Guest editors: Silvia Barbero, Amina Pereno | Vol. 13, n. 2 (May-August 2020)
Information for Contributors
The world we live in is hectic and multifaceted,
characterized by continuous changes that are more frequent, radical and
dramatic than ever before. Their dimension rapidly shifts from local to global
and viceversa, due to the increased interconnected nature of relations,
affecting society at many different levels. This results in a rising
complexity that requires new creative solutions with a high degree of
adaptability to be properly addressed. It is in this scenario
that Systemic Design can effectively integrate systems thinking and its
methods with design to address this multi-stakeholder complexity, by creating
new resilient systems moving towards sustainability at environmental,
social and economic level. Systemic Design adapts from known design competencies
to frame, understand, explore, propose and design complex services and systems,
acting in the context of the indeterminacy of wicked problems.
The systemic approach enables to address all aspects of
designing sustainable sociotechnical systems, thus promoting social innovation
to improve the quality of life and economic wellbeing of people, evaluating
engagements with people to develop local economies and acting in full respect
for the environment and natural resources. The challenge of territorial enhancement
has close links with the broader concept of Sustainable Development, since it
deals with complex issues concerning the manner, the scale, and the time of the
design intervention in order to achieve environmental, social and economic
sustainability. To that end, Systemic Design considers the need to design
locally supportive structures for economic and social flourishing, organically
co-created and co-produced within the regions themselves. The concept of
co-creation is crucial for the long-term sustainability of the territorial
systems; it includes a wide range of participatory practices for design and
decision making aiming at facilitate user participation and multi-stakeholder
engagement. The process of local participation in the design and implementation
phase of territorial systems, requires the adoption of cultural, environmental,
and community values. Regional development processes are strongly dependent on
people’s ability to develop sustainable structures that, on the one hand,
facilitate all forms of innovation, creativity, new ideas, and visions in
acting and, on the other hand, maintain the essential stability of the system.
We welcome contributions addressing collaborative
research domains in which design is boosting innovation and sustainability.
Authors are invited to provide their view on how systems thinking in design
disciplines can help our territorial and socio-technical systems to face the
complex challenge of sustainability.
We especially invite authors to opening up the discussion
about the following research topics:
- Co-creation approaches in Strategic Design and Systemic Design;
- Participatory practices for design and decision making with stakeholders and users in complex systems;
- Strategic tools for enhancing local participation in territorial systems;
- Systemic Design for social, economic and environmental sustainability;
- Implementation of innovative territorial systems.
- Other research topics concerning Systems and Design Thinking are welcomed.
Schedule
- Launch of the call for papers: June 18th, 2019.
- Full paper due: September 2nd, 2019
- Notification of Review results: November 4th, 2019
- Deadline for submission of the final version: December 16th, 2019
- Final acceptance: January 31st, 2020
- Publication: May 1st, 2020
Submission guidelines
- Manuscripts must be prepared using the guidelines and the template that our editorial team will upload in July, 2019;
- The manuscript must be written in English;
- The manuscript must follow APA style;
- Previously published articles will not be accepted. Submitted articles must not be under consideration for publication anywhere else. The publication of the article is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two reviewers using the double blind review process;
- Manuscripts must be sent through the journal’s online submission system. You have to register in the platform in order to submit your article: http://revistas.unisinos.br/sdrj
If you have questions regarding the submission process,
contact the journal at periodicos@unisinos.br
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