Dr Naomi Jacobs

Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking

Research Overview

Naomi is Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking. As an interdisciplinary academic, her work crosses various disciplines including design, computer science, social science, and fan and audience studies. Naomi's previous work has focused primarily on interaction; between individuals, communities, disciplines or sectors, and between people and technology and the media they consume.

Her current research often uses speculative design methods and design fiction, and focuses on how technologies such as IoT and AI are being implemented and governed. This includes research related to design for policy, particularly in the context of policy for ethical use of new technologies. She also co-leads the cross-university Fan Studies Lancaster research group.

Naomi has published papers on topics including the impact of AI on design teaching, the governance of smart cities, livestreaming of fan conventions, speculative uses of data and technology in food supply chains, and how to use zombie apocalypse modelling for epidemiology education.

E3: Taking IoT for a walk
01/04/2022 → 30/09/2023
Research

Participatory Policies for IoT (at the Edge) Ethics
03/05/2021 → 29/10/2021
Research

E3: Participatory Policies for IoT Ethics (P-PITE)
01/05/2021 → 15/07/2022
Research

E3: Design fiction for ethics in AI food data trusts
01/06/2020 → 30/11/2020
Research

The Creative Exchange
09/01/2012 → 30/06/2017
Research

National Centre for Research Methods: MethodsCon 2024: Futures
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Re-Imagining Design Pedagogy
Invited talk

DRS 2024 BOSTON
Participation in conference - Academic

Archiving the ephemeral in digital public space
Oral presentation

Cheshire East Chamber of Commerce AI for Small Businesses
Other

Campus in the City
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Designing the Future of Digital Twins in Healthcare
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Public Design Review
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Designing Ethical Policies for IoT in the Public Realm
Oral presentation

Imagination Now & Next at the Festival of Futures
Symposium

Imagination Now & Next at the Festival of Futures
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Fan Studies and Design Symposium
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Fan Studies and Design Symposium
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Killer Fandom book launch
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

FAN STUDIES LANCASTER/ANLU/TAP –Fan/Audience Studies Joint Seminar Series
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Fashion Forward
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

FAN STUDIES NETWORK–NORTH AMERICA 2023
Participation in conference - Academic

AI Futures
Symposium

The Synthetic City 2023
Participation in conference - Academic

Fashion Forward
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Taking IoT for a Walk
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public

‘More-than-design’ for policy making: an opportunity for engaging creative methods for future policies
Oral presentation

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

TEA Talks
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

FanLIS at Home: Fanbinding and/as Design
Oral presentation

PETRAS Community Development: Design Fiction and Speculative Design for Research and Public Engagement
Invited talk

DRS 2022 Bilbao
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

P-PITEE
Oral presentation

Artificial Intelligence and ethics within the food sector:
Invited talk

FanLIS 2022
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

The Design of Printed Fanfiction: Down to Agincourt and Fanbinding as Affective Practice
Oral presentation

Design in Place Based Policy Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Imagination Design Research Showcase
Invited talk

AI4SD Conference 2022
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Lancaster University (Publisher)
Editorial activity

PPITEE Policy prototyping workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

PPITEE Project poster presentation
Oral presentation

Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Association of Internet Researchers Conference 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

PPITEE Walking Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

United Nations University Early Career Professional Workshops Series
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Creating an Atlas of Design and Policy
Oral presentation

Internet of Food Things Network+ Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2020
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Challenges to Cross Disciplinary Collaboration as applied to Fan Studies
Oral presentation

PraxisUnico Conference 2015
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Stories of Creative Exchange
Invited talk

AHRC Four Hubs event
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

DMI Conference - Leading Innovation Through Design
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Doing things differently: Knowledge Exchange between Arts and Humanities and the creative economy
Invited talk

  • Energy Lancaster
  • Fan Studies Lancaster
  • Imagination Lancaster
  • Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre
  • School of Design