Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods

Dr. Gavin Melles is Professor (Adjunct) of Sustainability and Social Innovation at Swinburne University’s Design School. He is currently (2021-2022) Senior Fellow in Sustainability in the Technical Design Dept. of Technical University Dresden. He is a research affiliate at the Centre for Design Innovations, the Manufacturing Futures Research Institute, and the Collaborative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (2014-2019). His research and teaching interests include design education, sustainability, social innovation and related issues. He has held numerous international fellowships, most recently at Edinburgh University (2016), IIT Madras (2019) and Technical University of Dresden (2021).

• Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods.- Designing Sustainable Livelihoods for Informal Markets in Dhaka.- Designing Livelihoods Responsibly: Insights from Seed Conservation and Management Practices among Farming Communities in India.- Designerly Ways for Sustainable Livelihoods.- One Size Does Not Fit All: Heterogeneous Groups and Digital Training for Women in Tamil Nadu, India.- Indo-German Cross-cultural Collaboration: Sharing Experience and Co-creating Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Livelihoods Design.- Importance of Forest and Non-forest Environmental Resources to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Insights from a Case Study in Nepal.- Grassroots Innovation Based Sustainable Livelihoods: Role of Intermediaries.