Edinburgh UX Monthly Meetup (Online)

This month, we are thrilled to welcome the wonderful Jane Reid to Edinburgh UX for the first time. Jane will be speaking about working in political environments, and even better, this event will be held online—the first in many moons.

Book your space now! It’s going to be a good one - due to the content of the talk we will not be recording the meetup.

Proceedings
7pm - Call opens
7:15pm - Community Announcements
7.30pm - Design is Political (Jane Reid)

Design is Political – Working in a Political Environment
In this session, I’ll reflect on how ‘Design is Political’ and share insights from working in user research across 10+ government departments. I’ll explore what it’s like to work in a political environment, where decisions affect people’s lives, trade-offs are constant, and design is never truly neutral. I’ll share a real example of collaborating with policy and delivery teams, navigating constraints, and keeping user needs central and tips on what to do when things don’t go the users way.

This talk is for anyone working in or curious about government and user research.

*The zoom link will be added nearer the time