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LAST CALL FOR PAPERS Doctoral Education in Design: Foundations for the Future An international conference La Clusaz, France 8 - 12 July, 2000 Organized by Norwegian School of Management Nordic Innovation Project Design Research Society ICS - Interactive Coaching Services Co-sponsored by The Norwegian School of Management Center for Knowledge Management Staffordshire University, Advanced Research Institute Conference call: The past five years have seen a dramatic growth in all areas of design research. New professional demands, emerging research streams, and the new educational challenges of the knowledge economy are reshaping the context of design. As universities around the world develop models of doctoral education in design, the challenges involved mirror these larger forces. This conference will focus on four central themes: 1) philosophies and theories of design, 2) foundations and methods of design research, 3) form and structure for the doctorate in design, 4) the relationship between practice and research in design. A distinguished international group will meet at Doctoral Education in Design to consider these issues. Participants will present findings, debate ideas, and propose benchmarks for the future development of the PhD in design. Participants will interact and confer in each session and in breakout workshops. This conference will encourage significant working relationships among participants, leading to research alliances and partnership agreements among schools. A careful refereeing process will select papers. The number of participants will be limited to ensure a high quality international audience positioned to make decisions on the future of doctoral education in design within their universities. We also believe that such an audience will be able to generate a broad dialogue useful to the wider field. Selected papers will be published in a conference book. Conference sessions: Session 1. Philosophies and theories of design. The character and epistemology of a field define its parameters. Exploring these issues will be a central issue of the next decade for doctoral education in design and for design research. We must articulate a philosophy of design that considers the general principles under which the phenomena of design are comprehended, explained, and structured. Session 1 will address the central challenges in the philosophy of science and theory development for the field of design. Session 2. Foundations and methods of design research. There is no single set of research methods for design research. A rich diversity of methods has been developed for the field of design and adapted from other fields with new methods under development. We have begun to examine the foundations of these methods for suitability and rigor. The simultaneous location of design research within natural science, social science, technology and the humanities poses unique challenges to the issue of method. Session 2 will examine these issues and highlight areas of strength and weakness in current method and directions for fruitful application.. Session 3. Form and structure for the doctorate in design. A doctorate in design may be awarded in several subject disciplines and involve a range of doctoral traditions. Despite differences, there seems to be a common form to the PhD project based on a written thesis with an oral defense. While many issues in design research and doctoral traditions vary from field to field, there is strong consensus on issues of form and structure. Session 3 will attempt to develop an international consensus statement on appropriate forms of PhD study that will be useful at the local level while helping to develop the field across national boundaries. The session will also attempt to establish international guidelines helpful to directors of doctoral programmes and doctoral supervisors. Finally, the session will consider issues of program and department structure appropriate to the integrative and interdisciplinary nature of doctoral programs in design. Session 4. The relationship between practice and research in design. Design integrates several fields with different research traditions and competing methodological claims. The relationship between theory and practice poses a challenging problem for doctoral education in design. Design disciplines such as engineering or computer systems have well established doctoral traditions. Others, such as industrial design or information design, have hardly begun. The relationship between practice and theory is a challenge in established fields and new areas. This gives rise to debate on what is called "practice-based research." Session 4 will address the general issue of the relationship between practice and theory and the specific issue of "practice-based research." To propose a paper: The organizing committee invites proposals for consideration under the four conference themes. Proposals should include the names of all authors together with institutional affiliations. Please indicate the name of the presenting author. Please give a working title; conference theme; summary of the presentation; and state how the issues in the proposal affect conference themes. Proposals should be one A4 page for refereeing. Brief biographies of the authors may be added on a second page. Proposals by email only, to: <[log in to unmask]> Deadlines: 18 February 2000: Deadline for proposals. 18 March 2000: Authors notified. 9 June 2000: Final papers due. On acceptance, authors will be invited to expand proposals for publication in the conference proceedings. Publications: All conference participants will receive three publications. The proceedings will be published before the conference. The proceedings will be delivered to all participants on arrival. Staffordshire University Press will publish the proceedings. The record of sessions will transcribe conference dialogue, response to papers and open sessions. The record of sessions will be delivered to all participants on departure. The Norwegian School of Management Nordic Innovation Project will publish the record of sessions. Following the conference, selected authors will be invited to revise papers into book chapters for a book aimed at an international, audience of academic readers and research scholars. The book will be mailed to all participants in December 2000. Elsevier will publish the book. All three publications are included in the conference fee. Arrangements: Our four-star hotel charges 660 French francs per day including gourmet meals and all wine at the meals. If two people share a room, the second person in the room pays only 330 francs per day. La Clusaz is a beautiful resort village in the French Alps with choice location and close proximity to Geneva Airport. The conference fee will be announced within the next two weeks. Six scholarships covering the full conference fee will be provided to doctoral candidates willing to help with conference management. The working language of the conference is English. Co-chairs: David Durling, Staffordshire University, UK Ken Friedman, Norwegian School of Management, Norway International Conference Committee: Bruce Archer, Royal College of Art (Professor Emeritus), UK Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Nigel Cross, Open University, UK Clive Dilnot, Hong Kong Technical University, China John Heskett, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Ming-Chyuan Ho, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Lorraine Justice, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Klaus Krippendorff, University of Pennsylvania, USA Kun-Pyo Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Johan Olaisen, Norwegian School of Management, Norway Sharon Poggenpohl, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Keith Russell, University of Newcastle, Australia Chris Rust, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Anders Skoe, ICS - Interactive Coaching Services, Switzerland Kazuo Sugiyama, Chiba University, Japan Cal Swann, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Khaldoun Zreik, University of Caen, France -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management +47 22.98.51.07 Direct line +47 22.98.51.11 Telefax Home office: +46 (46) 53.245 Telephone +46 (46) 53.345 Telefax email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%