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Account	The Open University account for Professor Robin Roy robin-roy-7344b5b?trk=hp-identity-name
Biography	<p>Robin Roy has a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, an M.Sc and a Ph.D in Design Technology, all from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. After a short perion of teaching in the USA, he joined the Faculty of Technology at the Open University in January 1971 as one of the first lecturers in Design and was awarded a personal chair in Design and Environment in 1999. After retiring in 2012 as one of the longest serving OU academics he became an Emeritus Professor and is still active in teaching and research.</p><p> </p>
Description	<p>Robin Roy has a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, an M.Sc and a Ph.D in Design Technology, all from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. After a short perion of teaching in the USA, he joined the Faculty of Technology at the Open University in January 1971 as one of the first lecturers in Design and was awarded a personal chair in Design and Environment in 1999. After retiring in 2012 as one of the longest serving OU academics he became an Emeritus Professor and is still active in teaching and research.</p><p> </p>
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Job title	Emeritus Professor
Research overview	<p>In 1979 Robin founded the Design Innovation Group to research design and innovation management and sustainable design and directed the Group until he retired in 2012. He has published many books, book chapters, papers and articles on topics ranging from design creativity and the successful management of new product development to environmentally sustainable education systems and consumer adoption of low and zero carbon technologies. His recent book<em>Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design</em> (2016) tracks the innovation, design and evolution of consumer products from their initial invention to the present (see publications).</p>
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Roy, Robin and Wield, David (1986). Product design and technological innovation. UK: Open University Press. Potter, Stephen and Roy, Robin (2000). Using scenarios to identify innovation priorities in the UK railway industry. International Journal of Innovation Management, 4(2) pp. 229–252. Roy, Robin and Caird, Sally (2001). Household ecological footprints – moving towards sustainability? Town and Country Planning, 70(10) pp. 277–279. Roy, Robin (2016). A Story of Innovation: The Cyclone Vacuum Cleaner Invented by James Dyson. Creative Academic Magazine, UK. Turner, Calum; Roy, Robin and Wield, David (1990). Materials: A new revolutionary generic technology? Conditions and policies for innovation. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 2(3) pp. 221–235. Riedel,, Johann; Roy, Robin and Potter, Stephen (2008). Design and market position - mapping the market with the MADRID market map. In: International Product Development Management Conference, 30 Jun - 1 Jul 2008, Hamburg, Germany. Roy, Robin (2016). Consumer Product Design and Innovation: Past, present and future. In: Proceedings of DRS 2016, Design Research Society 50th Anniversary Conference (Lloyd, Peter and Bohemia, Erik eds.), Design Research Society, London, UK, 10 pp. 3755–3770. Roy, Robin and Caird, Sally (2006). Designing low and zero carbon products and systems – adoption, effective use and innovation. In: Sustainable Innovation 06: 11th International Conference, 23-24 Oct 2006, Chicago, USA. Herring, Horace and Roy, Robin (2007). Technological innovation, energy efficient design and the rebound effect. Technovation, 27(4) pp. 194–203. Roy, Robin ; Reidel, Johann and Potter, Stephen (1998). Firms and markets that profit from investment in design and product development. The Design Journal, 1(2) pp. 3–16. Roy, Robin and Potter, Stephen (1993). The commercial impacts of investment in design. Design Studies, 14(2) pp. 171–193. [...] There are 57 more subjects. You can use the links at the top of the page to download all the data.	Creator
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