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Partnerships and Engagement Manager

Change what we can see. See what we can change.

Sophie Sparkes

PhD Student at Diverse CDT, based at City St Georges, University of London
Head and shoulders photograph of Sophie Sparkes, PhD student at Diverse CDT

Sophie is an information and data experience designer with over 13 years of practice making data human, relatable, and tangible. Her work spans creative workshops, live data illustration, and participatory physical installations, with a focus on reaching audiences who find conventional data tools intimidating.

She is drawn to what happens when data moves off the screen and into people’s hands, and through Diverse CDT she is keen to explore how lo-fi, tactile approaches to data visualisation can extend data literacy to new audiences.

Research Interests

  • Participatory data visualisation
  • Data physicalisation
  • Tactile and lo-fi data experiences
  • Data humanism
  • Data feminism

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