An MA Service Design began this year at the Royal College of Art, London:
http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=514706

Three PhD students have also begun their studies.

The programme is led by Dr Nick Leon:
http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=515064
<http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=515064&groupID=515064>

Best regards,

Stephen   

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Stephen Boyd Davis | Research Leader, School of Design | Royal College of
Art
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU, United Kingdom

Telephone 
Inka Hella (School Administrator, Design) 44 (0)20 7590 4274
Wanda Polanski (School of Design) 44 (0)20 7590 4352
Personal extension 44 (0)20 7590 4343

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From:  Stefan Holmlid <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:  PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and
related research in Design <[log in to unmask]>
Date:  Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:59
To:  <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:  Re: [PHD-DESIGN] Service Design PhD theses and educations

> Chris, all
> 
> Great with the input you are all bringing!
> 
> I did a bit more scanning and you can find PhDs in service design from the
> following places, at least
> AHO, Oslo
> Linköping university
> Malmö university
> Umeå School of Design
> Aalto university
> Swinburne university
> Politecnico Milano
> Aalborg university
> Linné university
> Carnegie Mellon Uni
> Design School in Gothenburg
> Karlstad University
> Sungkyunkwan university
> TU/delft
> TU/Eindhoven
> Design Academy Eindhoven
> Stockholm university
> Royal Institute of technology Stockholm
> Northumbria
> Loughborough
> Dundee
> ITU Denmark
> University of the Highlands and Islands
> 
> The list can be made much longer of course, depending on where you draw the
> line for service design ;-) (and I'm missing out on e.g. France, South
> America, India, Japan, China, etc.)
> 
> Take a look at the Service Design Research page
> (http://www.servicedesignresearch.com/), and you might find more places of
> interest. And the proceedings from two of the ServDes conferences are
> published here:
> http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp_home/index.en.aspx?issue=060
> http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp_home/index.en.aspx?issue=059
> 
> You can also look at the paper by Elena and Daniela from the Design Research
> Journal, where they mention most of the pioneering PhDs from Politecnico.
> http://www.academia.edu/353706/Pacenti_E._and_Sangiorgi_D._2010_._Service_Desi
> gn_Research_Pioneers._An_overview_of_Service_Design_research_developed_in_Ital
> y_since_the_90s._In_Design_Research_Journal_Ges_Ut_Av_Svid_Stiftelsen_Svensk_I
> ndustridesign_1_10_26-33
> 
> There is also a PhD chapter of the SDN, that you might want to get in touch
> with. And check out the Swedish Design PhD school:
> http://www.designfakulteten.kth.se/doktorander
> 
> When it comes to programs within service design, I believe there are several
> around. With mixed levels you should look at
> Dundee uni
> AHO, Oslo
> Linköping university
> Politecnico
> RCA
> Aalborg university
> Sönderborg university
> Glasgow School of Arts
> Northumbria
> Business & Design lab Gothenburg
> Politecnico
> Domus Academy
> 
> Take a look at the Service Design Network pages for their members, there might
> be more uni:s giving courses/programs
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related
> research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Heape
> Sent: den 9 oktober 2012 12:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Service Design PhD theses and educations
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone point me in the direction of service design PhD theses or those who
> are currently working on one?
> 
> I'm trying to identify both the research questions that are being generated by
> the theses and to orient myself as to which institutions are researching and
> educating in this area.
> 
> To my knowledge many service design initiatives are a sub category of either
> Industrial Design or Visual Communication Design.
> 
> Are there educational initiatives that are working exclusively with service
> design through both Bachelor, Master and PhD levels.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Chris Heape.
> 
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