Project Details
Description
FUNDING
ESRC: £7,213.50
EPSRC: £7,213.50
Working in collaboration with our community partner The Making Rooms Blackburn, this IAA ESRC EPSRC funded project will focus on the limitations of the recently implemented Right-to-Repair legislation which does not account for the repair of Internet of Things (IoT) devices whose unsustainable disposal actively contributes to electronic waste and material scarcity. Using the notion of a future high street ‘Repair Shop’ as its lens, the project will bring together community stakeholders to collectively envision pathways for developing new localised device repair ecosystems and circular economies.
| Short title | The Repair Shop 2049 |
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| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 1/12/21 → 31/08/22 |
Collaborative partners
- Lancaster University
- The Making Rooms: Independent Community Interest Company (CiC) (Project partner) (lead)
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Repair Space Blackburn
Macpherson-Pope, T. (Project Manager), Stead, M. (Consultant), Allen, H. (Consultant), Riley, P. (Consultant), Kelly, M. (Consultant), Mahmood, Q. (Consultant), Booth, S. (Consultant) & Bond, J. (Consultant)
1/07/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Consultancy
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IAA AHRC: Generation Fix: Designing Educational Toolkits to Accelerate Digital Circular Economy Education Within Local Communities
Stead, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/11/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Beyond Imagination (E3)
Cooper, R. (Co-Investigator), Dunn, N. (Principal Investigator), Coupe, G. (Team Member) & Cruickshank, L. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/19 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
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Gamers: Cultivating Sustainable Practices for Electronics Care
Owen, V., Stead, M. & Coulton, P., 16/09/2026, (Accepted/In press) Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation. Jacobs, N. (ed.). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Nurturing Planetary Citizens: Developing Regenerative More-than-Human Pedagogy in Design Education
Stead, M., 22/10/2025.Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Speech
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Smarter Repair 2053
Coulton, P., Stead, M. & Owen, R., 31/01/2025, In: The Design Journal. 28, 1, p. 126-145 20 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile69 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Nurturing Planetary Citizens: Developing Regenerative More-than-Human Pedagogy in Design Education
Stead, M. (Speaker)
22/10/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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EPSRC Fixing the Future Showcase @ Edinburgh Futures Institute
Stead, M. (Organiser), Owen, V. (Organiser), Urquhart, L. (Organiser), Lechelt, S. (Organiser), Sailaja, N. (Organiser), Castle-Green, T. (Organiser), Paris Darzentas, D. (Organiser), Dubey, N. (Organiser) & Primlani, N. (Organiser)
14/03/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Symposium
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EPSRC Fixing the Future Research Presentation - Repairing Communities through Collaboration and Creativity
Stead, M. (Keynote speaker)
14/03/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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The Fight to Repair: How the Battle Over the Right to Repair is Tipping in Favor of Consumers
22/09/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Opinion
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Sustainable Collaborations: ESRC EPSRC IAA The Repair Shop 2049 x The Making Rooms Blackburn
Stead, M. & Macpherson-Pope, T.
13/04/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Future Observatory: Research Network - Dr Mike Stead
1/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research