Professor Paul Rodgers
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
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Prize And Awards
- The Incorporation of Weavers of Glasgow Material Innovation Award
- Recipient
- 8/5/2026
- Scotland's Life Sciences Conferences & Awards (Finalists in the Sustainability category)
- Recipient
- 12/3/2026
- World Design Congress: Design for Planet, London, 2025 Invited Speaker
- Recipient
- 21/3/2025
- REF2029 Sub-panel Chairs Shortlisting Panel Member
- Recipient
- 12/1/2025
- Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Design Strategies
- Recipient
- 11/9/2024
- Designing Journal Editorial Board Member
- Recipient
- 23/7/2024
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Publications
- Co-designing Sustainable and Dignified NHS Garments
- O'Reilly Jonathan, Rodgers Paul, Urquhart Lewis William Robert, Taylor Niki, Welsh Lucy, Winton Euan, Murden Sophia
- NHS Scotland Event 2026 (2026)
- How design students’ emotional experiences shape their engagement by maintaining emotional balance and sustainability during their design journey
- Marji Hazar Taissier Eid, Al-Omari Tasneem, Rodgers Paul, Brisco Ross
- 2026 Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Mobility Applications, Renewables and Technology (SMART)
(2026) - A co-design approach to reducing pharmaceutical waste
- MacLean Laura, Taissier Marji Hazar, Urquhart Lewis, Robinson Andrew, Wodehouse Andrew, Rodgers Paul A
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 6, pp. 1781-1790 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10536
- What can design-led research do for people living with dementia (PLwD)?
- Rodgers Paul A, Tepehan Neslihan, Brisco Ross, Robinson Andrew
- Designing the Future of Healthcare Products, Systems, Ecologies (2026) (2026)
- Exploring the viability of reusable theatre caps across NHS Scotland
- Welsh Lucy, Rodgers Paul, Winton Euan, Urquhart Lewis William Robert
- Designing the Future of Healthcare Products, Systems, Ecologies (2026) (2026)
- Ethical Threads : Rethinking NHS Workwear through the Values of Care
- Urquhart Lewis, Taylor Niki, Rodgers Paul A, Welsh Lucy, Winton Euan, Murden Sophia
- Shaping the Future of Fashion A Research Companion (2026) (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003606987-26
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Professional Activities
- FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 7/7/2026
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 14/4/2026
- Flourishing for the Future: Caring for People Living with Dementia Workshop
- Chair
- 17/2/2026
- Design HOPES From Hope to Health Exhibition: V&A Design Museum, Dundee, UK
- Chair
- 1/10/2025
- AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 30/9/2025
- AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 30/9/2025
Projects
- NHS Flourishing for the Future: Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Academic)
- This work will explore and identify solutions/ innovations, critical gaps, and required research for design-led interventions that will reduce the need for people living with dementia (PLwD) to receive hospital care.
This will require:
• Predicting quickly and accurately those most at risk (before diagnosis);
• Early diagnosis;
• Bespoke care pathways (including support systems, community-based services, greater emotional sensitivity);
• National training and education provision on dementia to support communities and individuals in turn to help identify and support PLwD;
• Innovative care policies (local, regional, and national) informed by a strong focus on cross-system insights;
• Wider and better-informed society (establishing dementia as a “protected” characteristic). - 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- UDLA 2527 University of Strathclyde | McGowan, Reiss
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator) McGowan, Reiss (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- Flourishing for the Future: Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator) Tepehan, Neslihan (Researcher) Robinson, Andrew (Researcher)
- The University of Strathclyde’s Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management (DMEM) has begun important new research aimed at transforming dementia diagnosis and care across the UK. The six-month project, titled 'Flourishing for the Future: Caring for People Living with Dementia', is part of the NHS Fit for the Future Mission and is funded by UKRI and AHRC.
The project led by Professor Paul Rodgers with Dr Ross Brisco, Dr Neslihan Tepehan and Andrew Robinson brings together a multidisciplinary team of design researchers.
This ambitious initiative seeks to examine how we can reduce the need for hospital-based care for people living with dementia (PLwD) by identifying innovative, design-led interventions that support early diagnosis, bespoke care pathways, and community-based support systems. The project will also explore how national training, policy development, and public awareness can be enhanced to better support PLwD and their carers. - 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- NHS Flourishing for the future: Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator) Robinson, Andrew (Researcher) Tepehan, Neslihan (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Thorp, Sebastian
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Co-investigator) Thorp, Sebastian (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- Designing social security around climate risks: an exploration of speculative futures
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 16-Jan-2024 - 24-Jan-2028
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Contact
Professor
Paul
Rodgers
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Email: paul.rodgers@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5282