Dr Sharon Prendeville is a researcher, educator and activist based at the Institute for Design Innovation, LUL. She is the Institute’s research lead and Programme Director for MSc Design Innovation Management. Her current research focuses on developing critical interdisciplinary perspectives in design, working with grassroots and social movements. She has worked with policymakers and a range of businesses on the complex and systemic nature of the relationship between design strategy and sustainable business. In 2014, she co-founded the ‘open source circular economy days’ grassroots community to explore counter-cultural practices, peer-to-peer production and commons governance within sustainability. Sharon has previously worked at SustainRCA, at the Royal College of Art in London, TU Delft, The Netherlands and in 2018, she was Chair of Conversations at DRS2018.