iDON Doctoral course


International Design Observation Network

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International Design Observation Network Doctoral Course organized by Grenoble University (France) and Luleå Technical University (Sweden) will be held in June 2010 (web seminars) and in July in Grenoble (france) (co-located workshop and seminars from 5th to 9th July, 2010)

The iDON doctoral seminar aims to give PhD students the practical skills in designing research studies, performing observations and analyzing empirical data. The seminar will focus on the observation of teams to understand the complex social interaction between members in a design team. 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 practises with researchers that are active within various disciplines within the design science field, and to build a network among research fellows.

Co- chair :

- Dr Eric Blanco, Grenoble
- Dr Peter Törlind & Åsa Ericsson, Luleå

Key dates & Application procedure

Application deadline May, 10th 2010
Acceptation May, 15th 2010
Full registration and Payement online June, 1st 2010
Web seminar June 2010
Colocated workshop and seminars in Grenoble July 5th -9th 2010

Please send your application by e-mail here

More information

Please visit the Cluster Gospi Website for more information.

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