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Las Competencias Creativas Transversales como Vínculo entre la Educación Superior en Diseño de Producto y la Empresa.

El Caso Elisava

Name: Cristina Ribas
Year: 2023
Institution: Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors: Rita Almendra, Rafael Pozo-Puértolas
Discipline: Product Design
Scope: Design Education
Taxonomy: Epistemology
Type: Theoretical
Language: Spanish
Wordcount / Pagecount: 100,777 / 298
Joint supervision: No

Alignment of design education with professional practice and industry competencies in product design

Research Process (12 methods)

1. Literature review N = x

Exploratory Qualitative

2. Focus group N = 9

Exploratory Qualitative

Representatives from higher education, product design, and the professional sector

3. Questionnaire N = 83

Exploratory Qualitative

European SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) in the product design and manufacturing sectors

4. Focus group N = 10

Exploratory Qualitative

partners from 4 countries (Italy, Spain, Poland, and Romania) exploring the state of the art in European competencies and SME needs

5. Workshop N = 9

Generative Qualitative

Spanish specialists from higher education, industrial clusters, and technology centers

6. Workshop N = 9

Generative Qualitative

SME executives, academic directors, and Elisava alumni (senior product designers)

7. Focus group N = 10

Generative Qualitative

Project partners (universities, clusters, and tech centers)

8. Interview N = 32

Evaluative Qualitative

Active Relevant Agents (ARA) including collaborating companies, 3rd-year design students in internships, and academic tutors

9. Design project N = 39

Evaluative Qualitative

3rd-year Design students (GDIS), academic packaging experts, and innovations tutors from Danone

10. Design project N = 7

Evaluative Qualitative

4th-year Design students (Final Degree Project), academic tutors, and company tutors from Lékué

11. Expert panel N = unspecified

Evaluative Qualitative

Expert participants and students involved in the JMDP pilot project

12. Focus group N = 2

Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

Researcher in collaboration with the head of the Elisava Design Degree

#	Name of Method	Research Phase	Research Approach	Researcher Role	Object of Study / Participants	N
1	Literature review	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	x	x
2	Focus group	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	Representatives from higher education, product design, and the professional sector	9
3	Questionnaire	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	European SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) in the product design and manufacturing sectors	83
4	Focus group	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	partners from 4 countries (Italy, Spain, Poland, and Romania) exploring the state of the art in European competencies and SME needs	10
5	Workshop	Generative	Qualitative	x	Spanish specialists from higher education, industrial clusters, and technology centers	9
6	Workshop	Generative	Qualitative	x	SME executives, academic directors, and Elisava alumni (senior product designers)	9
7	Focus group	Generative	Qualitative	x	Project partners (universities, clusters, and tech centers)	10
8	Interview	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	Active Relevant Agents (ARA) including collaborating companies, 3rd-year design students in internships, and academic tutors	32
9	Design project	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	3rd-year Design students (GDIS), academic packaging experts, and innovations tutors from Danone	39
10	Design project	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	4th-year Design students (Final Degree Project), academic tutors, and company tutors from Lékué	7
11	Expert panel	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	Expert participants and students involved in the JMDP pilot project	unspecified
12	Focus group	Evaluative	Qualitative	Participatory	Researcher in collaboration with the head of the Elisava Design Degree	2

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced with input

IK&T	Academia	Design Practice	Society
Context	Yes	No	No
Vision	No	No	No
Means	Yes	No	No

Recommendations (5)

R711 Evaluation, Monitoring & Impact Theoretical & Conceptual Priority: High

Deepen the analysis of professional skills by expanding the number and diversity of international participants and represented business activities.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Exploratory
Feasibility:: Medium

R712 Evaluation, Monitoring & Impact Process & Organization Priority: High

Periodically update the analysis of professional skills, especially after major socioeconomic changes, to capture shifts in industry demand over time.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium-High

R713 Process & Organization Methodological Priority: High

Apply competence-based assessment systems in the courses that define the degree, using indicators that relate academic and professional competencies and enable company participation in evaluation.

Scope:: Meso
Time Horizon:: Medium
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R714 Process & Organization Theoretical & Conceptual Priority: High

Develop curricula for competence acquisition by using the validated methodology to represent and connect academic competencies with the professional skills required by companies.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Medium
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R715 Methodological Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: Medium-High

Apply the methodology to other study plans and disciplines, as already piloted with GEDI, to test transferability beyond the GDIS case.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Medium
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: High