Prof. Angus Donald Campbell is a designer, educator and researcher passionately amplifying creative innovation for regenerative local futures.

He has a Doctorate in Development Studies and a Masters in Industrial Design. Originally from South Africa, he worked for 18 years at the University of Johannesburg, culminating in heading the Department of Industrial Design for five years. In 2021, he moved to Aotearoa, New Zealand as Head of the new multidisciplinary Design Department in the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland.

His university lecturing, practice-based design research and consulting experience is passionately focused on critically exploring the power of Design to creatively, collaboratively and sustainably innovate at the complex nexus of social, technological and ecological systems. His work focuses on creative social and technological innovation through participatory approaches to designing products, services and systems that support resilient local futures through appropriate technologies, circular economies and sustainable food systems.

For more information, please visit his personal website: www.angusdonaldcampbell.com