Professor Mel Woods is co-director for Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem, Scotland).
Design HOPES is one of the four Green Transition Ecosystems, part of the Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition Programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (£4.6 million, AHRC, 2023-25).
Mel is a Professor of Creative Intelligence at the University of Dundee; her research intersects design, technology, and society. She has led major sustainability programmes in the UK and Europe, using data and design insights to democratise decision-making and action to collectively tackle climate change. Her goal is to inspire positive transformation in the world.
