Joe Lockwood is co-founder and co-director of the LAB Genalguacil - International Laboratory of Rural Innovation

His work , of over 25 years, spans the interface of creative industries, higher-education and government from founding creative enterprises, contributing to policy development and co-creating pioneering initiatives with public and private partners. 

Co-founder of The Innovation School and The Creative Campus at The Glasgow School of Art, fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education (German Government), External Advisory Board Cyanotypes (Erasmus+). Co-founder and co-director of the LAB Genalguacil - International Laboratory of Rural Innovation, with partners across academia, civil society, industry and policy. Strategic "Trouble-Maker" at the Fundación Genalguacil Pueblo Museo.

His grandmother was born in Genalguacil and her stories inspired him to have the courage and confidence to change things!

 

Photo credit: Encuentros de Arte 2022 / Jesús Madriñán