Rachel F D Cooper

Biographic Data

ID1921860
NAMERachel F D Cooper
GIVEN NAMESRachel F D
FAMILY NAMECooper
SIGNATURECOOPER R F D
AFFILIATIONSLancaster University
ORCID0000-0003-1503-1304
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS19
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Les études doctorales en design

    Serge Proulx, Sébastien Proulx et al.ARTICLESciences du Design2025

  • Doctoral Education in Design

    Serge Proulx, Sébastien Proulx et al.ARTICLESciences du Design2025

  • Designing the Urban Smart Futures Agenda for Lancaster, UK

    Open AccessMarianna Cavada, Nuri Kwon et al.ARTICLEUrban Science2024References: 5

    The smart city concept has garnered a lot of interest; however, it often falls short when it comes to providing clarity on the benefits it can offer. Discussing smartness in the context of cities and their inhabitants requires the involvement of a wide range of stakeholders in decision-making. Similarly, the decision-making process is often unclear and can lack integrity. For this reason, in this research, we clarify this process and establish a …

  • Design e Comunicação

    Open AccessDaniel Brandão, Nicole Martins et al.ARTICLEComunicação e Sociedade2023References: 7

    Our lives are dominated by digital technologies, it influences how we socialise, we work, we play, we shop, we explore the world around us and access knowledge and services.We live in both the digital and the physical world, but the digital world has the power to change what we experience every second, this has resulted in constant enhancement.Spontaneity and reactivity assume an increasingly prominent role in this communication universe.This ine…

  • A Socio-Spatial Approach to Enable Inclusive Well-Being in Cities

    Open AccessLakshmi Priya Rajendran, C T Boyko et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2020Cited by: 2References: 30

    This article examines density and deprivation, the two important parameters that define health and well-being in cities. Discussions are drawn from a case study conducted in Birmingham in four neighborhoods characterized by their different population density and deprivation levels. Data were collected through questionnaires developed from a set of subjective well-being measures and built environment audits, based on the Irvine Minnesota Inventory…

  • From no whinge scenarios to viability tree

    Open AccessLuc Doyen, Claire W Armstrong et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2019Cited by: 3References: 2

  • Uncertain Futures

    Open AccessJacqui Rodgers, Renske Herrema et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Social Work2018References: 34

    Little research has focused on autism in adulthood. Little is known about the concerns autistic adults may have, particularly about their futures, to inform support and social work practice. The objective of this study was to explore the nature of the worries autistic adults have about their futures. Four focus groups were conducted with autistic adults (n = 23), where worries about the next five years and next twenty years were discussed. Partic…

  • The Value of Design in Innovation

    Open AccessRicardo J Hernandez, Rachel F D Cooper et al.ARTICLEThe Design Journal2017

    A renewed interest in the positive impact of design in industry during the last few years, especially regarding the measurement of that impact, has produced a number of studies and research in the field. All these studies have contributed significantly to increasing the acceptance of design in business, however it is still not totally clear what is the position of design within the business structure and its contributions to other functions in th…

  • The Design Experience

    Mike Press, Rachel F D Cooper et al.BOOKDesign Experience2017

    How are we to understand the changing role of design and designers in the new age of consumer experience? Drawing on perspectives from cultural studies, design management, marketing, new product development and communications theory, The Design Experience explores the contexts, practices and roles of designers in today's world, providing an accessible introduction to the key issues reshaping design. The book begins by analysing how consumers acqu…

  • Clarifying and re-conceptualising density

    Open AccessC T Boyko, Rachel F D Cooper et al.ARTICLEProgress in Planning2011

  • Benchmarking sustainability in cities

    Open AccessC T Boyko, Mark Gaterell et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2011Cited by: 14References: 4

  • Breaking from Tradition

    Open AccessRachel F D Cooper, Rachel Cooper et al.ARTICLEDesign Management Review2010

    Today's educated consumers demand high-quality goods and services-and that's just the beginning.It has traditionally been the role of market research to identify the attributes of the market and the needs of the customers within it.However, in an increasingly dynamic, diverse, and complex environment, the challenge to innovate and develop new products demands a deep knowledge of the users and the issues surrounding the consumption of goods and se…

  • Introduction

    Open AccessHavi Carel, Rachel F D Cooper et al.ARTICLEStudies in History and Philosophy…2010

  • The Design Agenda

    Jack Ingram, Rachel F D Cooper et al.ARTICLEDesign Issues1997

    UK Design lies between the worlds of culture and commerce, between passion and profit. Design is indeed a passion for things, offering methods that enable them to come into being. It follows that design should also aspire to a passion for the people who use these things, for their quality of life, their aspirations: a passion for betterment. The management of design is about fostering that passion and linking it to the fulfilment of corporate goa…