Hello, my name is Leanne. I’m a researcher and creative based in the Orkney Isles.
I work on projects that explore the social impacts of emerging digital and energy technologies; and consider ways that we can make these technologies work for us and the futures we want to build.
On This Site
I bridge speculative design with pragmatic implementation: from leading community energy projects in Scotland to exhibiting futures work at global institutions. On this site you will find theoretical and speculative design work exploring these themes; alongside applied work that I've done with community organisations.
You can browse a selection of my projects across these domains, or view my full CV for a detailed breakdown of my experience.
Key Research Themes
- Data & Digital Justice: Exploring data infrastructure and its interactions with community processes.
- Community Energy: Working on applied community energy projects.
- Sustainable Systems: Investigating consumption and waste via critical design methodologies.
Roles
Currently
- Community Energy Scotland — Technical Team Manager, developing fair and inclusive community energy projects.
Recently
- Edinburgh Futures Institute — Graduated with Distinction from MSc. in Data, Inequality and Society at Edinburgh University
- Community Energy Scotland — Data and Digital Officer
- Superflux — Senior Designer on the production of major immersive design fiction installations and films such as Mitigation of Shock, Singapore and Museum of the Future, Dubai at the intersection.
- Edinburgh University — Research Assistant for Lara M. Santos Ayllón in Just Energy Futures
- IDEO CoLab — Circular Economy Fellow for co-design program with industry partners
- Demand Energy Equality — Workshop Leader for energy literacy and solar panel building
- V&A Dundee — Program Lead for a nationwide series of design workshops for young people around climate and social issues