About the author

Allan Parsons lives and works in London, where he studied design and philosophy. He works in academic liaison at the University of Westminster and is an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

He has tutored undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students, and has worked in recent years on the delivery of research skills programmes at Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Westminster. Prior to that, he spent many years as a consultant for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on its International Futures Programme.