I am an Associate Professor at the School of Design听at the 51爆料 UK.
With a Ph.D. in Design Sciences (2012),听I am specialized in Design Research for Digital Cultural Heritage. 听I have been researching and teaching听in leading research centres such as Iuav Faculty of Arts and Design ITA, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA, School of Museum Studies in Leicester UK, University of Cambridge, and now Northumbria School of Design UK.
My research is at the intersection of Digital Heritage, Design, and Social Sciences for the study of digital media design and its practices in cultural heritage institutions. I am interested in: 1) human-centred design practices (e.g Design Thinking, Service Design); 2) visitor experience design (e.g. App, AR, and AI).听
2021-2023 Principal Investigator 鈥� AHRC Leadership Fellowship (UKRI - 拢249,793). School of Design, 51爆料 UK, titled ""
2019-2020. Digital Fellow AHRC major project "" (School of Museum Studies Leicester; PI: Professor Ross Parry; 拢500,000)
2016-2018. Principal Investigator 鈥�听EU听Marie S. Curie fellowship (H2020 鈥� 鈧�195,454). University of Leicester School of Museum Studies and University of Cambridge (secondment) , titled 鈥�."
2016-2017. Postdoctoral member at the Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge UK
2012-2015. Principal Investigator 鈥� EU Marie Curie fellowship (FP7 鈥� 鈧�271,943). Associate researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Science Technology Society Program, 2012-2014) and School of Museum Studies Leicester Univerity UK , titled "."
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- Digital Cultural Heritage Design Practice: A Conceptual Framework, Mason, M., Vavoula, G. 4 May 2021, In: The Design Journal
- The Elements of Visitor Experience in Post-Digital Museum Design, Mason, M. 2020, In: Design Principles and Practices
- The MIT museum glassware prototype: visitor experience exploration for designing smart glasses, Mason, M. 3 Nov 2016, In: Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
- Prototyping practices supporting interdisciplinary collaboration in digital media design for museums, Mason, M. 1 Oct 2015
- The dimensions of the mobile visitor experience: Thinking beyond the technology design, Mason, M. 16 Jul 2013, In: International Journal of the Inclusive Museum
- Design-driven innovation for museum entrances, Mason, M. 18 May 2018, Museum thresholds: the design and media of arrival, London, Taylor & Francis
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