Lynn-Sayers McHattie, PhD, MBA, BA, PG Cert., FRSA is Professor of Design Innovation, Programme Director: Research, Programme Leader for the Master of Research and PhD Co-ordinator within the Innovation School. Lynn’s place-based research interests are located within geographically distributed, and indigenous, island communities. Her cross-cultural research explores craft and textile practices as cultural assets - connected to the wider culture of communities - and the role design-led innovation can play in the transformation of craft economies.