Rachel Cooper OBE is Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy at Lancaster University. She is a Director of ImaginationLancaster, an exploratory design-led research centre conducting applied and theoretical research into people, products, places and their interactions, and also Chair of Lancaster institute for the Contemporary Arts. She is series editor of the Routledge series Design for Social Responsibility covering topics such as designing for sustainability, inclusivity, service design, and policy. She was founding editor of The Design Journal and also founding President of the European Academy of Design. She is currently President of the Design Research Society. She led Lancaster's contribution to Liveable Cities, a £5m funded six-year research programme working to identify design and engineering solutions that will lead to low-carbon, resource-secure, future cities in which societal wellbeing is prioritised. She currently leads Lancaster's contribution to The PETRAS National Centre of Excellence that exists to ensure that technological advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) are developed and applied in consumer and business contexts, safely and securely, by considering social and technical issues relating to the cybersecurity of IoT devices, systems and networks. She is the Royal Society representative member of the Scientific Committee for Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment and an advisor on the Best Commision for Healthy Cities.