Accepting applications from PhD students.
Email: shan.wang@soton.ac.uk
Address: Satellite - Park Avenue, Winchester, SO23 8DL (View in Google Maps)
She began teaching at the University of Southampton in 2017. She also gave guest lecturers outside of the University of Southampton, including at Coventry University and Bournemouth University. Her teaching covers a range of topics, such as design thinking, design processes, UX design, inclusive design, design research methods, etc. Her research interests include user-centred design, design for ageing, UI/UX design, and inclusive design.
She has more than 10 years of graphic design experience. She worked in the design industry in 2013 with expertise in branding visual identity design and website interface and interactive design. Therefore, Shan's research also focuses on user research for digital applications. In 2022, Shan was awarded ESRC pump-priming funding from the University of Southampton, leading a collaborative research project with the industry (Protolyst) to enhance the user experience of its knowledge management application.
Shan finished her PhD in 2020 in the research area of inclusive home environment design for ageing. Currently, Shan is committed to practice-based design research and is currently studying user needs and creating products, services, home environments, and social communities that enhance well-being and quality of life. She has extensive experience designing research methods such as interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, anthropological studies, observations, and user experience research.