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Marilyn Lennon completed her PhD at the Interaction Design Centre (IDC), an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Limerick under Prof Liam Bannon in 2007. Her research explored methodologies derived from Art and Design practice which support and facilitate participants in Participatory Design, Co-Design and Collaborative Design sessions.
She received her Masters of Art from the National College of Art and Design.
As a lecturer she has experience in a broad range of Art and Design disciplines, lecturing in both the University of Limerick and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
Marilyn is a lecturer at Limerick School of Art Design, Limerick Institute of Technology since 2006. In 2010 she developed and since then has been co-directing a masters in social art practice - MA Social Practice and the Creative Environment, (MA SPACE) Limerick School of Art and Design.
She has been postgraduate advisor/artist at a number of international events including, the European Academy of Participation Pilot, London '17, The Siena Design Project, (Interaction Design in Public Spaces) Italy, '03 and 04, and the Convivio International Summer Schools, Romania and Sweden '05 and '07 and Split Interactions, Croatia '08. Collaborative projects that she played a leading role on in Sweden '07 and Croatia '08 with artists, designers, postgraduate students was represented as part of a Split University entry and awarded the Grand Prix at the Zagrebacki Salon '09, the highest Croatian award for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.
