Hi there are PhD students working in Service Design also at Lancaster University Topics are: The application of Service Design in architectural practice Service Design methodologies in the public sector: a comparison with South Korea Designing for Integrated care Regards Daniela ______________________ Daniela Sangiorgi, PhD Senior Lecturer Design Imagination@Lancaster Lancaster University tel 0044 (0)1524 510877 mobile 0044 (0)794 9585181 www.imagination.lancaster.ac.uk www.servicedesignresearch.com Design for Services book http://www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089206 On 10 Oct 2012, at 13:59, Stefan Holmlid wrote: > 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_Design_Research_Pioneers._An_overview_of_Service_Design_research_developed_in_Italy_since_the_90s._In_Design_Research_Journal_Ges_Ut_Av_Svid_Stiftelsen_Svensk_Industridesign_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. > > ------------- > > from: > > Chris Heape PhD > > designarena > creating space for innovation > > ------ > > cvr: > 1709 3576 > > tel: > +45 2620 0385 > > e.mail: > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------