Governments are affected by an unprecedented technological acceleration that is transforming societies. Most technologies unfold in complex and unpredictable ways. Unfolding have been both a source of societal environmental challenges as well possible response to address them. This complexity the ability policy makers recognize systemic dimension innovation learn from stakeholders engagement. F...

This dissertation presents three years of academic inquiry into the question of what role materials play in interaction design and participatory design processes. The dissertation aims at developing conceptual tools, based on Dewey’s pragmatism, for understanding how materials aid design reflection. It has been developed using a research-through-design approach in which the author has conducted...

This thesis is about defining participation in the context of fostering research cohesion in the field of Participatory Design. The systematic and incremental building of new knowledge is the process by which science and research is advanced. This process requires a certain type of cohesion in the way research is undertaken for new knowledge to be built from the knowledge provided by previous p...

Aphasia is an acquired cognitive disorder that affects language abilities, while leaving intellect intact. The overall goal of the Aphasia Project is to investigate how technology can be designed to better support people with aphasia, contributing to the objective of universal usability. Through the design of a daily planner for a handheld device, we explore the issues that arise and modificati...

In this study, the role of collaboration in design is discussed, placing emphasis on how to include end-users in the development process. The study is based on a literature review focusing on aspects of collaboration in design, usability and human factors. Thereby, it introduces, compares and contrasts the characteristics of both collaborative and user-centered design perspectives, leading to t...

This article is a call to describe Participatory Design (PD) projects in the making, i.e. to show how the heterogeneous elements in the field are gradually organised in a participatory manner as the projects progress. It is based on two arguments. The first is a negative argument. Very often, PD projects are not described in the making. As a result, the landmarks to be used to evaluate them rem...

The phenomenon of planning involving citizen’s participation in literature has been from the second half 20th century. Indeed, different methods and techniques have used process. However, participatory practices are time-consuming negotiations tiresome. Accordingly, integration developing digital technologies into processes seen as a potential to reach large audiences provide time-space indepen...