Dr Philip Ely

Research

Book Chapters

Ely, P., Koskinen, I., McNulty, S., Dixon, B., 2026. 'Designing hope: Civil society, empathy and peace or, avoiding World War III'. In Proceedings of Drs.

Ely, P., Ellis, K., Bates, N., Webber, N., Fyfe, J.A., 2025. 'Speculative net zero from the margins'. In Ellis, K., Kent, M., Cousins, K. (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Disability Studies, pp. 356-371, Routledge, London.

Ely, P., 2023. 'Conclusion - Beyond normal design thinking: reflections on the evolution of a paradigm and ideas for the new incommensurable'. In Straker, K., Wrigley, C. (eds.) Research Handbook on Design Thinking, pp. 294-314, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham.

Kueh, C., Durrant, G., Peng, F., Ely, P., Bionat, J.F., 2023. 'Transforming Complexity: A Human-Centred Design Approach to Engage Young People in the Philippines with Dialogues About HIV Service Delivery'. In Human Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation Development Innovation Change, pp. 243-264.

Kueh, C., Peng, F., Ely, P., Durrant, G., 2022. 'A Speculation for the Future of Service Design in Healthcare: Looking Through the Lens of a Speculative Service Design Framework'. In Service Design Practices for Healthcare Innovation Paradigms Principles Prospects, pp. 115-131.

Journal Articles

Ely, P., 2024. 'Editorial: A brief stop on the design research journey', Journal of Design, Business and Society, 10 (1), pp. 3-8.

Ely, P., Frohlich, D.M., Bairaktaris, G., Yuan, H., 2024. 'No end in sight: The Climate Domesday Book as an exemplar of discursive and activist design', Journal of Design, Business and Society, 10 (1), pp. 61-88.

Moullin, J.C., Ely, P., Uren, H., Staniland, L., Nielsen, S., Lenton, S., 2023. 'Developing a single-session strategy for the implementation of take-home naloxone by community pharmacists using COM-B and design-thinking', Frontiers in Health Services, 3.

Ely, P., 2020. 'Designing Futures for an Age of Differentialism', Design and Culture, 12 (3), pp. 265-288.

Frohlich, D.M., Ely, P., Moore, H., Golsteijn, C., Egglestone, P., Mills, J., Rogers, J., Metcalf, T., Stone, K., Menicou, M., 2017. 'Designing interactive newsprint', International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 104, pp. 36-49.

Polonyová, E., Ondos, S., Ely, P., 2015. 'The location choice of graduate entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom', Miscellanea Geographica, 19 (4), pp. 34-43.

Conference Papers

Ely, P., Koskinen, I., Borzenkova, G., Bason, P., Dixon, B., Muradyan, O., Botero, A., Valusyte, R., Morfill, S., Conchis, E., Fomina, N., Gaizauskiene, D., Celi, M., Newell, K., 2026. 'Design Fiction for Peace', PDC 2026 Vol. 3: Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 3: Workshops, Situated Actions, and PDC Places, in Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 3: Workshops, Situated Actions, and PDC Places, pp. 181-184.

Koskinen, I., Ely, P., Wernli, M., 2025. 'Peacebuilding: scoping an empathic design approach through speculative fiction', IASDR 2025 - International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 5/12/2025.

Pol, S., Ely, P., Geneste, L., 2024. 'Using space and knowledge to confront power in design', 23/6/2024 - 28/6/2024, in DRS2024: Research Papers.

Ely, P., Saad, Q., Smith, D., 2020. 'Monsters in the borderlands: Designer-academics in action', Design Research Society Conference 2020, in Proceedings of DRS, 2.

Ely, P., Geneste, L., 2020. 'Spinning in Helices: Design and the Question of Value', 22nd DMI: Academic Design Management Conference: Impact The Future By Design, Online, 7/8/2020, 15 (1), pp. 44-57.

Watt, C., Ely, P., Chapman, D., 2011. 'A service approach to course development', in Ds 69 Proceedings of E and Pde 2011 the 13th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, pp. 405-410.