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Dr Busayawan Lam
Head of Brunel Design School / Reader

Topics

Co-design, Design Innovation, Design Management, Design & Innovation Strategy, Design & Branding Strategy, Community-led Design, Social Innovation

Research supervision

Current PhD Students & Topics (1st supervisor)

  • Montida Lertnimanoradee, Working Title: Participatory design and upcycling practice as a means to transform municipal solid waste into products that can benefit the local community: A case study in Khon Kaen province
  • Sena Berktaş, Working Title: Examining How Human-Centred Design and Information Design Could Help Reduce Language Barriers Between Immigrant Parents and Turkish Primary School Teachers
  • Yufan Guo, Working Title: Design for Health Literacy: Enhancing Health Decision-Making for the Chinese Elderly through Visual Design on Short Video Platforms

Current PhD Students & Topics (2nd supervisor)

  • Nevena Balezdrova, Working Title: Invisible Minorities: A Co-Design Framework to Improve Social Care Services for Older Immigrant People in the UK
  • Ginevra Terenghi, Working Title: A Participatory Approach Based on Data Physicalization to Promote Women’s Agency in Healthcare Introducing “Data-Probes” to Empower Women Suffering From Urinary Tract Infections in Data Collection and Communication to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance
  • Jiaxin Lei, Working Title: 4DP Textile Applications in Fashion Design

Successful PhD supervision – as 1st supervisor

  • Dr Nadine Fayyad (2025), Thesis Title: Design for Wellbeing: Exploring the role of workplace design by using XR to promote doctoral researchers’ workplace subjective wellbeing in UK HEIs
  • Dr Mathurada Bejrananda (2023), Thesis Title: Value co-creation framework for co-designing strategic approach in public service: A grassroots enterprise development programme in Thailand (the OTOP programme)
  • Dr Rafael Freixieiro Gomes de Mello (2016), Thesis Title: Design-led future forecasting model for mobile communications
  • Dr Maha Shams (2015), Thesis Title: Elevating the perception of the strategic use of design for an airline through the design management conceptual framework (DMCF)
  • Dr Koogin Han (2014) Thesis Title: Design leadership and communication: Characteristics and abilities of design leaders communicating design to non-designers during the fuzzy front end of new product development
  • Dr Youjung Lee (2014), Thesis Title: A study on the application of contemporary visual art into flagship stores of luxury fashion brands
  • Dr Hadeel Silsilah (2014) Thesis Title: Design tool for applying Islamic art in commercial brands

Successful PhD supervision – as 2nd supervisor

  • Dr Nam, Seokwoo (2023), Thesis Title: Creating a 4D printing toolkit by comparing the printing parameters of print patterns and infill density
  • Dr Hyejin Kwon (2022), Thesis Title: Design for social enterprises: a study of design-innovation ecosystem development framework for social enterprises
  • Dr Lulu Yin (2019), Thesis Title: An exploration and a participatory study toolkit: identifying the relationship between pavements and older pedestrians
  • Dr SungHee Ahn (2014), Thesis Title: Participation-based public art & design project model for culture-led urban regeneration
  • Dr Muneer Nusir (2014), Thesis Title: Government to citizens E-Service Co-Design
  • Dr Jiyoung Yoon (2010), Thesis Title: A conceptual model for city branding based on semiotics
  • Dr Kanwipa Methanuntakul (2010), Thesis Title: High-street fashion brand communication amongst female adolescents
  • Dr Hsueh-Pei Wang (2010), Thesis Title: A sensitising tool for smart home designers: Based on user-oriented product design research into the home life of older adults in the UK

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