Janet is Lecturer at the Glasgow school of Art. She has completed an Industrial PhDwith the SPIRE centre for participatory innovation working on a project entitled ‘Innovating with the Pre-Users of Medical Devices which involved exploring design and innovation methods with the potential users of medical devices, in collaboration with medical device manufacturers Novo Nordisk AS and Oticon AS, and with another PhD student from an Anthropological background. She has a background in Product Design and a Masters of European design from the Glasgow School of Art. During her masters degree she also spent time at Politechnico Di Milano, Italy, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland. She is interested in experiment driven design practices and relationship centred design approaches. Her current research exploring the topics of ethics in collaborative design practices and how digital data can be considered a design material.

Janet has a background in Participatory Design research in the medical industry, focusing on the development of methods and approaches to engage with diverse stakeholders in complex contexts. She has also been involved in the development of the Transformation Design masters at GSA, and collaborated in the development an initial theoretical framework for transformation design.