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
SAC ready to go into all Danish prisons
SAC ready to go into all Danish prisons Niels Jørgen and Søren from InPrint are the wizards behind the print and packaging of FÆNGSLET. We paid them a visit to pick up the game before it goes into all Danish prisons. A milestone in our 3-year project! [...]
Vacant post doc research position in our group
Vacant post doc research position in our group At the Department of Design and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark we have announced a new vacant post doc research position in social design. We are looking for a skilled design researcher with experience in practice-based research, co-design and user [...]
Social Games against Crime Seminar
Social Games against Crime Seminar On 27 & 28 September the SAC-team, hosted a research seminar focusing on how games and play can help to improve relationships between children and their incarcerated fathers in maximum- security prisons. On these two days researchers and practitioners from social practice, design research, criminology and narratology, [...]
Danish newspaper INFORMATION publishes article on SAC
Danish newspaper INFORMATION publishes article on SAC INFORMATION focuses on the increasing popularity of board games and features an interview on the Social Games against Crime.
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
