Dr. Stuart Cockbill,Real-world Case Studies, Best Researcher Award

🎓 Higher Education

• Ph.D. (2016-2021)
  Loughborough University
  Thesis: The role of co-design in supporting energy-related retrofit by householders.
• Master of Science with Distinction (2009-2011)
  Coventry University
  Thesis: The future home: A research study investigating the effects of access to information and awareness.
• Master of Design, First Class Honours (2005-2009)
  Coventry University
  Thesis: Inclusive equipment design: Improving fitness for a capable population.

🎓 Professional Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2022)
• Axure RP Short Course, Loughborough University (2015)
• QSR NVivo 10 Short Course, Loughborough University (2013)
• Solidworks Essentials Training Course, Solid Solutions (2011)

💼 Employment History

• Senior Lecturer in Service Design (2024 – Present)
  Loughborough University
  Programme Leader for BA Design/Industrial Design, Co-Programme Leader for MA User Experience & Service Design, Deputy Programme Leader for MSc User Experience Design.
• Lecturer in Design (2020 – 2023)
  Loughborough University
  Module leadership, supervision of doctoral researchers, personal academic tutor, and member of the Design for Future Living Research Group.
• Lecturer in Product/Industrial Design Maternity Cover (2018 – 2019)
  Loughborough University
  Module leadership, Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) visiting tutor, developing research area.
• Research Associate – DICE Project (2016 – 2019)
  Loughborough University
  Organising study activities, publishing outputs, day-to-day project administration.

🔬 Research and Enterprise Funding

• IUK – Vehicle to Energy Communities (VECTORS) (2022)
  Funder: Innovate UK. Value: £34,959. Co-I: Dr Stuart Cockbill.
• MECS-Design School Collaboration (SD4MECS) (2020)
  Funder: FDCO Project Number: 300123. Value: £77,611. Co-I: Dr Stuart Cockbill.
• IUK – Social Innovation and Social Business Models for MTC’s COLCO Project (2020)
  Funder: Innovate UK. Value: £12,980.62. Co-Is: Dr Stuart Cockbill.

📚 Research Excellence

• Strong publication record in international journals.
  Citations: 64 (Google Scholar h-index: 5, i-10: 4, Scopus h-index: 3).

🎓 PhD Supervision

• Valentina Volpi: Playing with the Trouble: An anarchafeminist game design praxis into, through, and for Social Innovation in the context of London Housing Precarity.
• Princess Woy: Designing Positively: A well-being integrative approach to designing foot-to-go services.
• Katie Calvert: Designing an Urban Consumer Product Remanufacturing Model.

🏆 Teaching Awards

• Loughborough University Teaching Innovation Award
  Developing a programme design ‘playbook’ using a service design and design futures approach.
• Deans Learning and Teaching Award (2019)
  For significant innovations in UG and PG teaching.

🗣️ Invited Speaker

• Leicestershire County Council Communities Board (2020, 2021, 2022)
• DICE Industry Advisory Board Meeting (2017)
• REFIT Industry Partners Meeting (2015)