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Ms

Crystal Zhang

Student

London College of Communication

BIO

Lezhi Crystal Zhang is a PhD Candidate, designer, and lecturer passionate about climate action, social justice, product design, circularity design, design for social innovation, and education for sustainable development.

She is currently a full-time PhD student at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Her doctoral research project is titled 'Design education for eco-social justice: Developing tangible interventions in learning and teaching approaches.' This project addresses the gap in pedagogical approaches related to eco-social justice in higher education and focuses on exploring the necessity of evolving climate action and social justice in curriculum design through object-based learning.

 
Supervised by Prof Dr. Ramia Mazé, Dr. Noemi Sadowska, Dr. Niki Wallace and Dr. Thomas Giagkoglou (Advisor)
Keywords: Practice-based Research, Design Education, Eco-social justice, Object-based learning

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON APPOINTMENTS

  • LCC Post-Graduate Student Representative
    University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom9 Oct 2023 - present
  • Co-leader in 'PhD Tea and Chat' Interest Group
    University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom9 Oct 2023 - present
  • LCC PG Peer Mentor
    University of the Arts London, London, United KingdomFeb 2023 - Jun 2023
  • Committee Member for the Sustainability Alumni Network
    University of the Arts London, Alumni associations, London, United Kingdom9 Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer
    HBK Essen x Foshan University, Product Design, onsite + hybridMar 2021 - Aug 2022
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
    University of the Arts London, London, United KingdomJan 2024 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of the Arts London, London, United KingdomSep 2022 - present
  • MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures (with Distinction)
    University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom
  • BDes, Industrial Design
    Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
  • Exchange Programme, Product Design
    University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • PhD Research Programme
    University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom
    Supervised by Prof Dr. Ramia Mazé, Dr. Noemi Sadowska, Dr. Niki Wallace

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)

STAFF/STUDENT

  • PGR student