Our People
Future Island–Island brings together a multidisciplinary network of researchers, creative practitioners, community partners and industry specialists working across design, architecture, digital technologies, education, materials, heritage and environmental change. Together, the project connects academic research with lived experience, practical making and community knowledge.
Across the partnership, more than 100 contributors have helped shape the project through collaboration, teaching, fellowships, workshops, research and co-design activity.
Project Management Team
Dr Clare Mulholland
Co-Director
Gillian Colhoun
Strategic Development Manager
Cali Plahe
Project Delivery Manager
Amber Wilson
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Jonny Lynn
Multimedia Designer
Co-Investigators
- Big Motive
- BigSmall Design
- Card Group
- CHARTS
- Future Ready Lab
- Hub Games
- Malcolm Beattie
- NAARCA
- National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI)
- Plaswire
- Queen’s University, Belfast
- Rathlin Development Community Association (RDCA)
- RSPB
- The Big Idea
- The Glasgow School of Art
- The Odyssey Trust, W5
- Todd Architects
- Ulster University
- University of the Arts London
- Void Art Centre
- Yellow Design
Partner Organisations
- Accelerate Group (via DSIT/UKSP)
- Action Renewables
- AMIC
- An Taisce
- Axial 3D
- Belfast City Council
- Birney Architects
- Bureau SLA
- Carson McDowell
- Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council
- Causeway Coast & Glens Heritage Trust
- ChangeMakers Donegal
- Clear Angle Studios
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
- Donegal Yarn Spinning Mill Limited
- East Light Board
- Education Authority
- Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Fibreshed Ireland
- HVM Catapult, QUB
- MMAS Architecture
- MTU Circular Bioeconomy Cluster
- NI High Performance Computing (NI – HPC)
- Northern Ireland Resources Network (NIRN)
- Policy Profession
- Sustainable NI
- Ulster Wildlife
- World Design Organisation