职位：助理教授
现任南方科技大学创新创意设计学院助理教授，近五年研究方向主要聚焦可持续设计、文化数字化、产品服务系统设计、在地手艺与积极心理学研究。本科毕业于中南大学工业设计方向，随后在湖南大学取得设计学硕士学位，在获得国家留学基金委公派博士奖学金后，赴英国兰卡斯特大学开展传统手艺的设计复兴研究，并最终取得设计方向哲学博士学位。在加入南方科技大学前，曾任英国艺术人文基金会资助项目合同聘用制研究员，探究设计助力全球范围小微工艺企业的可持续发展。此外，作为一名设计师和设计研究者，曾参与多个实体项目和校企合作横向课题中，积累了用户研究、产品开发和项目管理经验; 并曾任CUMULUS Detroit 2022会议和《Craft Research》期刊审稿人。目前在研项目同民营博物馆、社区组织、幼儿园等开展合作，探索可持续理念和方法在不同场景中的应用发展，并结合技术创新开展社会福祉、文化研究、和环境管理相关的设计实践。（课题组常年招聘访问学者、科研助理和博士研究生，欢迎发送相关材料进行申请或洽谈项目合作！）
发表文章/作品：
Zhang, W., Walker, S., and Evans, M. (2023). ‘The Located Making framework’ for Sustainable Enterprise. In Zsolnai, L., Walker, T., and Shrivastava, P. (eds.) Value Creation for a Sustainable World. London: Palgrave Macmillan. (In Press)
Walker, S., Evans, M., Zhang, W.*, and Humphreys, P. (2022). The Located Making Framework for Supporting Craft Maker Enterprises in China. The Design Journal. 25(6), 976-996. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2022.2112856
Zhang, W., Walker, S., Evans, M., and Bennett, J. (2021). Inheritors of the Yellow River: The Relationship of Heritage Making Practices to Cultural Self-confidence in China. International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 5(4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41257-021-00045-6
Zhang, W. (2021). Design for the Sustainment of Traditional Making Practices: A Research Study in Central China. The Design Journal. 24(1), 137-147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2020.1835232
Zhang, W., Walker, S., and Mullagh, L. (2019). Craft and Sustainability: Reflections on Design Interventions in the Craft Sector in China. In: International Association of Societies of Design, Design revolutions: IASDR 2019 Conference Proceedings. Manchester, UK, 2nd-5th September, 2019. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University. Vol.2, pp.326-338. ISBN:978-1-910029-60-2.
Zhang, W., and Walker, S. (2018). A Values-based Direction: Overcoming an Imbalanced Relationship Between the Designers and Craftspeople. In: CUMULUS Association, CUMULUS Conference Proceedings Wuxi 2018: Diffused Transition and Design Opportunities. Wuxi, China, 31st October-3rd November,2018. Wuxi: Jiangnan University. pp.63-74. ISBN: 978-952-60-0092-3.
Zhang, W., Hu, Y, and Ji, T. (2017). Technology-driven Design for Environmental Public Service [数字技术驱动下的环境公共服务设计研究]. Packaging Engineering [包装工程], 38(10): 55-61. (In Chinese)
Zhang, W., Cho, E. J., Jiang, Y., and Guo, Y. (2016). Community-based Research for Innovation and Design: In the Case of Qinghai, In: Proceedings of 22nd International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), Lisbon, Portugal, 13-15 July, 2016.