Mrs Vivienne Kuh
PG Dip, BA (Hons)
Expertise
Vivienne Kuh is a Lecturer in Responsible Innovation working with researchers in science and engineering to make better, more inclusive and sustainable futures with research.
Current positions
Lecturer in Responsible Innovation
School of Chemistry
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Biography
Vivienne is a lecturer and creative futurist working in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). She currently works with the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science and the EPSRC/BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in EngBio, delivering RRI training and public engagement activities to support PGRs to undertake more inclusive, responsible and sustainable research. She is also the Environmental Sustainability and RRI Lead for the Aerosol Science CDT, which involves strategic work to embed sustainable and responsible decisions and practices across the CDT community, made up of 8 Higher Education Institutions across the UK and over 90 industrial and public sector partners.
Between 2019 -2024, Vivienne led RRI training for 8 Centres for Doctoral Training at University of Bristol, pioneering a University of Bristol approach to delivering EPSRC mandated training in RRI characterised by creative and playful methodologies. She has worked in RRI since the early days of the field in 2016, and has led RRI and related public engagement activities and work packages in EU and UKRI projects.
Prior to working in RRI, Vivienne was a creative producer of collaborative arts-science and arts-academia projects and immersive experiences. She brings these experiences into her work on RRI, deploying Experiential Futures methodologies to explore the possible futures of contemporary scientific research.
Between 2019 -2024, Vivienne led RRI training for 8 Centres for Doctoral Training at University of Bristol, pioneering a University of Bristol approach to delivering EPSRC mandated training in RRI characterised by creative and playful methodologies. She has worked in RRI since the early days of the field in 2016, and has led RRI and related public engagement activities and work packages in EU and UKRI projects.
Prior to working in RRI, Vivienne was a creative producer of collaborative arts-science and arts-academia projects and immersive experiences. She brings these experiences into her work on RRI, deploying Experiential Futures methodologies to explore the possible futures of contemporary scientific research.
Research interests
Vivienne's research interests lie across platful approaches to Responsible Research and Innovation, creative, immersive and inclusive futures methodologies, joy, play and pluriversal ethics, and the ways in which they can support the realisation of more flourishing human and planetary futures (and presents) for all.
She is currently involved in a number of projects exploring imaginative practices, creative futuring methodologies and ritual design.
Publications
Selected publications
01/01/2021Dancing with the Troubles of AI
Embedding Responsible Innovation within Synthetic Biology research and innovation
Journal of Responsible Innovation
Recent publications
01/01/2023Assessing Responsible Innovation Training
Dancing with the Troubles of AI
Embedding Responsible Innovation within Synthetic Biology research and innovation
Journal of Responsible Innovation
Teaching
Vivienne has pioneered the teaching and learning of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) at the University of Bristol, engaging hundreds of PGRs, researchers and staff in public and private sector organisations through EU and UKRI-funded projects since 2016. Her work is grounded in a transdisciplinary pedagogy that integrates artist collaborations, creative methodologies and Engaged Learning practices, drawing on methods from across the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Between 2019-2024, Vivienne developed and delivered the University of Bristol’s EPSRC-mandated RRI training across 8 Centres for Doctoral Training, reaching over 450 PGRs. This large-scale programme combined cohort-based teaching with close collaboration with Public Engagement and Research Governance colleagues, as well as external artists, embedding reflexive, inclusive and societally engaged research practices across science and engineering. Since 2024, Vivienne has led the development and delivery of CHEMM0044, a 20-credit unit on Environment & Communication for the EPSRC CDT in Aerosol Science, and co-developed a non-assessed RRI and Public Engagement programme for the EPSRC/BBSRC CDT in EngBio.
Alongside formal teaching, Vivienne has developed innovative projects that respond to PGR needs and contemporary challenges in research and innovation. Inclusivity Game Jam (2025), co-developed with the Bristol Digital Games Lab and decolonisation expert Dr Lara Lalemi, supporting PGR reflection on inclusivity in research cultures through games design; Games for Sustainability Education (2025), explored board games as tools for sustainability pedagogy through interviews and play-testing with researchers and practitioners; and Department of Imagination (2024 - Present), a collaborative project developing praxis for imaginative skill-building in research and engagement contexts. Vivienne achieved Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy via CREATE in 2024.
Between 2019-2024, Vivienne developed and delivered the University of Bristol’s EPSRC-mandated RRI training across 8 Centres for Doctoral Training, reaching over 450 PGRs. This large-scale programme combined cohort-based teaching with close collaboration with Public Engagement and Research Governance colleagues, as well as external artists, embedding reflexive, inclusive and societally engaged research practices across science and engineering. Since 2024, Vivienne has led the development and delivery of CHEMM0044, a 20-credit unit on Environment & Communication for the EPSRC CDT in Aerosol Science, and co-developed a non-assessed RRI and Public Engagement programme for the EPSRC/BBSRC CDT in EngBio.
Alongside formal teaching, Vivienne has developed innovative projects that respond to PGR needs and contemporary challenges in research and innovation. Inclusivity Game Jam (2025), co-developed with the Bristol Digital Games Lab and decolonisation expert Dr Lara Lalemi, supporting PGR reflection on inclusivity in research cultures through games design; Games for Sustainability Education (2025), explored board games as tools for sustainability pedagogy through interviews and play-testing with researchers and practitioners; and Department of Imagination (2024 - Present), a collaborative project developing praxis for imaginative skill-building in research and engagement contexts. Vivienne achieved Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy via CREATE in 2024.
