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John Hammersley

  • Position: Lecturer in Design Studies
  • Areas of expertise: Teaching and Learning for Design, Design Thinking for curriculum transformation, design studies; design futures, creative ecologies for design transitions, dialogical pedagogies
  • Email: J.Hammersley1@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 1.03 Clothworkers Building South
  • Website: https://johnhammersley.substack.com/ | LinkedIn | ORCID

Profile

I joined the University of Leeds as the School of Design’s Transformative Educator for Curriculum Redefined and Lecturer in Design Studies in 2022. I am the Director of Scholarship for the School of Design and member of the Imaginative Curriculum Centre steering group.

I have over twenty years’ experience teaching in higher education in art and design, teaching at institutions across the UK, and in Ireland and Malaysia. I have taught at Foundation, BA and PGT levels, in Fine Art, Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, and Illustration. I am also a qualified teacher of English to speakers of other languages and have taught pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes at Reading and Lancaster universities.

I obtained a PhD from Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2015 before undertaking a postdoctoral appointment at Lancaster University.

Responsibilities

  • Director of Scholarship
  • Scholarship Research Group Lead

Research interests

My research is focused on applying dialogue as a framework for practice and understanding within art and design, the role of Design Thinking in curriculum transformation and approaches to integrating GenAI into creative pedagogy.

Qualifications

  • PhD Dialogue as practice and understanding in contemporary art
  • MA Fine Art
  • BA (Hons) Illustration

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • ISSOTL
  • Design Research Society
  • NAFAE
  • PaTHES
  • COIMBRA

Student education

I teach onto the BA Art & Design Programme, and the Design Studies modules for the School of Design. I am also a final year dissertations tutor, drawing on my broad knowledge of art and design history, theory and practice, and experience as study skills tutor, and teacher of English for Academic Purposes.

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>