Dr Damian Chapman
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Across departments
- School of Computer Science and Mathematics
- School of Engineering
- School of Built Environment and Geography
- Penrhyn Road
Deputy Dean
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
As Deputy Dean to the faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment (ECE) and a member of the Academic Council for Kingston University, I am responsible for overseeing the strategic leadership and development / implementation of the faculty's growth whilst leading on L&T across three remarkable schools: Computing, Engineering, and Built Environment & Geography. These thrive on active engagement and a sense of trust in co-constructing exciting live projects that engage industry, academic, and student partnerships collaboratively, and central to our learning community.
Over three decades, I have worked as a curriculum designer/consultant for UK and international HE institutions. In these, I have co-designed and developed a broad range of UG and PGT courses that generate thinking through making and reflect the dynamic needs of our changing educational landscapes.
My research focuses systems and agile design principles to trans-disciplinary learning models within industry settings to expedite innovation. Specifically, my research explores systems design at the intersection of cybernetics and organisational theory to develop learning practices that transform silo mentalities into dynamic and collaborative creative communities.
I am a member of the Cyber and Digital research hub at Kingston University, integrating design, computing, and engineering to prototype conversation in a dynamic and creative context for building co-constructed meaning and innovation. I am a member of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), and also co-lead TheReadingGroup with Kate Doyle, TJ McLeish, and Patricia Machado Alvarez in a nested studio, as part of the international #NewMacy group founded by Paul Pangaro in 2020.
Qualifications
- PhD - Information systems design June 2025
- PGCE in L&T (UAL) 2005
- MA (CSM) 1999
- BA Hons 1st (CSM) 1993
Domains
Qualifications
- SFHEA
- PG Cert in L&T - Distinction
- FHEA
• Sullivan, M., Westermann, C., Doyle, K., Pangaro, P., Chapman, D., Kramer, J., Ziebell, J., Tuddenham, P., Zuo, A., Neese, B., Vander Auwera, P., Levings, D., (2024) The Little Books Zine Project: ASC60 #NewMacy group (https://newmacy.pubpub.org/little-books-zine)
• Chapman, D., Brujic-Okretic, V., (2023) International Symposium Co-lead: Kingston University Hub: Tensions Between Protection and Radical Change. Systemic Design Association symposium: https://rsdsymposium.org/rsd12-kingston-uk/
• Chapman, D., Doyle, K., Machado, P., McLeish, TJ (2023) Prototyping Conversation: Observing a cybernetic process of describing wicked challenges. RSD12.
• Bunnell, P., Castellanos, C., Chapman, D., Doyle, K, Fang, Z., Giancola, M., Lieber, M., McLeish, TJ., Pangaro, P., Pinsker, E., Richards, L., Silvaggio, E., Steier, F., Sullivan, M., Westermann, C. (2022) Becoming #New Macy (RSD11) https://rsdsymposium.org/new-macy-introduction-becoming/
• Bunnell, P., Castellanos, C., Chapman, D., Doyle, K, Fang, Z, X., Giancola, M., Lieber, M., McLeish, TJ., Pangaro, P., Pinsker, E., Richards, L., Silvaggio, E., Steier, F., Sullivan, M., Westermann, C. (2022) #NewMacy ACT III: Reintroducing Stability RSD11, https://rsdsymposium.org/newmacy-act-iii-re-introducing-stability/
• Chapman, D., Doyle, K., McLeish, TJ., (2022) Prototyping Conversations. Relating Systems thinking and design (RSD11) Systemic Design Association Symposium (https://doi.org/10.21428/0e270dcf.279fda6b).
• Chapman, D. (2022) Research presentation: A design framework to enable better understanding of human factors in complex data streams in the Energy industry’s transition RCA: School of Design Student Research Symposium
• Chapman, D., Yilmaz, A., Conway, C., de Freitas, S., Reeves, T. (2021) D Chapman Research Development Chair: ‘A Question of HE: The future of digital technology in higher education’ School of Design, Kingston University:
• Chapman, D., Wang, S., (2020) Individual 'Trace' in Knowledge Space A novel design approach for human-systems interaction IHIET-AI 2020 ISBN: ISBN 978-3-030-44267-5 (Springer).
• Chapman, D., Wang, S., (2019) 'Trace: A Crucial Data Visualisation Method in Intelligent Manufacturing' INAIT 2019
• Phipps, L., Allen, R., Hartland, D., Chapman, D., Whitton, N., Thomson, S., Bryant, P., Hussein, A., Rowett, S., Scott, A.-M., Krohn, A., (2018) Next generation [digital] learning environments present and future (Chapter by D. Chapman 2018). JISC Rep.
Specialisms
- Learning Design
- Information Systems
- Innovation Design
- Methods design
- Organisational learning
- Cybernetics / Design
- Communication design