Guiding the PhD in design

Guiding the PhD in design: Experiences from six programs

Stappers, P.J. (TU Delft Design Conceptualization and Communication)
Teixeira, Carlos (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Rampino, Lucia (Politecnico di Milano)
Baxter, Weston (Imperial College London)
Hyysalo, Sampsa (Aalto University)
Chapman, Jonathan (Carnegie Mellon University)

2022

In the DoCS4Design project, six established PhD programmes in design pooled and compared the diversity in their practices in guiding PhDs (e.g., 3- or 4-year programmes, small or large amounts of formal education, small or large numbers of staff and students). Panelists from the six programmes discussed these differences to- gether with 60 conference participants. Starting from a review of practices at the six programmes (the ‘Map & Glossary’), the conversation covered several themes: strate- gic and institutional aspects of the PhD programs, logistical and administrative aspects of these programs, and fundamentally: how (diversely) do we define what is the PhD in Design. The conversation then explored how the programs, DRS and other design organizations could be more effective in supporting PhD students, advisors, and pro- grammes, and deal with new requirements, e.g., toward more interdisciplinary and more international experience, and preparing PhD students to take leadership in re- search teams more than being solitary researchers.

Doctoral Education
PhD in Design
Graduate School

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:79c43921-09e7-4a44-bb10-ada6a6dce6eb

https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.845

Design Research Society

DRS2022

Design Research Society Conference, 2022-06-27 → 2022-07-03, Bilbao

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2022 P.J. Stappers, Carlos Teixeira, Lucia Rampino, Weston Baxter, Sampsa Hyysalo, Jonathan Chapman