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Community participation in sustainable transition decision-making

Transitions away from fossil fuel are, unfortunately, very rare, which means it has been difficult to find case studies of where the…

Jul 27, 2022

Community participation in sustainable transition decision-making

Jul 27, 2022

Social Design Sydney talk

I was invited by Jax Wechsler to talk about my PhD at the Social Design Sydney event she runs and curates. This is the transcript and video…

Apr 6, 2022

Concentric circles showing how an idea is thickened by different knowledges

Apr 6, 2022

The role of local knowledge in flood recovery and future mitigation

I write this from a humid and damp Sydney that has been under a weather pattern called an ‘east coast low’ for the past two weeks. This…

Mar 7, 2022

Tweet that says “I’m a tad concerned about how our defence forces will fare against China, when they can’t manage to get to northern NSW before the Sikh volunteers

Mar 7, 2022

“The making of lives that we feel are worth living”

bell hooks the Black feminist scholar has died. I’ve not read her directly, only through others, but I know her work is very important and…

Dec 15, 2021

“The making of lives that we feel are worth living”

Dec 15, 2021

Workshop overview: Future-proofing the Hunter

As part of my PhD I am looking at the role for design and designers in increasing community participation in transition planning. Having…

Dec 2, 2021

list of 22 ideas that were used in the workshops in four categories: planning, diversifying the economy, supporting the community, supporting workers.

Dec 2, 2021

Community expertise: Adding contextual richness to technoscientific decisions

In early November I was invited to share my research at the weekly project share at the DAB Faculty. I gave a brief introduction about the…

Nov 15, 2021

A sketchnote with quotes from the Cessnock workshop

Nov 15, 2021

Stage 1 PhD presentation

A few weeks ago I passed my first stage of the PhD receiving my confirmation of candidature. The presentation was to a panel consisting of…

Oct 12, 2021

Oct 12, 2021

Diversity in citations

EDIT: I have just come across this useful tool to assess gender balance in bibliographies. It is from Jane Lawrence Sumner, Assistant…

Aug 2, 2021

Pie chart shows 48% white men, 46% white women and 6% of POC/Indigenous people in citations

Aug 2, 2021

The embodied designer: A new draft

EDITS: ADDED BELOW TO THE MODEL 27 JULY 2021

Jul 26, 2021

The embodied designer: A new draft

Jul 26, 2021

The embodied designer: A model for community-based transition planning

One of the aims of my PhD is to investigate roles for a designer within the process of transition planning within a community. So far, this…

Jul 7, 2021

The embodied designer: A model for community-based transition planning

Jul 7, 2021

Kimberley Crofts

Kimberley Crofts

Strategic designer and researcher on a quest for sustainable futures through a PhD in participatory methods.

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