We are delighted to announce Design Informatics upcoming research seminars, open to anyone, taking place at Inspace and kicking off this Winter/Spring.
Seminars will mostly take place in Inspace, Design Informatics public facing venue, but there will be some changes, so please check individual event venue details closer to the time. Details of the seminars will be released on this website the week before the event. So do check back regularly for speaker updates.
Design Informatics Seminars usually feature works-in-progress or new projects exploring design, data and technology from different perspectives. We encourage speakers to share new methods and techniques that use data in design/creative processes in innovative ways, and/or look at the agency, autonomy and power of data in how we design systems and experience the world.
This series seeks to bring together local, national and international research community members, creating an open environment for anyone to get involved in current research discussion and debate.
This series will take place February – May 2025, more speakers to be announced soon.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Seminar Speakers
Michelle Westerlaken
[remote speaker]
Impact Fellow at the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
Talk Title: Vital Biodiversity Systems: Reconnecting Ecological Relations within Digital Data Technologies
Date: Thurs 5 Feb, 2026
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, EH8 9AB
Stephanie Lamprea and Robert Laidlow
[in-person and remote speakers]
Colombian-American soprano
AI+ Academic Senior Fellow in Music, Kings College London
Talk Title: Process Talk: Ecstatic Visions – the process of creating Ecstatic Visions, a new album of works for voice and electronics.
Date: Thurs 19 Feb, 2026
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, EH8 9AB
About the Institute for Design Informatics
In the Institute for Design Informatics, we fuse design and creative methodologies with data, data science and data-driven technologies. We create prototypes and experiences that make real to people the ideas that underpin the data society, and aim to ensure that new technologies sustain and enhance human values.