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Overview

Rachel Cooper is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

The main field of study for Cooper is Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their research covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • Service and Product Innovation
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Digital Transformation in Industry
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Design Education and Practice
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence

Recent papers authored by or involving Cooper include:

  • Continuous cycles of data-enabled design: reimagining the IoT development process, 2022, published in Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design Analysis and Manufacturing
  • COVID-19 reveals the systemic nature of urban health globally, 2020, published in Cities & Health
  • Adjoint-Matching Neural Network Surrogates for Fast 4D-Var Data Assimilation, 2021, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • A Socio-Spatial Approach to Enable Inclusive Well-Being in Cities: A Case Study of Birmingham, UK, 2020, published in Social Sciences
  • A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa, 2023, published in Trauma Violence & Abuse

Frequent co-authors working with Cooper include:

  • Boyeun Lee
  • Paul Coulton
  • David Hands
  • Andrey A. Popov
  • Adrian Sandu

Cooper regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of DRS
  • The Design Journal
  • International Journal of Business and Systems Research
  • Strategic Design Research Journal

In addition to journal publications, Cooper has contributed to books published by Springer International Publishing and Springer Nature. Titles include "Designing Sustainable Cities" (2020) and "Cities Under COVID-19: A Systems Perspective" (2023).

Best Publications

  • Performance management in construction: a conceptual framework

    Michail Kagioglou;Rachel Cooper;Ghassan Aouad

  • Clarifying and re-conceptualising density

    Christopher T. Boyko;Rachel Cooper

  • Characterizing the Role of Design in New Product Development: An Empirically Derived Taxonomy*

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  • Rethinking construction: the Generic Design and Construction Process Protocol

    Michail Kagioglou;Rachel Cooper;Ghassan Aouad;Martin Sexton

  • Design Thinking and Design Management: A Research and Practice Perspective

    Rachel Cooper;Sabine Junginger;Thomas Lockwood

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

    Rachel Valerie Cooper

  • The design agenda: a guide to successful design management

    Rachel Cooper;Mike Press

  • Effective design management for small businesses.

    Margaret Bruce;Rachel Cooper;Delia Vazquez

  • Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science

    Rachel Cooper

  • Benchmarking sustainability in cities : The role of indicators and future scenarios

    Christopher T. Boyko;Mark R. Gaterell;Austin R.G. Barber;Julie Brown

  • What is Wrong with the DSM

    Rachel Cooper

  • The impacts of the built environment on health outcomes

    Ricardo Codinhoto;Patricia Tzortzopoulos;Mike Kagioglou;Ghassan Aouad

  • New product development success factors in American and British firms

    Alejandro Balbontin;Baback Yazdani;Rachel Cooper;William E. Souder

  • Scenario Archetypes: Converging Rather than Diverging Themes

    Dexter V. L. Hunt;D. Rachel Lombardi;Stuart Atkinson;Austin R. G. Barber

  • Process Management in Design and Construction

    Rachel Cooper;Ghassan Aouad;Angela Lee;Song Wu

  • The effect of the physical environment on mental wellbeing.

    Rachel Cooper;Christopher Boyko;Ricardo Codinhoto

  • The Design Experience : The Role of Design and Designers in the Twenty-First Century

    Mike Press;Rachel Cooper

  • Addressing sustainability early in the urban design process

    Christopher T. Boyko;Rachel Cooper;Caroline L. Davey;Andrew B. Wootton

  • Why Hacking is wrong about human kinds

    Rachel Cooper

  • The handbook of design management

    Richard Buchanan;Richard Boland;Kyung-won Chung;Rachel Cooper

  • Design strategy and competitive advantage

    Eric M. Olson;Rachel Cooper;Stanley F. Slater

  • A Generic Guide to the Design and Construction: Process Protocol

    Michail Kagioglou;Rachel Cooper;Ghassan Aouad;John Hinks

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher D. F. Rogers
Christopher D. F. Rogers University of Birmingham
Cary L. Cooper
Cary L. Cooper University of Manchester
John Urry
John Urry Lancaster University
Jane Falkingham
Jane Falkingham University of Southampton
Peter Barrett
Peter Barrett Victoria University of Wellington
Jon P. Sadler
Jon P. Sadler University of Birmingham
David Butler
David Butler University of Exeter
Roger K. Blashfield
Roger K. Blashfield Auburn University
Philippa Howden-Chapman
Philippa Howden-Chapman University of Otago
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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