Research Recommendations (856)

Expand the theoretical foundation of Design and Social Innovation studies by broadening the bibliographic references used, given the extensive literature evidenced by the thesis.

Audience:

Researchers, doctoral students, social-innovation scholars

Domain:

Design and Social Innovation Theory / Bibliographic Expansio...

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Incorporate the social structures that contextualize projects, rather than focusing only on the designer as an agent of Social Innovation.

Audience:

Researchers, design scholars, organizational theorists, poli...

Domain:

Agency and Structure / Design in Social Innovation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Create appropriate tools to evaluate the results of Design in Social Innovation and measure the impact of actions qualitatively and quantitatively using defined criteria.

Audience:

Researchers, evaluators, designers, policy actors

Domain:

Impact Assessment Tools / Design in Social Innovation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Carry out comparative studies between Design and Social Innovation processes supported by public-origin policy tools and those supported by private-origin policy tools.

Audience:

Researchers, policy analysts, designers, funders

Domain:

Public vs Private Policy Tools / Comparative Process Studies

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Create analytical criteria to investigate Design deliverables in depth and test whether those responses can be compared using innovation scales.

Audience:

Researchers, design analysts, innovation scholars

Domain:

Design Deliverables / Innovation Scales

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Conduct isolated studies on each project typology in Design and Social Innovation: research-oriented projects, teaching-oriented projects, and professional-practice projects.

Audience:

Researchers, educators, professional designers, social-innov...

Domain:

Project Typologies / Design and Social Innovation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Include leaders, administrators, and staff involved in managing the policy tools within the interview sample, and collect these interviews early in the data-gathering process in order to diagnose their perceptions of Design processes and results.

Audience:

Researchers, policy-tool managers, administrators, project l...

Domain:

Expanded Interview Sampling / Policy-Tool Governance

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Use an anamnesis-style diagnostic guide before designing therapy rooms, in order to identify user profiles, therapeutic objectives, spatial constraints, and sensory requirements.

Audience:

Designers, therapists, school managers

Domain:

Inclusive Interior Design / Therapy Spaces

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Design therapy rooms in inclusive schools as adaptable and interchangeable environments that can support different therapies and changing user needs over time.

Audience:

Designers, educators, therapists

Domain:

Therapy-Room Design / Inclusive Education

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Prioritize acoustic, thermal, hygienic, and safety performance when selecting materials and systems for therapy rooms in inclusive educational environments.

Audience:

Designers, architects, facility managers

Domain:

Material Selection / Inclusive Interiors

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Tailor color, texture, pattern, and sensory stimuli to the characteristics of specific user groups, avoiding distracting or uncomfortable environments for users with visual impairment, autism, or neurodiversity.

Audience:

Designers, therapists, researchers

Domain:

Sensory Design / Neurodiversity / Visual Impairment

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Locate and integrate therapy rooms within schools in ways that minimize noise while maximizing inclusion, allowing students with special educational needs to remain in contact with peers and school life.

Audience:

School leaders, architects, policy makers

Domain:

Inclusive School Planning

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Design high chairs that adapt to children's growth from approximately 6 months to 7 years in order to extend product lifespan and improve sustainability.

Audience:

Product designers, furniture manufacturers, sustainability r...

Domain:

Children's Furniture / Sustainable Product Design

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Develop children's furniture solutions that improve both physical comfort and psychological stability, including the use of comfort accessories such as dedicated cushions.

Audience:

Designers, ergonomists, child-development researchers

Domain:

Child Wellbeing / Furniture Ergonomics

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

Medium

Use low-impact materials and production technologies in children's furniture while maintaining product feasibility, safety, and durability.

Audience:

Manufacturers, product designers, sustainability teams

Domain:

Materials and Production / Sustainability

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Maintain an iterative design process in which prototypes are evaluated by direct and indirect users as well as expert panels, and then reformulated accordingly.

Audience:

Researchers, designers, manufacturers

Domain:

Design Validation / User-Centered Product Development

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Actively disseminate design knowledge about child-adapted and sustainable furniture to sector professionals in order to support future innovation and uptake.

Audience:

Researchers, designers, industry professionals

Domain:

Knowledge Transfer / Furniture Sector

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

On‑site signage using panels integrated with virtual–real continuity.

Audience:

Designers and Engineers

Domain:

Culture/Creative

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Regional information architecture as the foundation of the work.

Audience:

Product/Service Owners

Domain:

Knowledge Management

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Deepen wayfinding and data visualization for heritage information.

Audience:

Designers

Domain:

Culture/Creative

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Reinterpret historical graphic languages with specialists.

Audience:

Educators

Domain:

Culture/Creative

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Rename units that teach information design so they are explicitly identified as 'Information Design' rather than fragmented under multiple labels.

Audience:

Curriculum leaders, educators

Domain:

Information Design Education / Curriculum Governance

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Establish a national core of Information Design teachers and researchers to promote exchange, support joint research, organize academic meetings, and build a shared curriculum.

Audience:

Educators, researchers, institutions

Domain:

Academic Network / Information Design

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Develop, through that national network, a postgraduate offer in Information Design at the 2nd and 3rd cycles of study.

Audience:

Institutions, policy actors, curriculum designers

Domain:

Postgraduate Offer / Information Design

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Stabilize the curricular sequence and internal structure of semester-long Information Design units so that objectives, contents, methodology, and bibliography are coherent and meaningful.

Audience:

Educators, course coordinators

Domain:

Course Structure / Pedagogy

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High