DILEMMAS AND POTENTIAL OF CO-DESIGNING INTERVENTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

DR. SIMON O’RAFFERTY / @SORAFFERTY

DESIGN RESEARCH / PRACTICE

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES, BUSINESS MODELS, POLICY

CO-DESIGN, SOCIAL INNOVATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE DESIGN

CO-DESIGN OF POLICY INTERVENTIONS THAT SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOUR AND PRACTICES IN IRELAND

EXAMPLE PROBLEM SPACE:

KNOWING WHAT WE THINK SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOUR IS BUT NOT REALLY KNOWING HOW TO ENABLE OR MOTIVATE IT.

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INTERSECTIONS OF RESEARCH

design for sustainable behaviour &

practices

co-design for policy innovation

ACTION RESEARCH ≈ CO-DESIGN

CO-CREATIVE USER-CENTRED ETHNOGRAPHIC PARTICIPATORY

CHANGE PROCESS

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DIFFERENT WAYS OF KNOWING QUALITATIVE VERSUS RATIONAL MAKING INTANGIBLE CONCRETE

ITERATIVE / HEURISTIC AMBIGUITY

EXPERIMENTALISM IS NO LONGER CONFINED TO SCIENTIFIC LABS

LABS AS CO-DESIGN SPACES?

POLICY LABS AS SPACE OF POLICY EXPERIMENTATION AND CO-DESIGN HAVE POTENTIAL BUT DILEMMAS REMAIN

BINDING LEGITIMACY

AUTHORISATION COHERENCE

EMBEDDEDNESS