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
Channel 1 on Danmarks Radio features the SAC project
Channel 1 on Danmarks Radio features the SAC project Hosts Karen Secher and Tore Leifer invited us into the studio to play a few rounds of our board game FÆNGSLET and to talk about what children can get out of playing with their incarcerated fathers. Listen to the feature [...]
Playing the SAC board game live on DR Østjylland and DR FYN
Playing the SAC board game live on DR Østjylland and DR FYN October 8 ended with a playful afternoon, as we were invited by radio hosts on P4 Trekanten and P4 Fyn to play our game and present the SAC project live to radio listeners. [...]
Article on SAC in Danish Newspaper JyskeVestkysten
Article on SAC in Danish Newspaper JyskeVestkysten Journalist Lotte Højstrøm came by the SAC basecamp to write a piece on the board game FÆNGSLET being distributed into Danish prisons where children and their incarcerated fathers can now play it during visiting hours. The article was published today - featuring on [...]
SAC goes to London!
SAC goes to London! In October 2018 Social Games against Crime goes to London to present the project on 3 events: October 17, invited talk at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art & Design, University of the Arts London. Here the SAC project will be presented for 175 students [...]
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
