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Dr Kyungeun Sung

Job: Senior Lecturer in Product Design

Faculty: Arts, Design and Humanities

School/department: School of Design

Research group(s): Design and New Product Development

Address: СʪÃÃÊÓƵ (СʪÃÃÊÓƵ), Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK

T: +44 (0)116 207 8498

E: Kyungeun.sung@dmu.ac.uk

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Personal profile

Kyungeun’s research broadly deals with design and sustainability focusing on upcycling (see research interests for details). Her current project is UKRI AHRC-funded . 

Kyungeun 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.  

Research group affiliations

Publications and outputs

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Key research outputs

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. and Mont, O. (2020).  Fashion Practice, 1-20. 

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

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

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

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

Research interests/expertise

  • 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 
  • Systems thinking and innovation 
  • Product-service systems and service innovation
  • Design education 

Areas of teaching

  • Product Design
  • Sustainable Design
  • New Product Development 

Qualifications

  • 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 СʪÃÃÊÓƵ, 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 

СʪÃÃÊÓƵ taught

  • Product Design (BA, BSc, MA, MSc)

Membership of professional associations and societies

  • Design Research Society (03/05/2015 – present) Member
  • The Design Society (25/03/2016 – present) Member
  • British Academy of Management (07/12/2016 – present) Member 

Conference attendance

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Current research students

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Externally funded research grants information

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Internally funded research project information

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Published patents

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).

Professional esteem indicators

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Other research activities 

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Kyungeun Sung