Dr Fabrizio Ceschin
Reader in Design
Michael Sterling 156
- Email: fabrizio.ceschin@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267394
Summary
I am a Reader in Design for Sustainability, coordinator of the Design for Sustainability research group and member of the Design for Sustainable Manufacturing research theme. I worked in the Design and Innovation for Sustainability research unit at Politecnico di Milano for six years before joining Brunel University London in 2012.
I carry out research in the area of:
- Design for Sustainability and Circular Economy, and in particular in developing principles, strategies and tools to innovate and design products, services, product-service systems and business models integrating environmental, socio-ethical and economic sustainability;
- Co-design, and in particular on how to support multi-stakeholder and participatory design processes.
Over the past years I have been involved in several international and national research projects, funded by the European Commission, EPSRC, Innovate UK, the British Council, SMEs and multinational enterprises. My research projects have resulted in more than 80 journal and conference publications and 4 books.
I have been teaching in the area of design for sustainability over the past 15 years. I am currently teaching modules on Fundamentals of Design for Sustainability and Advanced Design for Sustainability (BA and BSc), and I am director of the MSc Integrated Product Design.
I am member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, the Design Research Society and the British Industrial Design Association, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Education
I obtained a BSc and MSc equivalent degrees in Industrial Design awarded by Politecnico di Milano in Italy. In 2009 I started my doctoral research in design for sustainability at Politecnico di Milano, which was completed in 2012.
Responsibility
- Coordinator, Design for Sustainability research group
- Co-director, Brunel Design Research Centre
- Director, MSc Integrated Product Design
- Director, Design for Sustainability research group
- Module Leader, DM2801 Fundamentals of Innovation and Sustainability (BA and BSc Design programmes)
- Module Leader, DM3611 Advanced Design for Sustainability (BA and BSc Design programmes)
Newest selected publications
Colecchia, F., Ceschin, F. and Harrison, D. (2024) 'Interdisciplinary integrative capabilities as a catalyst of responsible technology-enabled innovation: A higher education case study of Design MSc dissertation projects'. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 23. ISSN: 0957-7572 Open Access Link
Ceschin, F. and Gaziulusoy, İ. (2024) 'Design for Sustainability: Reflections on a dynamically evolving field', in Egenhoefer, RB. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design. London : Routledge. pp. 21 - 37. ISBN 10: 1-003-36543-4. ISBN 13: 978-1-032-43033-1.
Ceschin, F. (2024) 'Teaching Design for Sustainability from Product Design to Design for Sustainability Transitions: A New Programme at Brunel University London', in Egenhoefer, RB. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design. London : Routledge. pp. 605 - 608. ISBN 10: 1-003-36543-4. ISBN 13: 978-1-032-43033-1.
Terzioglu, N., Ceschin, F., Jobling, S. and Tarverdi, K. (2024) 'Archetypes to classify upstream packaging strategies for a circular economy'. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 21. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2667-3789 Open Access Link
Earl, A., De Kock, I. and Ceschin, F. (2023) 'Critical Making Critical Niches: a conceptual framework for co-design in energy transitions'.29th International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Innovation: Shaping the Future, ICE 2023. Edinburgh. 19 - 23 June. IEEE. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 2334-315X