CONVERSATION: Researching Design in Policy and Governance: A Collective Reflection Through 60-Years of the Design Research Society Conference Date & Time: Tuesday, 9th June 2026 4:00pm – 5:30pm Location: 50 George Square, G.06 (Room C1) Design, policy and governance have been increasingly discussed across the 60-year history of the Design Research Society conferences. Examples of … Read more
This year, the Final Show showcases the “Climate Adaptation” work with the City of Helsinki and the “Continuity of Understanding” with Kela and HUS. After 12 weeks of close collaboration, students from four groups presented their research and design proposals in one event, gathering the community of civil servants, practitioners, and researchers to get inspired … Read more
The Design for Government 2025 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 4 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record of two different project briefs, with … Read more
The Design for Government 2024 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record of two different project briefs, with … Read more
The Design for Government 2023 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record of two different project briefs, with … Read more
The Design for Government 2022 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event saw 6 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record of two different project briefs, with … Read more
Recording of the Helsinki Design Week Online event: 21.09.2021 (14:00 – 16:00h): “Design for government: Two cases of designing sustainabilitypolicy in Finland” Image: Original illustration by Savannah Vize, Hannah Roche, Amir Tahvonen, Shuaijun Zhang from Design for Government course at Aalto University. About the cases: Just Transition to Post-Oil Heating in Homes (2020) by the Ministry of … Read more
The Design for Government 2021 Final Show showcases inspiring examples of proactive and ‘designerly’ approaches to policy-making and public service provision. The event, which was hosted online, saw 9 talented and multidisciplinary student teams present their research and proposals responding to challenges posed from within the Finnish public sector. This year, students addressed a record … Read more
The 2020 Final Show of Design for Government (DfG) showcases new ways that multidisciplinary design can address policy-making and public-service provision! DfG’20 included 6 highly-committed and talented student teams addressing challenging projects commissioned from within the Finnish government. This year, students have addressed two project briefs: First up at the Final Show were the teams dedicated to “Boosting … Read more
This blog post reports on work-in-progress within the DfG course! The post is written by one of the three groups dealing with the Ministry of Environment’s project brief on ‘Just transition to post-oil heating in homes’. The group includes Elizabeth Atkins from the Collaborative and Industrial Design (CoID) program, Elisa Dametto from the Creative Sustainability (CS) program, Jane Lehtinen … Read more