Darcy is a PhD researcher in the department of Design Manufacturing and Engineering Management at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Having worked in the NHS as a junior doctor and healthcare assistant, in community gardens and on circular design projects, her interests span healthcare, material circularity, systems thinking and community. Darcy uses this interdisciplinary experience to research systems of circular textile production in community-based healthcare.

Her community-focussed approach facilitates collaboration between sustainable textile designers/makers and healthcare settings to create hyper-local systems of circular textile production, tackling waste in the NHS and developing the circular economy.