9 Mar 2015

Submitting a proposal for SESYNC

I've submitted a proposal for The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) which is funded by an award to the University of Maryland from the United Stated of America National Science Foundation.

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF PROPOSED PURSUIT

Searching for new teaching methodologies in Communication Design that advocates sustainable innovation.

SHORT TITLE
Designers as agents of change

NAME FOR UP TO TWO PURSUIT (PROPOSAL) LEADERS

Dr. Maria Cadarso
Dr. Emilia Duarte

PROJECT SUMMARY APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC AND POSTED ON THE SESYNC WEBSITE

Comparative and complementary studies between European and American approaches, methodologies and methods, seeking a new paradigm in Communication Design, that embodies sustainable challenges and objectives, to prepare future designers to be engaged, innovative agents of change.

KEYWORDS
Research; Methods; Sustainability; Social Innovation.