Hello! :)

I'm Rowan Lucas

researcher, developer & creative technologist

about

I live in the intersections of technology, art and media, and collective liberation. There's much more of me elsewhere, on and off the web, but this site exists for when a quick view is useful. please refer to me as ->

web dev tech ethics tech arts

currently

01

Research

My current thesis work is on content capture / collection / curation for self-sovereign collectivist future-building.

Critical Data StudiesindiewebfediverseXenofeminism
02

TechArts

As I blend my disparate practises in the technical and the creative I'm building integrated works of digital arts across any medium and method that compels me.

BlenderTouchDesignerUnitymicro-computing

experience

Production Support

University of the Arts London Creative Computing Institute: Refract

April 2025
  • Hands-on technical support of student-run exhibition
  • Setting up and pulling down AV tech and gallery furniture

Technician

Love Me! Stage

October 2024
  • General support on a local Fringe theatre production
  • Set design and construction on a limited budget
  • Live lighting operation and audio with Qlab

Business Support

McCall Media

Sept 2022 - April 2023
  • Logistics and admin for business conference events
  • General administration, sales support

Web Developer

McCall Media

Sept 2021 - Sept 2022
  • Systems design and development of WordPress plugins in PHP and React
  • Built and maintained in-house wiki and technical documentation
  • Build, administration and support on WordPress websites, domains and hosting

Technical & Design Consultant

Peach & Palm Plants

Dec 2020 - June 2021
  • Setup and integration of e-commerce, websites, domains and hosting
  • Work on branding, logo design and lettering

Research Intern

University of Kent Programming Languages and Systems Research Group

June 2020 - Sept 2020
  • Design and implementation of features for functional programming language Granule
  • Extended academic research, research support and technical writing
  • Functional programming in Haskell

education

Creative Computing Institute Modular Masters

University of the Arts London

Sept 2024 - Dec 2025
  • On the Modular Masters programme, currently completing my thesis project
  • MA modules include: Internet Inequalities, Design for Social Change, Methods for Equitable Technology Development
  • MSc modules include: Physical Computing and Tangible Media, Computational Creativity and Responsive Environments

BSc Computer Science

University of Kent

Sept 2017 - June 2020
  • Achieved a first class degree with honours
  • Content included Software Engineering, Object-Oriented Programming in Java, Functional Programming in Ocaml, Haskell and Go, Database Design, Systems Design, Programming Langauge Design, Human-Computer Interaction, etc
  • Also completed a double-credit Philosophy module in Artificial Intelligence and Cognition

GCSEs and A Levels

Secondary Education

Sept 2013 - July 2017
  • A*BB in Computer Science, Mathematics and History at A Level
  • A in Psychology at AS Level
  • 11 GCSEs A*-A, including English, Maths, History, Art & Design, and Computing