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On the impact of Digesting Science for families affected by MS
The paper: ‘‘Understanding the Impact of Digesting Science for Families Affected by Multiple Sclerosis: A Design-Led Study Using Auto-Photo Elicitation Interviews” tracing the impact of the Digesting Science project for families affected by Multiple Sclerosis is out!
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Let’s Talk Differently About Medicines wins Good Interventions 2026 Design Competition
The project has been selected as a winner in the Good Interventions 2026 Design Competition, run by the Parsons School of Design (NYC).
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Honorable Mention at Interactive Health '26
Out short paper and poster “…So it must be autistic: Barbie Dolls as Sites of Speculation on How We Understand Invisible Conditions” was awarded and honorable mention at the first Interactive Health ‘ ‘26 ACM Conference.
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Hacking Dolls: a DRS workshop
This workshop exploration adopted a speculative approach, using dolls as material and symbolic medium through which participants explored reconstructed their reproductive health experiences.
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Best Paper Award: Polyethnographic Walkthrough of Abortion-Related Applications
“Adopt a Digital Fetus to Save Its Soul: A Polyethnographic Walkthrough of Abortion-Related Applications” won the best paper award at the MobileHCI ’26 ACM conference in Swansea.
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Inventive Lives and Care Worlds Seminar Series
Inventive Lives and Care Worlds brings together researchers across design, science and technology studies, feminist technoscience and the health and biomedical sciences to explore how lived experience shapes health research, whose knowledge counts, and the possibilities and responsibilities of participatory research. Register for the first session here.
Research Through Design
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Research Through Design * Drop-in *
We hold a space to discuss Research Through Design, open to all.
Where: Duffy Room, Wolfson Building,
Charterhouse Square Campus, Queen Mary University of London
When: Every other Wednesday, at 13:00-14:00 BST
October 21st 2026: Open space: bring your questions on design-led health research to the meeting to discuss
November 4th 2026: Evaluating co-design beyond participant satisfaction
November 18th 2026: Emotional labour in co-design
December 2nd 2026: Ethics of hope, risk and prevention in participatory work
December 16th 2026: What counts as rigour in design-led health research
If you are interested in discussing these topics or you want to join the meetings contact us:
Inventive Lives
& Care Worlds
Seminar Series
Inventive Lives and Care Worlds brings together researchers across design, science and technology studies, feminist technoscience and the health and biomedical sciences to explore how lived experience shapes health research, whose knowledge counts, and the possibilities and responsibilities of participatory research.
The seminar series is launched jointly between the Design Research Group at QMUL and the Design Societies Research Unit at Goldsmiths.
We're hoping to bring together researchers working on health topics from different fields, particularly those interested in the relationship between research and practice.
Seminar #1:
Date: Thursday 5th November
Time: 3-5pm BST
Location: Dept W, 81 Mile End Road
In-person only
Megan Clinch and Vimbai Mandaza will be speaking about the Partnerships for Black People's Health and Fay Dennis, will share her work exploring the socio-material effects of illicit and licit drug use.