Professor Paul Rodgers
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
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Prize And Awards
- 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
- Elected to the Editorial Board of The Design Journal
- Recipient
- 1/12/2023
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Publications
- Emotion tracking : examining the emotional journeys of final-year design students
- Marji Hazar Taissier, Rodgers Paul A, Brisco Ross
- The Design Journal (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2025.2603606
- Co-designing sustainable scrubs with NHS Scotland : material futures and net-zero healthcare design
- Urquhart Lewis William Robert, Rodgers Paul, Taylor Niki, Welsh Lucy, Winton Euan
- Global Research in Action World Design Congress 2025, pp. 55-62 (2025)
- CAREWorld : a design mapping tool for developing future visions of care
- Urquhart Lewis, Rodgers Paul, McGuire Neil, Woods Mel, Lim Chris, Bruce Fraser
- Design for Health, pp. 1-22 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2025.2572272
- Design HOPES: From HOPE to HEALTH
- Rodgers Paul
- (2025)
- Future Observatory: Tools for Transition
- Rodgers Paul
- (2025)
- Design thinking, acting, making and net zero transformational change across NHS Scotland
- Rodgers Paul A, Woods Mel, Oliveira Sonja, Tapinos Efstathios, Bucknall David, Bruce Fraser, Wodehouse Andrew, White Gregor, Desmulliez Marc P Y
- Societies Vol 15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/soc15080222
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Professional Activities
- 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
- AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 23/9/2025
- "From Lab to Market: Harnessing Design-Led Innovation for Global Impact"
- Speaker
- 9/9/2025
- World Design Congress 2025
- Participant
- 9/9/2025
Projects
- NHS Flourishing for the future: Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- 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
- 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
- UDLA 2527 University of Strathclyde | McGowan, Reiss
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Holliman, Freddie (Co-investigator) McGowan, Reiss (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- 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