Edward Appiah is Senior lecturer and Coordinator of Research and Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Communication Design, KNUST, Kumasi. He completed his doctoral studies in Design Education and Social Innovation at the Faculty of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests are in Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability, and Computers and Technology in Design Education. He is the local Coordinator for Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS), a network of design labs, based in design schools and design-oriented universities, actively involved in promoting and supporting sustainable change. A member of the Design Research Society of UK, Edward is the Vice President of Design Ghana, a non-profit inter-university initiative comprising design educators, researchers, and design advocates. Eddie Appiah is reviewer for five international journals and moderates post graduate education in the area of technology in education and Design for Social Innovation.
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