2638-Design Thinking for Social Innovation-2425_S2

Please make sure to review the syllabus carefully and let us know if you noticed some error, or if something is unclear.We tried to make it as comprehensive as possible but the downside is that there is a lot in it.

Publishing on Medium can be tricky. Here is a document created by one of my friends for her course's blog. 

You need to send Inês and I your Medium handle. Following the blog is not enough. Once we added you as a writer, you should see the publication (our blog) under your account and you can then write. Your post will be saved but only Inês and myself can publish it.

We will post the class' slides here. 

- Interview guide example  

- Interview guide template

- AEIOU research worksheet

- How to write a research post for primary research

Some guidelines and two examples

For your project, you can look at academic research on immigration but also on dialogue, community, and perception of others. You can also explore initiatives or programs to integrate migrants or to create awareness on complicated and debated topics.

The idea for you with the secondary research is to do deep dives on the root causes of the issues, understand different perspectives and explore what has already been done (whether successful or not) to tackle these issues. Our solutions will be local but research can be global.

Here are some guidelines for your final project report.

Template + one example

I included a design research toolkit and different tools you can use or adapt.

• The Experimenter, D. Kelley
• idea board: to fill in by each team prior to class

Prototyping resources (will be discussed in class):

• Prototyping dashboard
• Prototyping grid
• Experience Journey