Abstract
Sustainability transitions require structural changes in society. There is a need for utilising new and established methods of futures inquiry. This paper presents how design visioning has been used to initiate, stimulate and shift stakeholder conversations in the Visions and Pathways 2040 project which aimed to develop innovation strategies and policies to achieve low-carbon, resilient futures in Australian cities. We recommend that teams working in sustainability transitions
research should ideally have internal design capacity or, they regularly engage with
outsourced design capacity throughout the project. Since it is not possible to directly engage all stakeholders in transition projects, the research teams should reflect on the extent of participation and the implications of this extent on the politics of the project on an ongoing and transparent way. We identified exploring the implications of thinking styles, professional backgrounds and organisational associations in visioning exercises as a future research direction.
research should ideally have internal design capacity or, they regularly engage with
outsourced design capacity throughout the project. Since it is not possible to directly engage all stakeholders in transition projects, the research teams should reflect on the extent of participation and the implications of this extent on the politics of the project on an ongoing and transparent way. We identified exploring the implications of thinking styles, professional backgrounds and organisational associations in visioning exercises as a future research direction.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Design for Next |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design Conference. Sapienza University of Rome, 12-14 April 2017, supplement of The Design Journal |
| Editors | Loredana Di Lucchio, Lorenzo Imbesi, Paul Atkinson |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Pages | S1916-S1926 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-138-09023-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | International European Academy of Design Conference - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Duration: 12 Apr 2017 → 14 Apr 2017 Conference number: 12 http://www.designfornext.org/ |
Publication series
| Name | The Design Journal |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Number | Supplement 1 |
| Volume | 20 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1460-6925 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1756-3062 |
Conference
| Conference | International European Academy of Design Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | EAD |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Rome |
| Period | 12/04/2017 → 14/04/2017 |
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Keywords
- Climate change
- design for sustainability
- transitions
- system transformations
- Australia
