Dr Fabrizio Ceschin
Reader in Design
Michael Sterling 156
- Email: fabrizio.ceschin@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267394
Topics
Enquires are very welcome from those who are keen to pursue a PhD on a topic linked to one or more of the following areas:
- Design for sustainability and circular economy
- Product-Service System design for sustainability
- Design for socio-technical transitions (transition design)
- Ecodesign
- Design for sustainable behaviour
- Design for energy access in low- and middle-income contexts
- Design for distributed economies
- Sustainable business model for distributed manufacturing
- Design for sustainable social innovation
- Codesign and participatory approaches
- Crowdsourcing
- Design tools and methods
Research supervision
PhD researchers
Completed:
- Ms Silvia Emili: PhD on Product-Service Systems applied to Distributed Renewable Energy (completed, Feb 2014 - Oct 2017, main supervisor): https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15594
- Ms Aine Petrulaityte: PhD on Product-Service Systems applied to Distributed Manufacturing (completed, Feb 2016 - Oct 2019 main supervisor): https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/19437
- Ms Kyung Joo Cha: PhD on affective design scenarios for the automotive sector (completed, co-supervisor): https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/17434
- Mr Daniel De La Flor: PhD on a human-centred approach to co-design with drivers (on going, Research Development Advisor): https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/21717
On-going:
- Mr Yuan Long: PhD on reusable packaging systems (on going, main supervisor)
- Mr Qais Ahmad: PhD on design for behaviour change to tackle food waste (on going, main supervisor)
- Mr Tamba Konteh: PhD on circular design principles for the metal value chain (on going, main supervisor)
- Mr Gabriel Mothibedi: PhD on design policy for Botswana (on going, co-supervisor)
- Ms Young Choo: PhD on new product development in original brand mantufacturer firms (on going, co-supervisor)
- Ms Hyejin Kwon: PhD on social enterprise ecosystems (on going, Research Development Advisor)
Post-doctoral researchers
- Dr Alessio Franconi: Circular business model innovation for the metal sector, funded by the UKRI Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Circular Metals (2021-2024)
- Dr Aine Petrulaityte: Mainstreaming Gender for Energy Security in Poor Urban Environments, funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and the Newton Fund through the British Council (2019 - 2022) https://gens.sun.ac.za/
Visiting researchers
- Dr Alessio Franconi: Design for circular economy (2019 - 2020)
- Mr Ivo Spitilli: PhD "Integrated solutions of Design for All and Ecodesign for product innovation in the kitchen furniture industry", funded by “Programma Operativo Nazionale Ricerca e Innovazione (PON RI 2014/2020) Action I.1– Innovative PhDs with industrial characterization” (2019 - 2020)