Laura Orton
Graduate Research Assistant (Design)
Laura is a Designer and Researcher, currently working alongside Professor Kristina Niedderer in her work on design for health. Her research includes the production of two toolkits, created as part of the European MinD project (www.designingfordementia.eu), to assist people with dementia to work alongside researchers and designers, as co-designers. Laura is also assisting Dr Isabelle Tournier in the I Do Service project (www.idoservice.org).
In addition to this role, Laura is also currently studying for a PhD in visual communication, using her graphic design skills to establish if visual communication can be used to reduce stigma in mental illness. She is interested in using graphic design for social change.
Research
Laura Orton is a member of the Design Research Hub.
Data Sets
Orton, L., Tournier, I., Niedderer, K., Threfall, S., 2024. 'Ido Service project - work package one data'.
Orton, L., Tournier, I., Niedderer, K., Threlfall, S., 2023. 'Ido Service project - work package two data'.
Journal Articles
Niedderer, K., Tournier, I., Orton, L., Threlfall, S., 2023. 'I Can Do: Co-Designing a Service with and for People with Dementia to Engage with Volunteering', Social Sciences, 12 (6), pp. 364-364.
Niedderer, K., Holthoff-Detto, V., van Rompay, TJL., Karahanoglu, A., Ludden, GDS., Almeida, R., Durán, RL., Aguado, YB., Lim, JNW., Smith, T., Harrison, D., Craven, MP., Gosling, J., Orton, L., Tournier, I., 2022. 'This is Me: Evaluation of a boardgame to promote social engagement, wellbeing and agency in people with dementia through mindful life-storytelling', Journal of Aging Studies, 60, pp. 100995-100995.