The future of design research education

Welcome to a panel discussion and mingle during Konstfack Research Week, Tuesday 28 January at 17.30 – 19+

Design research and design research education is constantly evolving. New research questions, new actors, new research policies, and new challenges have emerged. Stakeholders want to be at the forefront of developing the field, but practices are still relatively young and the field is scattered. What could we do together to make research education stronger and how could we best join forces?

Over the years we have worked together in many ways, and the national network The Swedish Faculty for Design Research and Research Education (Designfakulteten) had an important role as a node for the fields. But what happens now? Many of us in the field acknowledge a strong need to develop design research in collaboration with other disciplines, sectors and in relation to national research policies and possibilities. We also want to develop international networks. But what could we do more concretely and what would we need in practice to make this happen? Maybe a new, updated Design Faculty?!

Come and get inspired by our panel*, consisting of experts both within and outside the design field, national and international, and discuss the topic further at the following mingle.

* Åsa Wikberg, Professor of Design Luleå University
Rasmus Rahm, Executive Director, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
Stefan Holmlid, Professor of Design, Linköping University
Mathew Gregory, Director of Research Education, Konstfack
Anna Valtonen, Vice-Chancellor, Konstfack

And hopefully Naomi Bueno de Mesquita, design researcher, Design Academy Eindhoven

Konstfack, LM Ericssons väg 14, subway station Telefonplan