Emma Campbell is a Research Fellow and Educator at the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB). She has a Ph.D. (2021, QUB), MArch (2016, QUB), and BA Hons (2012, Ulster University) in Architecture. Currently, she works on the EU Horizon project, UPSURGE, a lighthouse project on urban regeneration and pollution remediation through nature-based solutions. Previously, she was a researcher on the Innovate UK project, IDEAL HOME, to reimagine the net-zero, high-welfare poultry house of the future. She uses research-by-design approaches to address climate resilience and sustainable consumption, primarily in the agri-food and food-retail sectors. In 2021, Emma presented her Ph.D. research in a TEDx talk called ‘Can bees help us to design sustainable supermarkets?’ In the same year, she co-founded U-IO, a circular design collective, which has exhibited at the Design Museum and Northern Ireland Science Festival.
Queen's University
Belfast, UK
Planning and Architecture