Dr Taslima Begum

Overview

Dr Taslima Begum is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at the Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in Creative Industries (Art, Media and Design) at the University of South Wales and a Contributing Researcher with Trans-technology Research at the University of Plymouth. She previously worked as a Human Centred Design Researcher with PDR - a world leading design research consultancy and as an advocate in charities empowering vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the community. Her research interests span computing, socio-cultural studies, technology, HCI and human centred design. She has been a Fellow of the HEA since 2010 and is on various internal and external boards and committees as well as being a non-executive board member for Careers Wales since Feb 2020. Her PhD, completed in 2015, looked at Technology and Industrial Design Practice, Process and Pedagogy through a Postcolonial and Cultural Studies lens.