STRATEGIC QUESTIONS FOR DESIGN EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITYMerel CLAES, Simon O’RAFFERTY and Dr Frank O’CONNOREcodesign Centre, Cardiff, UK

Context / Research / Proposition

sustainability is not ‘a problem’ waiting for ‘a solution’

it is a dynamic process of environmental and social phenomena

UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Knowledge Production

Advanced Learning

“ feasibility study on sustainable design research and postgraduate education in Sweden”

& Professor Tim McAloone

How to make sustainable design research and postgraduate education happen?

Desk research

What is good sustainable design ?

Where is it educated and researched?

Expert interviews

What is good sustainable design ?

How is it educated or researched?

How will it be educated or researched?

Where are the gaps?

Field research

What is good sustainable design ?

How is it educated or researched in Sweden?

How will it be educated or researched in Sweden?

Where are the gaps in Sweden?

it is complicated?

it is complex

DESIGNING FOR SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABLE DESIGN

DESIGNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

EDUCATIONAL CHANGE } ? => propositions

Policy level

Design education and research needs:• Capacity building• Overarching strategies

Social level

Design education and research needs:• To be relevant to industry and society• To be future oriented

Institutional level

Design education and research needs:• Collaboration• Interdisciplinary • Diversity • Innovative teaching methods• Innovation in an organisation

Individual level

Design education and research needs:• A change in mindset• To build literacy in sustainability

DESIGNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

EDUCATIONAL CHANGE } ? => actions