ABOUT US
The social design research group was established in 2015 at the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science / SDU
The social design research group was established in 2015 at the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science / SDU
The group has a keen interest in how people can be involved in participatory design processes leading to social value for the individual and society at large. By social value, we refer to changes at a human scale that is felt to be beneficial for marginalised or vulnerable societal groups and communities.
The group has a keen interest in how people can be involved in participatory design processes leading to social value for the individual and society at large. By social value, we refer to changes at a human scale that is felt to be beneficial for marginalised or vulnerable societal groups and communities.
Design research practice is essential for our work
We use design methods to make sense of wicked problems, as a way of engaging and co-designing with people and as a process of making artefacts or services enabling people to cope with difficult situations in life.
Through a number of research projects we have documented our ability to evaluate social design outcomes by bridging disciplines from the human and social sciences.
RESEARCH AREAS
In our social design unit we are concerned with the urgent societal need for rethinking core services of the Scandinavian and European welfare states. In particular, our research projects lies within the following four areas:
NEWS
New PhD in Social Design Unit
New PhD in Social Design Unit Ilma Stankeviciute joined the Social Design Unit as a PhD student in September 2024. She is part of CoDesign4Transitions, a four-year doctoral network that connects eight universities across seven countries. The network focuses on original research at the intersection of co-design, democratic innovation, and [...]
New PhD in Social Design Unit
New PhD in Social Design Unit Kristine Skov Hansen joined the Children in Grief project as a PhD student in February 2024. Her research is the core of the project and focuses on co-designing a new tool to support grieving children, with the goal of developing a set of recommendations [...]
Learning Center Day 2024
Learning Center Day 2024 Learning Center Day is an annual event dedicated to teachers, school librarians and other professionals within education. This year, the one-day conference held on August 27 at University College Absalon - Roskilde will focus on school children's involvement and empowerment. The Social Design Unit will be [...]
Danish Design Researchers join forces
Danish Design Researchers join forces The Research Network for Responsible Danish Design launched their website. The Research Network for Questioning Responsible Danish Design (ResQ Danish Design) is a national collaboration between invited senior design researchers from all university-level research institutions in Denmark. This Danish Design research network will [...]
Thomas Markussen
thma@sdu.dk +45 93507196
Eva Knutz
evak@sdu.dk+45 93507135
University of Southern Denmark
Department of Design, Media and Educational Science
Universitetsparken 1
6000 Kolding, Denmark
