Hello, I'm Leanne. A designer and researcher in Science and Technology Studies. I'm currently based in Vienna, Austria, though I'm from Orkney Isles, far North Scotland.

I'm interested in the tools we use as communities living together in a series of connected small places on this planet. I like to question the impact of these tools and to design alternatives.

On this site

This site is my digital home. I hope you can find what you need here, whether that's a quick summary of who I am and what I've done, or if you want to go a little deeper on certain themes.

If you want to get in touch, write me an email. I like to meet people, share ideas, and learn from them. And don't pass through Vienna without reaching out!

Themes

• Tools & community. How the tools communities use shape what they can do and be, and what it might mean to design tools that genuinely support collective flourishing.
• Community energy. How energy transitions play out in place-based communities, and what communities need to shape those transitions on their own terms.
• Critical making. Using design, prototyping, and making as methods for research, building things to surface what observation alone cannot reach.