As a recent graduate from the GSA’s MSc in Product Design Engineering and MRes in Design Innovation, Christopher Wild’s practice is exploring the dynamic interplay of digital technologies, instrumental music, and traditional crafts. His research interests lie in island and peripheral communities. He explores how vernacular creative practices and cultural narratives link to place-based innovation.

Claire Eaglesham is an interdisciplinary researcher and educator at GSA’s School of Simulation and Visualisation. Her work combines elements from her academic background in Social Anthropology and Heritage Visualisation, as well as her professional experience of developing and evaluating VR and AR applications. Working with digital technologies, she explores the possibilities offered by combining innovative visualisation techniques with user-focused interaction and storytelling.

Esther Draycott is an SGSAH funded PhD candidate working within GSA’s School of Design. She recently completed an MLitt in Art Writing at GSA, after graduating from University College London with a BA in History. She is interested in creative and critical forms of historical narrative.

Gamia Dewanggamanik graduated from Textile Design at Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia (2011) and MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins (2017). Her design research and practice lie within the intersection of material culture and design innovation, with a primary focus on community development projects in rural areas across Indonesia.

Ginny Elston is a cross-disciplinary artist, researcher and educator. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA Hons in History of Art and French (2010), and gained her MFA from the University of Dundee (2016). Her practice forms an embodied living inquiry into the connections between visual art, philosophy and arts education.

Mark Rego graduated from the Boston Architectural College in 2011 and undertook postgraduate study at the University of Porto in 2013. He has since worked in architectural practices in the USA, Portugal, and Scotland. His main interests lay in the boundaries and relationships between philosophy and architectural theory and practice.

Marly Muudeni Samuel is passionate about innovation, technology and governance for inclusivity, youth and women empowerment, and sustainability. She graduated from the Namibia University of Science and Technology and has broad experience in participatorydesign and innovation-driven development projects. She previously worked as a Technology Innovations Coordinator for the IctechHub, an innovation driven technology hub in Windhoek.

Mhari McMullan is a textile designer, researcher and consultant whose work stems from a preoccupation with pattern. She works across exhibitions, retail and education in craft and design. Mhari graduated from Central St Martins in 2003 and relocated to Glasgow in 2007, where she opened Welcome Home in 2009. She is co-curator of Early Learning and she was also a founding director of Collect Scotland.

Noor Albaker is a lecturer in human anatomy, a medical visualisation specialist, and Head of Digital Medical Education Department at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Noor is passionate about biomedical sciences and technology, and she applies her MSc in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy into real-world issues via interdisciplinary research.

Shona Noble holds a MSc in International Heritage Visualisation from GSA and a BSc Mathematics from the University of Glasgow. She is interested in mapping cultural data and using digital technologies to explore the relationship between cultural intangible heritage and the landscape, and how this relates to creative and rural economies.

Suzy Roan is a PhD researcher in the School of Fine Art. Working predominantly in drawing, audio and book works, her interests lie in expanded drawing practice, oral histories, medical anthropology, birth politics, and feminism. Suzy is an RCA and GSA graduate, and a lecturer in Communication Design at GSA

Maria Theresa Moerman Ib is a visual artist and writer who grew up between Belgium, Denmark, England and the Netherlands. A graduate of GSA’s Fine Art Photography programme, she also holds a BA in English from the University of Southern Denmark and an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling. Rooted in autobiography, her practice navigates the realms of grief, identity and memory.

Tobias Schneider is a German user experience (UX) designer and frontend developer. He graduated from the Stuttgart Media School and now works there as a scientific research assistant and lecturer. His main field of research is autonomous driving, with a particular focus on human computer interaction (HCI).