Sarah TEASLEY is Professor of Social History of Design and History of Technology and Manufacturing in East Asia at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT university) in Australia. She works in the fields of history, design research, and social practice, with a particular interest in biomaterials and biotechnology, as well as how power relations, both human and non-human, shape experience in design projects. She is also interested in transdisciplinary approaches and exchange between academic disciplines and between researchers and diverse industry and social communities, to enable and strengthen capacities for meaningful social and environmental change. Her publications include Global Design History (Routledge, 2011) and Designing Modern Japan (Reaktion, 2022), as well as numerous book chapters and articles in journals such as Design Issues, The Journal of Design History and The Review of Japanese Society and Culture. She is a member of the Advisory Boards of Design and Culture and Design Issues, and previously served as Associate Editor of Design and Culture and Vice President of the Design Studies Forum. The J-InnovaTech project benefits from her expertise and advice regarding raw materials and the field of digital humanities.