Design and engineering as agents of change: a capabilities framework

I. Mulder; A. Magni

doi:10.35199/EPDE.2022.92

Design and engineering as agents of change: a capabilities framework

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Design is generally accepted to provide valuable contributions to addressing complex societal challenges. Even though design and engineering professionals show increasingly capable of making societal impact, it is not straightforward why some creative practices are more impactful in fostering systemic change, let alone what additional capabilities they pursue to be distinctive. The current study introduces a capabilities framework highlighting a set of advanced design capabilities expanding the conventional skillset of designers and engineers towards enabling the adoption of local innovation at a systemic scale. Afterwards, the developed capabilities framework is used as a pedagogical framework
to design a learning environment to prepare the next generation of design and engineering students to respond to today’s societal challenges. We close with a discussion on the professional and pedagogic role of design and engineering as agents of change

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022
Subtitle of host publication	Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate & Transform
Editors	Erik Bohemia, Lyndon Buck, Hilary Grierson
Publisher	The Design Society
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-912254-16-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2022.92
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education - London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom Duration: 8 Sept 2022 → 9 Sept 2022

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Name	E&PDE

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Conference	24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	8/09/22 → 9/09/22

Keywords

design capabilities
disruption
regeneration
societal challenges
urban transformation

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Mulder, I., & Magni, A. (2022). Design and engineering as agents of change: a capabilities framework. In E. Bohemia, L. Buck, & H. Grierson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate & Transform (E&PDE). The Design Society. https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2022.92

Mulder, I. ; Magni, A. / Design and engineering as agents of change : a capabilities framework. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate & Transform. editor / Erik Bohemia ; Lyndon Buck ; Hilary Grierson. The Design Society, 2022. (E&PDE).

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Mulder, I & Magni, A 2022, Design and engineering as agents of change: a capabilities framework. in E Bohemia, L Buck & H Grierson (eds), Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate & Transform. E&PDE, The Design Society, 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, London, United Kingdom, 8/09/22. https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2022.92

Design and engineering as agents of change: a capabilities framework. / Mulder, I.; Magni, A.
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate & Transform. ed. / Erik Bohemia; Lyndon Buck; Hilary Grierson. The Design Society, 2022. (E&PDE).

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Mulder I, Magni A. Design and engineering as agents of change: a capabilities framework. In Bohemia E, Buck L, Grierson H, editors, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th - 9th September 2022: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate & Transform. The Design Society. 2022. (E&PDE). doi: 10.35199/EPDE.2022.92

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