Dr Busayawan Lam
Reader
Michael Sterling 156
- Email: busayawan.lam@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266592
Topics
Co-design, Design Innovation, Design Management, Design & Innovation Strategy, Design & Branding Strategy, Community-led Design, Social Innovation
Research supervision
Current PhD Students & Topics (1st supervisor)
- Montida Lertnimanoradee, Working Title: Participatory design and upcycling practice as a means to transform municipal solid waste into products that can benefit the local community: A case study in Khon Kaen province
- Yufan Guo, Working Title: Design for Health Literacy: Enhancing Health Decision-Making for the Chinese Elderly through Visual Design on Short Video Platforms
- Jiaxin Lei, Working Title: 4DP Textile Applications in Fashion Design
- Xuyang Zhnag, Working Title: Developing eEfiective Microlearning Interventions to Bridge the Digital Devide Among Older Adults
- Nour-Eddine Baallal, Working Title: Automotive Crowdsourcing: A Human-Centred Approach to Expand Product Development and Increase Customer Experience and Loyalty
- Siqi Huang, Working Title: Chaozhou Ceramics' AI Partner: A Cultural-Driven Framework for Digital Innovation in Intangible Cultural Heritage Design
Current PhD Students & Topics (2nd supervisor)
- Ginevra Terenghi, Working Title: A Participatory Approach Based on Data Physicalization to Promote Women’s Agency in Healthcare Introducing “Data-Probes” to Empower Women Suffering From Urinary Tract Infections in Data Collection and Communication to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance
- Yanli Chen, Working Title: Ego-development and Experience of the adult Chinese International Students in the UK
Successful PhD supervision – as 1st supervisor
- Dr Sena Berktaş (2026), Thesis Title: Examining how human-centred design and information design could help reduce language barriers between Syrian immigrant parents and Turkish primary teachers through school management guidelines
- Dr Nadine Fayyad (2025), Thesis Title: Design for Wellbeing: Exploring the role of workplace design by using XR to promote doctoral researchers’ workplace subjective wellbeing in UK HEIs
- Dr Mathurada Bejrananda (2023), Thesis Title: Value co-creation framework for co-designing strategic approach in public service: A grassroots enterprise development programme in Thailand (the OTOP programme)
- Dr Rafael Freixieiro Gomes de Mello (2016), Thesis Title: Design-led future forecasting model for mobile communications
- Dr Maha Shams (2015), Thesis Title: Elevating the perception of the strategic use of design for an airline through the design management conceptual framework (DMCF)
- Dr Koogin Han (2014) Thesis Title: Design leadership and communication: Characteristics and abilities of design leaders communicating design to non-designers during the fuzzy front end of new product development
- Dr Youjung Lee (2014), Thesis Title: A study on the application of contemporary visual art into flagship stores of luxury fashion brands
- Dr Hadeel Silsilah (2014) Thesis Title: Design tool for applying Islamic art in commercial brands
Successful PhD supervision – as 2nd supervisor
- Dr Nevena Balezdrova (2025), Thesis Title: Invisible Minorities: A Co-Design Framework to Improve Social Care Services for Older Immigrant People in the UK
- Dr Nam, Seokwoo (2023), Thesis Title: Creating a 4D printing toolkit by comparing the printing parameters of print patterns and infill density
- Dr Hyejin Kwon (2022), Thesis Title: Design for social enterprises: a study of design-innovation ecosystem development framework for social enterprises
- Dr Lulu Yin (2019), Thesis Title: An exploration and a participatory study toolkit: identifying the relationship between pavements and older pedestrians
- Dr SungHee Ahn (2014), Thesis Title: Participation-based public art & design project model for culture-led urban regeneration
- Dr Muneer Nusir (2014), Thesis Title: Government to citizens E-Service Co-Design
- Dr Jiyoung Yoon (2010), Thesis Title: A conceptual model for city branding based on semiotics
- Dr Kanwipa Methanuntakul (2010), Thesis Title: High-street fashion brand communication amongst female adolescents
- Dr Hsueh-Pei Wang (2010), Thesis Title: A sensitising tool for smart home designers: Based on user-oriented product design research into the home life of older adults in the UK