Dr Yekta Bakırlıoğlu is a Senior Lecturer in Design Management at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University, UK. Previously, he carried out research and teaching roles at Middle East Technical University (Turkey), Koç University (Turkey), University of Limerick (Ireland), and Aalto University (Finland). His research interests include open design, distributed production, circular economy, design for sustainability, sustainable consumption and production, and gender-sensitive design.