Leigh Anne Hepburn
Research Fellow
Design-Institute of Design Innovation
Glasgow School of Art Highlands and Islands Campus
Research Interests
Design Space, Co-design, Collaboration, Multi-Disciplinary, Health and Wellbeing
Research Profile
Leigh-Anne Hepburn is a design researcher whose work considers the produced space of multidisciplinary collaborative design, with specific interest in crossovers between business, academia and design. Her research interests explore the tacit and experiential learning that take place through collaborative practice and how this might be captured and shared; knowledge exchange; and co-creation.
Leigh-Anne previously was part of the Scotland-wide AHRC project, Design in Action (DiA) where she completed her PhD. Central to DiA was the demonstration of design as a key strategy for economic growth and innovation within industry, focusing on the value of design-led innovation across business, technology and policy, initially delivered across the following five sectors – food, sport, rural, ICTmore...
Leigh-Anne Hepburn is a design researcher whose work considers the produced space of multidisciplinary collaborative design, with specific interest in crossovers between business, academia and design. Her research interests explore the tacit and experiential learning that take place through collaborative practice and how this might be captured and shared; knowledge exchange; and co-creation.
Leigh-Anne previously was part of the Scotland-wide AHRC project, Design in Action (DiA) where she completed her PhD. Central to DiA was the demonstration of design as a key strategy for economic growth and innovation within industry, focusing on the value of design-led innovation across business, technology and policy, initially delivered across the following five sectors – food, sport, rural, ICT and wellbeing. Leigh-Anne’s PhD explores the produced space of design-led collaboration, with specific interest in the physical, social and mental spaces of multidisciplinary co-creation and is informed by the theories of philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
With a background in textile design, Leigh-Anne has worked in a number of design and non-design roles across the Highlands and Islands including as a gallery curator on the Isle of Skye, writing public policy for local government and most recently has been working in project management designing better services for arts, cultural and third sector organisations. She has presented her research both nationally and internationally and has taught at community, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Alongside her research role at GSA, Leigh-Anne is passionate about improving local maternity health services and is a member of the Moray Maternity Services Liaison Committee.
Research and supervisory interests include: design space; collaboration; co-creation; the PhD journey; teaching and learning; knowledge exchange; design methods and methodology; research rigour; cultural policy; health and wellbeing.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Design & Craft
MSc European Policy, Law & Management
PgCert Health Improvement & Health Promotion
PgCert Research Methods
PgCert Supervision
Pg Cert Learning & Teaching
PhD Design
