Objective
The iDON doctoral seminar aims to give PhD students the practical skills in designing research studies, performing observations and analyzing empirical data.
International Design Observation Network Doctoral Course organized by Grenoble University (France) will be held in :
Web seminar 4th to 29th June 2012
Collocated workshop and seminars in Grenoble 9th -13th july 2012
Information and application form on http://www.cluster-gospi.fr/
Key dates
Application : 2nd of May 2012
Acceptation : 13th May 2012
Full registration and Payment online : 30th May 2012
Web seminar 4th to 29th June 2012
Collocated workshop and seminars in Grenoble 9th -13th july 2012
Content
The main approach is built upon seminars and reflective workshops lead by experienced researchers within the area of methodologies for field studies and design observations.
Beside the issues of when, how and what to observe, other concerns that will be discussed in the theoretical and practical workshops are :
Differences and similarities in field work and experiments
The application of observations in different research fields
The role of the researcher
Terms for research quality
Hypotheses, research purposes and research questions
Measurements, unit of analysis, coding schemes
The iDon seminar is an opportunity to share best practices with researchers that are active within various disciplines within the design science field, and to build a network among research fellows.
Teachers
Franck Pourroy
Franck Pourroy is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design at the Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble. He works as a researcher in the new G-SCOP laboratory, and his main research interests are focused on knowledge management and collaborative work in mechanical engineering and engineering design. This research is mainly based on empirical studies and design observation.
Dr Eric Blanco is associate professor in Engineering Design and product development at the school of Industrial Engineering of Grenoble Institute of Technology (University of Grenoble). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering.
He has developed researches on analysis of coordination and cooperation through product representations and models of information flow in collaborative design. These researches are based on empirical studies and carried out in close partnership with social scientists and industry. He has published in social sciences and engineering sciences.
Dr Cédric Masclet
Dr. Masclet is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble I. He earned his Ph.D. from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées of Toulouse specializing in engineering design. He has developed his research within the Integrated Design team of the G-SCOP laboratory and focuses on computer aided collaborative design. Based on a substantial background in engineering design, ITs and education sciences, he has a special interest in the external representations supporting the knowledge sharing (sketches, digital mockup...) and investigates innovative technologies that may improve interactions efficiency. He is leader of the "augmented reality" workpackage in the Visionair european infrastructure (FP7) dedicated to scientific visualization and is a member of the Design Society. In addition to the lectures he has given to engineering school and master degree students, he has participated to the education of secondary school engineering teachers trainee.
Pr Janet McDonnell
Professor Janet McDonnell is Associate Dean of Research at Central Saint Martins University of the arts London.
She is editor-in-chief of the journal CoDesign and a member of the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council peer review college.
Her most recent work has been a series of studies of collaborative practices to see how, by focusing on the fine details of interaction, we can uncover what it is in interaction that supports creative collaboration.
Pr Rianne Valkenburg The Hague University Nederlands. Specialist on designdriven innovation : making sense for the world, society and people through design thinking.
