CRAIG JEFFCOTT
Phd MA MSc
RESEARCHER + DESIGNER
I am a transdisciplinary designer and researcher from Scotland, based in Portugal. My work combines speculative design, storytelling and play, service design, and participatory research to help organisations and communities imagine and create more sustainable, equitable futures.
OUTPUTS
THESES
Jeffcott, C. (2026). Biodiverse Futures: Speculative Design For Community Biodiversity Activism. IADE Universidade Europeia.
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Jeffcott, C. (2016). Citizens of Nowhere: Designing for Deep Time. Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jeffcott, C. (2012). Can knowledge about how people learn and methods for developing technology-enhanced learning tools be used to produce an evaluable prototype of a tool to support benchside learning in early-career biomolecular science researchers?. Birkbeck, University of London.
Jeffcott, C (2006). Do Scientists and Artists Talk Differently About Creativity. University of Bath.
PUBLICATIONS
Jeffcott, C. (2026). The Tree, The Wood and The Path: Visual Metaphors for Pluriversal Speculative Design from Fantasy Fiction. Design Principles & Practices Annual Review, (Special Issue: Plural Ways of Design).
Jeffcott, C., Díaz Bejarano, N., Monestier, E., & Ruano, D. S. (2026). More-than-human Figures for Speculative Design. Design Principles & Practices Annual Review, (Special Issue: Plural Ways of Design).
Jeffcott, C., Ferreira, A. M., Gorgel Pinto, A., & Buzzo, D. (2025). Strange Strangers at Play: Crafting Transitional Design Assemblages for More-than-Human future-making. Creative Assemblages for Social Impact. Cross Media Arts, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jeffcott, C., & Ferreira, A. M. (2022). Designing a Speculative Design Toolkit for Community Biodiversity Activism. In N. Martins & D. Brandão (Eds.), Advances in Design and Digital Communication III (pp. 270–279). Springer Nature Switzerland.
Jeffcott, C. C., & Ferreira, A. M. (2021). Can Diverse Futuring Strategies Inform an Ecology-Centred Speculative Design Practice? In N. Martins & D. Brandão (Eds.), Advances in Design and Digital Communication (pp. 244–251). Springer International Publishing.
Jeffcott, C., & Ferreira, A. M. (2021). A Strategic Framework for Biodiverse Speculative Practices. In N. Martins, D. Brandão, & F. Moreira da Silva (Eds.), Perspectives on Design and Digital Communication II: Research, Innovations and Best Practices (pp. 233–248). Springer International Publishing.
Jeffcott, C., & Ferreira, A. M. (2021). Characterising Futuring Strategies for Biodiverse Speculative Design and Systems Design. In W. Karwowski, T. Ahram, D. Etinger, N. Tanković, & R. Taiar (Eds.), Human Systems Engineering and Design III (pp. 277–282). Springer International Publishing.
Jeffcott, C. (2021). Biodiverse futures: Strategies for an ecological speculative design practice. CPCL (Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes) Magazine Series.
Jeffcott, C., & Ferreira, A. M. (2019). Can a diverse and well-disseminated approach to speculative and critical design engage effectively with the complex systems and crises the Anthropocene Era? A Reflective Study of Practice-based design research. Doctoral Design Conference’19: TRANSformation Proceedings of the DDC 6th Conference. Doctoral Design Conference’19: TRANSformation, Lisbon, Portugal.
EVENTS
WORKSHOPS
The Forest Of Branching Futures: Visualising Pluriversal Futures With Woodland Metaphors From Speculative Fantasy
Designer and Facilitator
2025 | Nineteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Singapore (Online)
Strange Strangers in Strange Lands : A Collaborative Storytelling Game for Community Biodiversity Activism
Designer and Facilitator
2024 | Cumulus Conference, Monterey, Mexico
More-than-Human Futures on the Margins
Designer and Facilitator
2021 | IADE Design Research and Innovation Week, Lisbon, Portugal (Online)
Architecture of the Enclosed Sea
Participant Designer
2021 | Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (MAAT), Lisbon, Portugal
Disturbing Conservation: Re-mapping The Avencas MPA
Co-Designer and Facilitator
2020 | Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (MAAT), Lisbon, Portugal
Fiction Practice : Young Curators Lab (Dark Conservation)
Participant Designer
2019 | Porto Design Biennale, Porto, Portugal
Patient Partners Service Design Workshop
Designer and Facilitator
2017 | Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust / The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
Tourists Meet Locals
Designer and Facilitator
2016 | Dreamkers, Barcelona, Spain
ACADEMIC EVENTS
More-than-Human Frameworks, Figures and Personas in Design Colloquium
Co-Organiser and Presenter
2025 | Nineteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Singapore (Online)
Tangled Systems Symposium
Member of Organising Committee and Presenter
2016 | Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Doctoral Design Conference
Member of the Organising Committee and Presenter
2019 | IADE, Lisbon, Portugal
EXHIBITIONS
Nothing Again Nothing (MAx Provenzano)
Curation and Logistical Support
2024 | Unreal Cities Gallery, Barreiro, Portugal
Deucalion and Pyrrha (Natalie Tozer)
Logistical Support
2022 | Unreal Cities Gallery, Barreiro, Portugal
Outras Grafias (Frederico Vicente, Rita Neves, Colombus3)
Logistical Support
2022 | Unreal Cities Gallery, Barreiro, Portugal
Tangled Systems Exhibition
Member of Organising Committee and Exhibiting Designer
2016 | Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
PROJECTS
Patient Partners
Service Design & Research
2017 | Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust / The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
DESIGN ARTEFACTS
Strange Strangers in Strange Lands Playset (Speculative Design Playset)
Designer
2026 | IADE, Lisbon, Portugal
Conceptual Design Celium (Speculative Design Framework)
Researcher and Designer
2026 | IADE, Lisbon, Portugal
Citizens of Nowhere : Designing for Deep Time (Speculative Museum Exhibition)
Researcher and Designer
2016 | Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Skills (Transferable Research Skills Website)
Designer
2012-2014 | The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK