The current research team is composed of the Principal Investigator, Graduate Research Assistants, Undergraduate Research Assistants and Curricular Based Research developed from the "Clever Devices" course. In the near future research interns will also be included as part of the research team.
Suzanne is a Foresight Analyst, Mentor, and Educator.
She comes to OCAD University from SMARTlab in the UK where she was Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow in Technology Futures. She also works with the CFC Media Lab where she holds a Faculty post. She was formerly a member of Nokia’s Insight & Foresight group, which studied emerging trends and identified new business opportunities created by disruptive technological and market developments.
Previously at Sapient Corporation, a business and technology consultancy, Suzanne was the Discipline Lead for the Experience Modeling (XMod) group in London, where she created and managed this group of diverse social scientists. She was also a Director in the User Experience Group, overseeing Creative development and articulation as well as the Research offerings. Prior to this, she was the Director of Insights and Director of Project Management at Xcorporation, a communications and design firm. Suzanne is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and founder of the research company, Everyday Life. She was also the Canadian juror for the UN Task force, the World Summit Awards and has held Mentorship positions with the Interactive Project Lab and various advisory boards.
Peter Rose
Research Assistant
Peter Rose is a MDes Strategic Foresight and Innovation Candidate. His research includes the design of interventions to enable shoppers to choose climate friendly products (those products with low CO2e impacts). Aligned with the Super Ordinary lab his research takes a Human Centered Design (HCD) philosophy which investigates, through ethnographic research, how shoppers make decisions in grocery retail settings. This information is leveraged to develop concepts that could nudge or empower shoppers to find and purchase lowest carbon item In a particular product category.
In addition to this research Peter is also investigating the major drivers that are shaping how carbon information will be displayed to Canadian shoppers ten years into the future, using a combination of literature review, expert consultation and the Cone of Plausibility Foresight Method.
Shahid Quadri
Research Assistant
Shahid Quadri is a freelance interactive designer with 12 years experience. He has worked in many industries, including advertising, the music industry, and the documentary film world. Past posts include Associate Creative Director at the digital arm of Palmer Jarvis DDB - Tribal DDB, web marketer at the National Film Board of Canada, prototype designer for interactive film at the Canadian Film Centre. Past work includes web sites for Sarah McLachlan, K-OS, Naomi Klein and Irshad Manji.
In 2009 Shahid graduated from the Canadian Film Centre’s (CFC) Interactive Art and Entertainment Program. Here he explored interactivity and storytelling when he collaborated on an interactive graphic novel in 3D space.