Co-director, Living Systems LabPathway Leader, MA Art and Science
My research engages with living systems and imaging technologies, exploring how we observe, influence and understand multi-species ecosystems. Recent work centres around nonhuman intelligence, collective behaviour, relational encounters and experimental systems for co-enquiry.
Co-director, Living Systems Lab
My research inquiries relate to biotextiles, biomaterials, plant thinking, mycelium kinship, regenerative design, design for multi-species, biodiversity.
Course Leader, MA Regenerative Design
Interested in relational ecosystems, living system thinking, deep ecology, ecocentric principles in design, living system futures, multispecies narratives and ethics, holistic frameworks for designing as part of living systems, design as situated ecotone practice.
Course Leader, MA Biodesign
My practice interests lie in the intersection of computational design and biological systems in the fabrication of biomaterials.
Reader in Ecological and Situated Design Practices.
Lecturer in Ecology, MA Regenerative Design.
Interested in: biodiversity and landscape ecology; applying ecological principles to inform innovative design; integrating biodiversity into the built environment; ecological restoration of degraded habitats and creation of new regenerative landscapes; community ecology; agroecology; plant- insect interactions; socio-ecological systems theory and its application; participatory research; benefits of biodiversity for well-being.
Lecturer in Biology and Living Systems, MA Biodesign
Interested in biomedical technologies and One Health: the interconnection between human physical/mental health and the non-human ecosystem and planetary health.
Interested in microscopy technologies to explore the creative potential for imaging a range of plant specimens.
Environmental Scientist, Associate Lecturer, MA Biodesign
I am interested in the practice of environmental science, ecology and applied phycology of microalgae. Most particularly working towards co-creative biotechnologies for ecocentric living systems, trans contextual entangled philosophies and symbiotic complex systems.
Biodiversity Scientist, Associate Lecturer in Sustainability and Innovation, MA Biodesign
Interest in botany, biodiversity and arts.
We welcome PhD applications related to our fields of inquiry.
Read about research degrees at Central Saint Martins.
Olfactory Echoes: Preserving and Reimagining Rome's Climate-threatened Olfactory Heritage Through Microbial Scents
Director of Studies: Dr Alice Taylor, second supervisor: Professor Carole Collet, third supervisor, Dr. Barbara Smith.
This PhD is awarded a UAL scholarship.
Investigating how regenerative design methodologies can address culturally-specific use and impact of single-use plastic sachets in the Philippines
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: Dr. Barbara Smith.
Design is Ethics. The Case of Sensory Augmentation Technology.
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor, Dr. Matt Malpass.
Resource compass: advancing place-based regenerative design through permaculture methodologies
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: Professor Kate Goldsworthy, Chelsea College of Arts UAL.
Living colour – an alternative biological colour framework for microbial textile screen-printing
A PhD sponsored by Colorifx in collaboration with UAL.
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor, Dr. Alice Taylor, third supervisor, Dr. Jim Ajioka, Cambridge University/Colorifix.
Mossibilities: How can we learn with moss knowledge through transdisciplinary art practice to challenge systems of extractivism and create resilient, adaptable and reciprocal more-than-human futures?
Director of Studies: Dr Heather Barnett, second supervisor: Dr. Barbara Smith.
Design for Regeneration: Can we develop a symbiotic relationship between flax and regenerative ecosystems using biodesign principles to produce innovative textiles?
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: Dr. Alice Taylor.
A PhD sponsored by Monsoon Accessorize in collaboration with UAL.
Breathing Minerals: Developing carbon capture materials through algae-induced biomineralisation for future circular product design
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: Dr. Alice Taylor, third supervisor Dr Lorraine Archer.
Regenerative Branding: Shifting away from consumerism and human-centrism towards a re-imagined future in harmony with nature
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor Dr. Hara Chon, third supervisor Dr. Lorraine Archer.
Towards a Cyanobacterial Gaze: How can a shapeshifting organism expand sculptural practice?
Director of Studies: Dr Heather Barnett, second supervisor: Dr Lorraine Archer, third supervisor: Professor Rebecca Fortnum.
Fumus Sym Fictioning: Contaminating Human Knowledges in Multispecies Queer Solidarity
Director of Studies: Dr Heather Barnett, second supervisor: Dr. Andrea Zimmerman, third supervisor: Dr Caterina Albano.
Can biomimicry help design furnishings for the domestic environment that improve air quality?
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: Professor Janet McDonnell.
Tissue Engineered Textiles; ‘Can the integration of textile craft with tissue-engineering techniques lead to the development of a new materiality for future design applications?
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: James Swinson third Supervisor: Professor Lucy Di Silvio, Kings College London.
Material Activism: The role of design research in the scientific development of regenerated textiles in a circular economy
Director of Studies: Dr Kate Goldsworthy, Chelsea College of Arts UAL, second supervisor: Professor Carole Collet.
Gossamer Timescapes: Designing Self-actuated Textiles for the Home
A PhD jointly supervised by CITA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, Denmark and the Textile Futures Research Centre at UAL.
Director of Studies: Professor Mette Ramsgard Thompsen, second supervisor: Professor Carole Collet.
Programmable Knitting
Director of Studies: Professor Carole Collet, second supervisor: Professor Janet McDonnell, third supervisor: Geoffrey Makstutis.