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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 period 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, writing 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 period 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, writing 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). He is currently (2020) writing a book on creativity and innovation from the viewpoint of inventors, designers, architects and innovators.</p>
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Roy, Robin and Caird, Sally (2007). Climate Change: the citizen's agenda Evidence to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. The Stationery Office, London, UK. Roy, Robin (1994). The evolution of ecodesign. Technovation, 14(6) pp. 363–380. Roy, Robin and Caird, Sally (2001). Environmental actions to reduce household ecological footprints. International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, 4(2) pp. 315–332. Caird, S. and Roy, R. (2019). Sustainable Higher Education Systems. In: Leal Filho, W. ed. Encyclopaedia of Sustainability and Higher Education. Springer, Cham. Roy, Robin and Reidel, Johann C. k. h. (1997). Design and innovation in successful product competition. Technovation, 17(10) pp. 537–548. Roy, Robin and Caird, Sally (2009). Who adopts microheating technologies? Green Building Magazine, 19(2) pp. 44–47. Herring, Horace and Roy, Robin (2002). Sustainable services, electronic education and the rebound effect. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 22(5) pp. 525–542. Roy, Robin (2015). Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design: The evolution and impacts of successful products. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. Roy, Robin and Caird, Sally (2013). Diffusion, user experiences and performance of UK domestic heat pumps. Energy Science and Technology, 6(2) pp. 14–23. Caird, Sally and Roy, Robin (2010). Yes in my back yard: UK householders pioneering technologies. In: Devine-Wright, Patrick ed. Renewable Energy and the Public. London: Earthscan, pp. 203–219. Roy, Robin and Potter, Stephen (1990). Managing design projects in small and medium sized firms. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 2(3) pp. 321–336. [...] There are 58 more subjects. You can use the links at the top of the page to download all the data.	Creator
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