., Stead, M., Pilling, M., Crabtree, A., Chamberlain, A. & Sailaja, N., 8/10/2024, Mindtrek '24: Proceedings of the 27th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. New York: ACM, p. 36-45 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  22. Published

    Pet Tap V2

    Owen, V. (Designer), Stead, M. (Designer), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Designer), Joshi, N. (Designer) & Patel, U. (Designer), 20/09/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  23. Published

    Re:Play V2

    Stead, M. (Designer), Owen, V. (Designer), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Designer), Joshi, N. (Designer) & Patel, U. (Designer), 20/09/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  24. Published

    RepairLand V2

    Owen, V. (Designer), Stead, M. (Designer), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Designer), Joshi, N. (Designer) & Patel, U. (Designer), 20/09/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  25. Published

    Designing Sustainable IoT Futures

    Stead, M., 2/07/2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  26. Published

    Creating Sustainable Internet of Things Futures: Aligning Legal and Design Research Agendas

    Urquhart, L., Lechelt, S., Terras, M., Sailaja, N., Rezk, A. M., Castle-Green, T., Paris Darzentas, D., Primlani, N., Owen, V. & Stead, M., 1/07/2024, DIS '24 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. New York: ACM, p. 372-376 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  27. Published

    Fostering IoT Repair Through Care: Learning from Emotional Durable Gaming Practices and Communities Poster

    Owen, V., Stead, M. & Coulton, P., 1/07/2024, DIS '24 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Vallgårda, A., Jönsson, L., Fritsch, J., Fdili Alaoui, S. & Le Dantec, C. A. (eds.). New York: ACM, p. 102-105 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  28. Published

    Fostering IoT Repair Through Care: Learning from Emotional Durable Gaming Practices and Communities

    Owen, V., Stead, M. & Coulton, P., 1/07/2024, DIS Companion '24: Designing Interactive Systems Conference, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2024. New York: ACM

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  29. Published

    More-than-Human Making: Crafting Pedagogic Engagement Tools to Accelerate Sustainable Technology Transitions

    Stead, M., 1/07/2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  30. Published

    More-than-Human Making: A Design Conjecture

    Stead, M., 1/07/2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  31. Published

    ICT4S 2024: What Might A More Sustainable Internet of Things Look Like Zine

    Boniface, C., Castle-Green, T., Coulton, P., Paris Darzentas, D., Dubey, N., Lechelt, S., Owen, V., Primlani, N., Sailaja, N., Stead, M., Terras, M., Urquhart, L. & Lindley, J., 24/06/2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  32. Published

    Liminal Excavations: A Zine that Explores Alternative Visions, Ideas and Critiques on the Topic of Sustainability and ICT

    Biørn-Hansen, A., Bates, O., Černá, K., Christopersen, G., Guillén Mandujano, L., Campo Woytuk, N., Tuli, A., Persson, L., Penzenstadler, B., Manojlovic, V., Ashcroft, A., Detko, Z., dos Santos, R., Boniface, C., Castle-Green, T., Coulton, P., Paris Darzentas, D., Dubey, N., Lechelt, S. & Owen, V. & 19 others, Primlani, N., Sailaja, N., Stead, M., Terras, M., Urquhart, L., Cowlishaw, T., Bornes, L., Smith, M. T., Abels, S., Çelik, L., Laser, S., Sørensen, E., Werner, L., Mann, S., Karetai, M., Reynolds, P., Crescenzo, J., Alshaigy, B. & Pollock, I., 24/06/2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Otherpeer-review

  33. Published

    Pet Tap

    Owen, V. (Designer) & Stead, M. (Designer), 8/03/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  34. Published

    Re:Play

    Stead, M. (Designer), Owen, V. (Designer) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Designer), 8/03/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  35. Published

    RepairLand

    Owen, V. (Designer) & Stead, M. (Designer), 8/03/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  36. Published

    EPSRC Fixing the Future Annual Report 2024

    Urquhart, L., Stead, M., Sailaja, N. & Paris Darzentas, D., 31/01/2024, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh. 30 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings Co-written Report

  37. Published

    Assembly

    Benjamin, J. (Artist) & Stead, M. (Artist), 2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  38. Published

    ROBB·E the Robot GenFixer Pendant

    Stead, M. (Designer), Owen, V. (Designer), Macpherson-Pope, T. (Designer), Joshi, N. (Designer) & Patel, U. (Designer), 2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  39. 2023
  40. Published

    A Technologically Sustainable, Responsible and Smarter Home

    Stead, M., 22/12/2023, Future Home: Trends, Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design. Moreno-Rangel, A. & Dalton, R. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  41. Published

    Fixing the Future: Cultivating a Capacity to Repair IoT Devices through Experiential Futures

    Pilling, M., Stead, M., Coulton, P. & MacPherson-Pope, T., 13/10/2023, International Association of Societies of Design Research Congress: Life-Changing Design. Design Research Society, 16 p. 168

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  42. Published

    UbiFix: Tackling Repairability Challenges in Smart Devices

    Sailaja, N., Castle-Green, T., Coulton, P., Stead, M., Lindley, J., Urquhart, L. & Paris Darzentas, D., 8/10/2023, UbiComp/ISWC 2023 Adjunct - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing: UbiComp/ISWC '23. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 802-806 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  43. Published

    Sustainability: Designing for a Technological Utopia or Dystopia?

    Stead, M., 25/09/2023, Flourish By Design. Dunn, N., Cruickshank, L. & Coupe, G. (eds.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  44. Published

    The Repair Shop 2049 LED Badge Soldering Kit

    Stead, M. (Designer), Pilling, M. (Designer) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Designer), 8/07/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  45. Published

    The Repair Shop 2049: Co-Designing Sustainable and Equitable Transitions for Smart Device Repair with and for Local Communities

    Stead, M., Pilling, M., Macpherson-Pope, T. & Coulton, P., 31/05/2023, 5th Product Lifetimes And The Environment Conference Proceedings: PLATE 2023.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  46. Published

    Tales from the Edge of Reality

    Stead, M. (Speaker), Pilling, M. (Speaker) & Coulton, P. (Speaker), 9/05/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  47. Published

    Sustainable Transitions for HCI: Technologies, Fictions and Futures

    Stead, M., 28/04/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  48. Published

    Towards Sustainable Internet of Things Objects: Design Strategies for End-of-Life

    Thorp, J., Lechelt, S., Soares, L., Gorkovenko, K., Speed, C., Stead, M., Dunn, N. & Richards, D., 1/04/2023, Design for Adaptation Cumulus Conference Proceedings Detroit 2022. Lazet, A. (ed.). Cumulus, Vol. 9. p. 622-639 18 p. (Cumulus Conference Proceedings; no. 9).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  49. 2022
  50. Published

    More-than-Human-Data Interaction: Bridging Novel Design Research Approaches to Materialise and Foreground Data Sustainability

    Stead, M., Coulton, P., Pilling, F., Gradinar, A., Pilling, M. & Forrester, I., 16/11/2022, Academic Mindtrek 2022 - Proceedings of the 25th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. New York: ACM, p. 62-74 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  51. Published

    The Repair Shop 2049: Opening Salvo

    Stead, M. (Speaker), Pilling, M. (Speaker) & Macpherson-Pope, T. (Speaker), 14/11/2022

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsArtefact

  52. Published

    OSKARRR: Data-driven Design Speculations For The Future of Domestic Waste

    Thorp, J., Richards, D., Dunn, N., Stead, M. & Gorkovenko, K., 6/11/2022, [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). Bruyns, G. & Wei, H. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 2821-2835 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  53. Published

    Prototyping Circular Materials Based on Reprogrammable Matter

    Blaney, A., Richards, D., Gradinar, A. & Stead, M., 6/11/2022, [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). Bruyns, G. & Wei, H. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 3239-3252 14 p. 209. (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  54. Published

    Preparing to Repair: Using Co-Design and Speculative Design Methods to Explore the Future of IoT Right-to-Repair with Citizens and Communities

    Pilling, M., Stead, M., Gradinar, A., Remy, C. & Macpherson-Pope, T., 2/11/2022, Cumulus Detroit 2022: Design for Adaptation. Cumulus

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  55. Published

    The Prometheus Terminal: Worlding Games for the Adoption of Sustainable Datafication and Cybersecurity practices

    Pilling, F., Stead, M. & Gradinar, A., 2/11/2022, Cumulus Detroit 2022: Design for Adaptation. Cumulus

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

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