Dear list members,

I would be very grateful if you could share this vacancy with anyone that

you feel may be interested.



We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Design to work on an 18

month AHRC funded project titled ³The Value of Design: A Study of The Role

of Design in Innovation². http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A921



The project aims to identify the specific conditions under which design is

likely to make a substantial contribution to certain forms of innovation.

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is currently investing in a programme

to promote the use of design expertise and design approaches across its

programmes, through a Design Special Interest Group (SIG) being run by the

Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network (CIKTN). This research

project will operate alongside this programme, using its activities as

data, to undertake a prospective and retrospective pilot study of design¹s

contribution to innovation; using both qualitative and quantitative

metrics.



Led by Professor Rachel Cooper and Dr Emma Murphy at Lancaster University,

this is a collaborative project between Lancaster University and Professor

Bruce Tether at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

Although based at Lancaster, you will be conducting research on behalf of

this academic team and working with our partners TSB/CIKTN Design Special

Interest Group.



You will possess a PhD (or equivalent research experience) in a field

relevant to design/innovation or design management research and be

comfortable undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methods. We

are looking for an energetic, dynamic, self-directed and committed

individual with a genuine interest in the role, value and impact of design

in business and innovation.



ImaginationLancaster is an internationally recognised design and

innovation research centre in Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary

Arts (LICA). We conduct applied and theoretical research into people,

products, places and their interactions. We work across traditional

boundaries, linking disciplines and collaborating with organisations and

universities nationally and internationally. Our work involves both

experimental blue-sky conceptual development, as well as applied research

that create pathways from the laboratory to the marketplace. Meanwhile,

Manchester Business School is the UK¹s largest campus based business

school, and home to the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, a

leading centre for research on innovation and competitiveness.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Rachel

Cooper ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Dr Emma Murphy

([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). For general information about

ImaginationLancaster and Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

(LICA), please visit www.imagination.lancaster.ac.uk

<http://www.imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/> and www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/LICA

<http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/LICA>

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

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Dr Emma Murphy Chisholm

Lecturer: Design Management

Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

Lancaster University

Bailrigg, Lancaster

LA1 4YW, UK

T: +44 (0)1524 510878

E: [log in to unmask]

W: http://imagination.lancs.ac.uk/people/Emma_Murphy

Twitter: http://twitter.com/emmaleemurphy





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