Prof John Lee, Professor of Digital Media
Prof John Lee is Professor of Digital Media at the University of Edinburgh. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, from Edinburgh. He works jointly in the School of Informatics and the Edinburgh College of Art (School of Design). In the past, he directed the Edinburgh Computer-Aided Architectural Design (EdCAAD) research unit, and was deputy director of the Human Communication Research Centre. His research interests centre around cognition and communication in design and learning. He is especially interested in the creative uses of “rich media” (especially video) in teaching and learning, and in roles for data and design in social innovation. He was a founder of the long-standing MSc programme in Design and Digital Media and later its online version, the MSc in Digital Media Design, directing both for many years. He has held many externally-funded grants, and was co-ordinator of the Edinburgh-Stanford Link research and commercialisation programme in language and speech technologies, which developed entrepreneurship education in both informatics and design areas.
Research interests
* cognition and communication in design and learning
* enriching media resources for teaching and learning
* roles for data and design in social innovationSee John’s research profile on Edinburgh Research Explorer here