Professor Steve Gill has been Cardiff Met’s Director of Research since 2018 and was Deputy Director of Research & Graduate Studies between 2015 and 2018. Steve is also a Professor of Design with a wide range of products, patents and research publications to his credit including a recent book, TouchIT, published by Oxford University Press. His research interests are broad, applied and interdisciplinary. They include the role of physicality in thinking and creativity, next-generation VR, ethnography-led design approaches for developing world solutions and the rapid design & development of computer-embedded products. His research group, UCD-R has produced high impact research since the early 2000’s when Sony-Ericsson adopted their prototyping methodology. More recently his research underpinned two REF2021 impact case studies. Steve’s funding track record of just under £9.5 million includes award-winning Knowledge Transfer, consultancy and major grants from the UK's Medical, Engineering & Physical Sciences and Arts & Humanities Research Councils.