Research symposium

The vision of the Dyson School of Design Engineering is to empower innovators and decision-makers to harness the power of a rigorous and creative discipline towards constructing better social and technical systems using new technologies as building blocks. By fusing the technical to the human, we’re helping to create a world that’s just, sustainable, and teeming with possibilities.

These research booklets showcases some of the work produced by the Design Engineering research community. These activities align with our six key research themes: regenerative ecosystems, augmented living, smart futures, adaptive horizons, peer-to-peer society, and equality in evolution.

Each theme is dedicated to shaping a future that is sustainable, healthy, intelligent, resilient, collaborative, and equitable. Our approach is inherently transdisciplinary, integrating perspectives and expertise from various fields and stakeholders. From exploring digital mental health interventions to investigating fairness in consumer electricity markets, and beyond, these outputs demonstrate the diversity of impactful research being done at the School.

We hope that you will enjoy reading this booklet, and that it will provide an illustration of the breadth of ongoing research work within our school. Moreover, we also hope that it acts as a catalyst for discussions and collaboration with us in the future. We love to collaborate, and we love to work on problems that matter!

Research Symposium Booklets Links

Our Research Symposium booklets are available below. 

Research Symposium 2025

Design Innovation in Healthcare 2025