We are delighted to share details of the 14th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, ‘Safe Harbours for Design Research’, 11-16 October 2021. The plans draw on last year’s Town Hall events with the EAD community that explored what it needs right now from a biennial conference.
The conference in 2021 will be an online assembly created to bring people together to discuss ideas and investigations across design research in a series of activities. We see it as an opportunity to gather ourselves, to renew our commitment to excellent, rigorous design research while nurturing emerging design researchers.
We have focused on making this conference as affordable as possible to help the whole EAD community come together. We are excited by this ‘one off’ format where the highest quality papers for each track will be selected for research excellence to inform the open debates and discussions that will be a key element of the conference.
From a place none of us would choose to be, the future looks bright and exciting! Join us in October in a safe harbour to share ideas, hopes and dreams, and to plan new adventures together.
Prof. Leon Cruickshank, Lancaster University, UK Conference Chair and Vice President EAD
CALL FOR PAPERS
Full Papers:
This year, we will be accepting a limited number of the highest quality papers to stimulate interesting discussions with the large number of people we hope will attend the conference.Full papers will be up to 3000 words in length excluding abstract and references and will be of the highest standard of scholarship and clarity in terms of outlining research questions, establishing context, explicating methods of inquiry, and reporting insights, results and contribution to knowledge.
Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline 17th May 2021
- Camera Ready Papers by 30th August 2021
- Presentations Submitted 20th September 2021
CONFERENCE TRACKS
We are eagerly anticipating inviting you to submit papers and attend EAD Safe Harbours 2021.This year there are 6 tracks to choose from, all themed around the need for safe spaces not only to weather storms but to replenish, refresh and plan for our next adventure; to enable us to strike out with renewed confidence over the horizon into the unknown.
SAFE HARBOURS FOR COPING WITH CRISIS SITUATIONS
Whether for climate refugees, homeless people or victims of natural disasters, emergency situations are multiplying, leaving communities helpless to cope. How can design respond effectively to the challenges emergency situations precipitate? How can it help anticipate risks in order to better manage crises? Focusing on vulnerable people this track seeks to outline a new design for emergencies.https://eadresearch.org/safe-harbours-for-coping-with-crisis-situations
SAFE HARBOURS FOR EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMANS AND NUMBERS
Human-machine collaborations are a reality. Much of what we build entails the co-existence of human and non-human agents and implies (ab)using data as a new design material. This track calls for a collective exploration about the desirable future we might build making virtuous use of data and engaging with diverse forms of artificial intelligence.https://eadresearch.org/safe-harbours-for-challenging-human-machine-collaborations
SAFE HARBOURS FOR REFLECTION AND REORGANISATION
The ongoing epochal challenges, such as climate change and socio-economic crises, are impacting organisations and bringing profound transformation across many sectors. This track aims to explore the emerging role design can play towards building strategic resilience in an era of uncertainty. Probing into the future, how can design strategically spur organisations to proactively plan for their long-term survival?https://eadresearch.org/safe-harbours-for-reflection-and-reorganization
SAFE HARBOURS FOR WORKING SAFELY TOGETHER
This track is an invitation to explore collaborative practices that foster the participation of those excluded. We want to discuss design research initiatives that contribute to creating conditions for collaboration in communities united by practice, geography or needs.https://eadresearch.org/safe-harbours-for-working-safely-together
SAFE HARBOURS FOR RETHINKING DESIGN EDUCATION
The last year has been a global shock to the system, the move from face-to-face to contactless communication and indeed living. Educators around the world unexpectedly prepared themselves to teach at a distance and many had to scramble to implement effective teaching approaches in these unprecedented circumstances. There is an opportunity here, a chance to rethink the traditional studio system for design education. The aim of this track is to explore how educators have been inspired to undertake research that rethinks the past and starts to develop a new form of design education.https://eadresearch.org/safe-harbours-for-rethinking-design-education
SAFE HARBOURS FOR CULTIVATING SUSTAINABILITY
Many of the contemporary crises we face are rooted in the unsustainable way that modern society is structured. The goal of this track is to collectively explore how might we create an alternative model of interacting with the natural and social spheres to foster the flourishing of an empathic, graceful, and ecological world by design.https://eadresearch.org/safe-harbours-for-cultivating-sustainability
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