PhD Candidate
Coudraystraße 7
99423 Weimar
E-Mail: isaiah.mc.clean[at]uni-weimar.de
In March 2026, interdisciplinary designer and researcher Isaiah Mc Clean joined the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar as a doctoral candidate, working at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), entrepreneurship and technology transfer. His work examines how knowledge moves, from people, through organisations, into systems, and how this movement can be designed, structured and sustained.
Isaiah holds an M.Sc. in Human-Computer Interaction from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2024). Following his graduation, he was awarded the neudeli fellowship in 2025 for his project Kiosk, a research-led platform exploring digital storytelling as a tool for organisational knowledge capture. This work builds on his background in HCI, where he previously researched emotional engagement and hedonic interaction qualities in collaboration with CARIAD SE (Volkswagen Group) in Berlin.
Before his doctoral research, Isaiah earned his B.Sc in Computing (2020) with a minor in Business Marketing from the University of the Southern Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago. He worked as a creative strategist for non-profit organisations across the Caribbean, the United States, and the United Kingdom. His work centred on making complex social, cultural, and policy-driven initiatives tangible and accessible through design. His professional practice continues to inform his research, grounding it in real-world systems, lived experience, and the conditions in which knowledge is created and applied.
Isaiah's research interests now lie in understanding how policy, networks, and human behaviour interact to shape the successful transition of knowledge into innovation, with a particular focus on how advanced technologies transition from research environments into market-relevant applications with economic and societal impact.