Design for Social Innovation (5 cr)
Code: HY00BR14-3001
General information
- Enrollment
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23.11.2020 - 14.02.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual proportion
- 2 cr
- RDI proportion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Complementary competence, master’s studies in English (CYJ2), Generic studies
- Teachers
- Virpi Kaartti
- Melanie Wendland
- Päivi Tossavainen
- Adriana Santamaria Portilla
- Study unit
- HY00BR14
Objective
The students will be able to
• explain the role of design and innovation in fostering positive social and (environmental) impact
• recognize opportunities to solve societal problems through design and critically analyse their impact
• use design methods to develop and manage social innovation processes together with the (future) beneficiaries
Location and time
Contact sessions at Laurea Leppävaara campus or online (will be confirmed later)
Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus
Anderson, T., Curtis, A., & Wittig, C. (2014). Definition and theory in social innovation. Krems, Austria: Danube University.
Manzini, E. (2014). Making things happen: Social innovation and design. Design issues, 30(1), 57-66.
Mulgan, G., Tucker, S., Ali, R., & Sanders, B. (2007). Social innovation: what it is, why it matters and how it can be accelerated.
Murray, R., Caulier-Grice, J., & Mulgan, G. (2010). The open book of social innovation (p. 2). London: National endowment for science, technology and the art.
Nicholls, A., & Murdock, A. (2012). The nature of social innovation. In Social innovation (pp. 1-30). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Nicholls, A., Simon, J., & Gabriel, M. (2015). New frontiers in social innovation research. Springer Nature.
Nilsson, W., & Paddock, T. (2014). Social innovation from the inside out. Standford Social Innovation Review, 46-52.
Phills, J. A., Deiglmeier, K., & Miller, D. T. (2008). Rediscovering social innovation. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 6(4), 34-43.
Sharra, R., & Nyssens, M. (2010). Social innovation: An interdisciplinary and critical review of the concept. Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium, 1-15.
A complete literature list will be provided in Canvas.
Toteutustapa
Lectures, group work, individual work
Kansainvälisyys toteutuksella
International student group
Student workload
5 ects credits = 135 hours (1 credit = 27 hours of work)
Lectures and group work during the contact sessions
Reading the literature
Assignments
Sisältö ja sen jaksotus
Pre-assignment
Course assignment
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed
Further information
Instructors of the course:
Melanie Wendland
Designer / Co-Founder at Sonder Design Collective
Adriana Santamaría P.
Design Strategist for Social Impact