Multidisciplinary Research:
Challenging and Rewarding or Too Damn Difficult?
Wednesday 13 January 2010, 3:30 – 7:00
Design London, Stevens Building, Royal College of Art, London
There is a lot of encouragement for multi-disciplinary research, from
policy makers and research funders, and it is generally seen as a
‘good thing’. Yet the reality is that this is often very difficult to
execute. For instance, the definition and the evaluation of the
outputs (e.g. prototypes, patents or papers) vary across the
disciplines, and the results of multi-disciplinary work might well be
regarded as below the standard that each individual disciplines seeks
to impose on its own work. Consequently, those engaging in
multidisciplinary work lose rather than gain credibility in their own
‘home discipline’. To look at these issues, we are holding a workshop
that seeks to examine the barriers, challenges and rewards to multi-
disciplinary work. The workshop will be followed by a drinks
reception and an exhibition presenting research works from
engineering, design and social sciences.
Speakers
Simon Blyth, IDEO and Julien McHardy, Lancaster University
Peter Childs, Professor of Engineering Design, Imperial College
Bill Gaver, Professor of Design, Goldsmiths College
Lucy Kimbell, Clark Fellow in Design Leadership, Said Business
School, Oxford
Bruce Tether, Professor of Design and Innovation, Design London,
Imperial College
Anthony Dunne, Professor and Head of Department, Design Interactions,
Royal College of Art
Discussant
Jeremy Aynsley, Professor of History of Design, Royal College of Art
Organizers
Anne-Laure Fayard, Visiting Scholar, Design London, Imperial College
and Assistant Professor of Management, Polytechnic Institute of New
York University
Bruce Tether, Professor of Design and Innovation, Design London,
Imperial College.
Exhibition
Exhibition will include research projects by James Auger (Royal
College of Art), Lucy Kimbell (Said Business School), Anne-Laure
Fayard (Design London / NYU-Poly), Patrick Stacey (Design London),
Ileana Stigliani (Design London), works from the Interaction Design
Studio at Goldsmiths and projectsfrom the Mechanical Engineering
Department at Imperial College.
Participation
Places are limited, and will be issued on a first come first served
basis. If you want to attend please complete your details here http://
www.surveymonkey.com/s/X72BKNQ to reserve a place.
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Lucy Kimbell
Clark Fellow in Design Leadership
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford OX1 1HP
Blog: Design leads us where exactly? http://
www.designleadership.blogspot.com
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