Dr Emelia Delaney is a Research Associate at King’s College London, in the Department of Engineering. She is a part of the co-design team within King’s Health Partners Digital Health Hub, offering expertise to a range of people (healthcare professionals, researchers, patients, small to medium sized enterprises) in selecting and applying co-design tools, methods, and mindsets in their projects.

Emelia earned her PhD from King’s College London, graduating in 2025, where her research focused on Design for Environmental Sustainability. During her time as a doctoral student, she was selected to participate in the prestigious Doctoral Workshop of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (IPDMC 2021) and the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) 2022 Doctoral Consortium, engaging with leading scholars to advance research in design and innovation.

Emelia contributes to the wider researcher community as a member of the College of Reviewers for The Design Journal. More recently, her work has been recognised by the Design Management Institute, where she received an award for Outstanding Achievement (2025).

Please visit Emelia's research portal page for more information.