Dr Kyungeun Sung

Dr Kyungeun Sung (PhD, SFHEA) has over 20 years of design experience with expertise in upcycling, circular economy, sustainable design, and green transitions. She is interested in supervising PhD students. If you are interested please see research interests/expertise and publications to see more information about her research field.  

Institute of Art and Design 

See my publications here: 

Sung, K., Isherwood, P. & Moalosi, R. (2024)  . Research and Teaching in Environmental Studies collection. London: Routledge.

Sung, K., Ku. L. Yoon, J. & Kim, C. (2023) . Sustainability, 15(2), 1461. 

Sung, K., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S. (2022) . Sustainability, 14(3), 1919.

Sung, K., Singh, J. & Bridgens, B. (2021) Cham: Springer. 

Sung, K., Cooper, T., Oehlmann, J., Singh, J. & Mont, O. (2020).  Fashion Practice, 1-20. 

Sung, K. Cooper, T. & Kettley, S. (2019).  Energies, 12(14), 1-31.

Sung, K., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S. (2019).  Sustainability, 11(3), 1-26.

Singh, J., Sung, K., Cooper, T., West, K. & Mont, O. (2019). Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 150, 104439.  

Sung, K., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S. (2018). . In: Brinkmann R., Garren S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 299-312.

Sung, K., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S. (2017).  in W. Filho (Ed), Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom, Cham: Springer, 193-227.

Sung, K. & Cooper, T. (2015). Craft Research, 6(1), 113-122.

• Product design and new product development
• Sustainable art, design and craft
• Sustainable production, businesses and supply chains
• Sustainable behaviour, consumption and lifestyles 
• Upcycling and circular economy
• Design for green transitions 
• Systems thinking and innovation 
• Product-service systems and service innovation
• Participatory design
• Social innovation  
• Design education 

• Product Design
• Sustainable Design
• New Product Development 
• Design Innovation 

• PhD in sustainable design at Nottingham Trent University, UK (thesis titled )
• Fellow in Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
• PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, UK
• MSc in Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (dissertation titled Needs Assessment of South Sudanese Base of the Pyramid Customers on Health, Water and Sanitation)
• BSc in Industrial Design at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea 

• Product Design
• Interior Design 
• Design Crafts

• Design Research Society 
• The Design Society 
• Design Council Expert Network
• UKRI AHRC Peer Review College 
• UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College 
• British Academy of Management
• British Academy Early Career Researcher Network
• Korean Society of Design Science
• Post-Anthropocentric Design Special Interest Group 

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Sung, K., Hyun, S., and Lee, C. (2010).

Sung, K., Hyun, S., and Lee, C. (2008).

Sung, K., Hyun, S., and Lee, C. (2007).

Sung, K., Hyun, S., and Lee, C. (2007).

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