Simon Perkins is a Pakeha from Aotearoa New Zealand. He is the Course Leader for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Graphic Design degree at Nottingham Trent University in the UK. He is also studying for his PhD at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. His research interests concern efforts to reconcile diverse and competing knowledges within open and shared online environments. The research includes the development of his Constellations metaphor and evolving embedded theory. For further information about his research interests please refer to: http://nottinghamtrent.academia.edu/SimonPerkins