Research Recommendations (848)

Reorganize newsroom practice so that designers participate earlier and more broadly in transmedia-report production, including more time dedicated to projects and, when relevant, field reporting.

Audience:

Journalists, designers, newsroom managers

Domain:

Newsroom Collaboration / Information Design

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Use the 'Trama' method selectively in projects whose teams are willing to revise work routines and that have sufficient time, resources, publication space, and multi-platform distribution conditions.

Audience:

Journalists, designers, newsroom coordinators

Domain:

Method Implementation / Transmedia Reporting

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Redefine authorship in journalistic formats so that journalistic information design is understood as a collaborative practice produced by all actors involved in content creation.

Audience:

Researchers, journalists, designers, educators

Domain:

Authorship / Collaborative Journalism

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Offer continuing education through the course 'Tecendo a Reportagem Transmídia' for journalism and design students as well as practicing professionals.

Audience:

Students, professionals, educators

Domain:

Professional Training / Continuing Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Test the 'Trama' method in other reports and in physical newsroom settings in order to assess transferability and identify context-specific improvements.

Audience:

Researchers, newsroom teams

Domain:

Method Validation / Newsroom Studies

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Refine the 'Trama' method itself, especially by re-evaluating the number of meetings and other procedural elements that may affect implementation efficiency.

Audience:

Researchers, method developers, newsroom coordinators

Domain:

Method Refinement / Process Design

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Integrate the use of the 'Trama' method into undergraduate journalism and design education to support early training in collaborative transmedia-report production.

Audience:

Educators, curriculum leaders, students

Domain:

Design and Journalism Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Expand the BuyRight project beyond product presentation pages (PPPs) to other parts of the e-commerce website, and investigate how the guidelines may need to adapt to menswear and childrenswear.

Audience:

UX designers, e-commerce teams, researchers

Domain:

Fashion E-tail / Human-Centred UX

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Test how to incorporate the BuyRight guidelines into webpage design without creating cognitive overload for users.

Audience:

UX designers, information architects, researchers

Domain:

Information Design / Cognitive Load

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Test the BuyRight deck with partner companies and real users, and apply the resulting guidelines to live product pages in order to assess effectiveness over time.

Audience:

Retailers, UX teams, researchers

Domain:

Industry Validation / BuyRight Implementation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Evaluate the BuyRight guidelines with a more diverse sample, especially regarding race, ethnicity, and age, and across different cultural contexts.

Audience:

Researchers, retailers, UX evaluators

Domain:

Diversity and Inclusion in E-commerce UX

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Further evaluate novel functionalities proposed by the BuyRight project, especially sensory cues and the material catalogue, to determine their usefulness and acceptance.

Audience:

Researchers, UX designers, e-commerce product teams

Domain:

Novel Interface Functionalities / Fashion E-tail

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High

Evaluate the BuyRight guidelines with e-commerce specialists in order to assess managerial acceptance and willingness to implement them in practice.

Audience:

Managers, UX leads, e-commerce specialists, researchers

Domain:

Managerial Acceptance / E-commerce Implementation

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

High

Adapt activist-design methods through intersectional approaches that consider gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, and sexual orientation.

Audience:

Researchers, educators, activists

Domain:

Intersectional Activist Design

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Decolonize design curricula by incorporating non-Eurocentric perspectives and traditional knowledge systems.

Audience:

Educators, curriculum designers

Domain:

Decolonial Design Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Investigate teacher-training needs and strategies for emerging transpedagogical paradigms in design education.

Audience:

Educators, researchers

Domain:

Teacher Training / Transpedagogy

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Integrate social-sustainability principles more effectively into design education, in both theory and practice.

Audience:

Educators, researchers, institutions

Domain:

Social Sustainability / Design Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Investigate the role of design in social activism and how activist design can be taught and practiced ethically.

Audience:

Researchers, activists, educators

Domain:

Activist Design Ethics

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Repair the affects between university, teachers, and students through forms of dissent that renew transpedagogical relationships.

Audience:

Educators, students, institutions

Domain:

Affect / Critical Pedagogy

Scope:

Meso → Macro

Feasibility:

Low-Medium

Promote collaborative design practices that involve communities directly in design processes, especially in contexts of vulnerability or marginalization.

Audience:

Designers, communities, NGOs

Domain:

Collaborative Design / Community Engagement

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium-High

Foster a more interdisciplinary design education that prepares students to address complex problems requiring multifaceted approaches.

Audience:

Educators, curriculum leaders

Domain:

Interdisciplinary Design Education

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Expand thematic areas of inquiry toward economics, ecology, species relations, education, digital identities, and human interaction according to context.

Audience:

Researchers, educators

Domain:

Expanded Activist Design Agendas

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Study how to establish effective collaboration models between academics, professionals, communities, and institutions for more reciprocal knowledge exchange.

Audience:

Researchers, institutions, community partners

Domain:

Collaboration Models / Knowledge Exchange

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Develop methods to evaluate the social and environmental impact of design projects in both the short and long term.

Audience:

Researchers, institutions, funders

Domain:

Impact Evaluation / Activist Design

Scope:

Macro

Feasibility:

Medium

Integrate the teaching of communication, empathy, and teamwork soft skills.

Audience:

Educators, Program Coordinators

Domain:

Design Education

Scope:

Meso

Feasibility:

High