CRAIG JEFFCOTT

Phd MA MSc

RESEARCHER + DESIGNER

I am a transdiciplinary speculative designer and researcher from Scotland, based in Portugal. I specialise in storytelling design games, diverse and more-than-human design, collaborative and liveable futures, and speculative design for community biodiversity activism.

ABOUT ME

EDUCATION

PhD Design with Distinction Cum Laude
2026 | IADE / Universidade Europeia

MA Interaction Design with Merit
2016 | Goldsmiths, University of London

MSc Learning Technologies
2012 | Birkbeck, University of London

MSc Science, Culture and Communication
2006 | University of Bath

MSc(MedSci) Medical Genetics
2005 | University of Glasgow

BMedSci Dental Sciences
2004 | University of Glasgow

BSc(DentSci) Pharmacology
2003 | University of Glasgow

ROLES

Creative Director
2021-Present | Unreal Cities Studio

Experience Designer
2018-2020 | Institute of Cancer Research

Instructional Designer
2011-2018 | Institute of Cancer Research

New Media Development Officer
2006-2011 | Institute of Cancer Research

TRAINING

Graphic Design | Central St Martin's | 60 hours

Typograpy for InDesign | Media Training | 1 day

Drawing | City Lit | 30 hours

Agile UX | Nielsen Norman | 1 day

User Interface Principles | Nielsen Norman | 1 day

User Experience Toolkit | User Focus | 2 days

Making an Impact | RADA | 1 dayn

MY RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • community engagement through speculative design

  • research through making and design practice

  • games as methods for participation and inquiry

  • post-qualitative, practice-led research

  • participatory and community-led design

  • more-than-human and ecological relations in design

  • queer ecology

  • biodiverse futuring strategies

  • speculation as design method

  • speculative fiction and fabulation as theory

  • collaborative and liveable futures

  • concrete utopias and convivial heterotopias

  • transitional design assemblages

  • weird futures

  • design for deep time

DESIGN COMPETENCIES

  • design research

  • speculative and critical design

  • game design

  • interaction and UX design

  • service design

  • instructional design

  • graphic design and branding

DOMAIN EXPERTISE IN

  • biomedical sciences

    • cancer biology

    • genetics

    • pharmacology

    • human medicine

    • dental science

  • science and technology studies

  • science communication and cultural studies

  • learning technologies

  • community biodiversity activism