Lydia Stewart
Lydia Stewart
- Lecturer
- Job Title
- Lecturer
- School or Academic Area
- School of Innovation and Technology
- l.stewart@gsa.ac.uk
- Professional Address
- Haldane Building 30 Hill Street, Glasgow G3 6RN
Biography
Lydia is a trans-disciplinary designer, with a decade of professional and academic experience in Canada, Germany, and the UK. Her expertise stems from background in community development and creative practices, with specific training in service design, complex strategies, and craft practices. Her research interests revolve around building holistic systems and meaningful relationships with people, places, and ecologies using participatory material engagement practices for a more socially equitable and regenerative future.
Research Interests
Situational Analysis, Complex Adaptive Systems, Regenerative Sustainability, Food Systems, Land Use, Material Practice
Teaching
Lecturer in Postgraduate Service Design and Design Innovation
Latest Additions
- Broadley, Cara, Prosser, Zoe and Stewart, Lydia (2025) Co-design is Not Enough: Reflections on Creative Collaborative Public Sector Innovation to Deliver Net Zero Policy Outcomes in Scotland. Policy Design and Practice. pp. 258-271. ISSN 2574-1292
- Stewart, Lydia and Stewart, Alexander (2024) A ________ at the Table: Collaborative visioning of our future foodscape. Sectie C, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 19-27 October 2024
- Prosser, Zoe, Smith, Madeline, Broadley, Cara, Stewart, Lydia, Cochrane, Ruth and Stoney, Charlotte (2024) Net Zero Leadership and Low Carbon Construction: Workshop Programme 2023. Project Report. Built Environment Smarter Transformation (BE-ST).
- Stewart, Lydia, Viveros, Felipe and Moir, Ruairidh (2024) 14 Principles for better Practice: Principles for Land Practitioners based on Indigenous and Gaelic Heritage. SEDA Magazine. ISSN 2754-9394
- Ross, Kirsty, Mcara, Marianne and Stewart, Lydia (2022) Glasgow's Food Future(s) Local Neighbourhoods of Social Innovation in 2031.
- Ross, Kirsty, McGowan, Stevie, Mcara, Marianne, Moreaud, Mafalda, Fong, Amandine, Hamilton, Heather, Jamieson, Chris, Roche, Hannah, Stewart, Lydia and Upsdale, Katie (2022) Glasgow's Food Future(s) Local Neighbourhoods of Social Innovation in 2031. Project Report. The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow.
