Assessing Design Research: DRS Symposium

[A ( Katerina ) Alexiou]

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Design Research Society: Annual General Meeting and Symposium
9th November 2009, The Open University, Milton Keynes

Assessing Design Research: Past, Present, and Future

2009 is a big year for UK Design Research following the Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) the most exhaustive quality review of the
field ever.

2009 is also a big year for the Open University, which celebrates its 40th
Anniversary, and where Design Research has been conducted since its
inception.  This Symposium brings these events together as we look at the
past, present, and future of the assessment of Design Research.

As we look forward to a new framework of research quality assessment, we
will hear about, and debate: what constitutes good design research? What
makes for bad research?  And where exactly does that leave the ugly design
research?

We hope you will join us for an interesting, challenging, and lively
afternoon of discussion.

Programme:

11:00  Design Research Society Annual General Meeting (open to all members)

13:00  Lunch

14:00  Welcome and Introduction to the Symposium
              Brigid Heywood, Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor for
Research and Enterprise,
              The Open University
              Chris Earl, Professor and Dean of Maths, Computing, and
Technology, The Open University

14:15  Presentation of Design Studies Best Paper Award

14:20  ‘Design Research in the Open’
              Nigel Cross, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies, The Open
University

15:00  ‘Light Touch, Deep Impact: Research Assessment Past, Present, and
Future’
              Paul Gough, Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor Research and
Enterprise, University
              of the West of England, Chair of the Art and Design Panel
for RAE2008

15:40  Tea

16:00  ‘Those Essential Points of Reference: Justifying the Quality of
Design (Research)’
            Janet McDonnell, Professor and Research Coordinator, Central
Saint Martins,
            University of the Arts London

16:40  Discussion

17:00  Drinks


Costs (Including buffet lunch, afternoon symposium, and drinks)
DRS Members      £35
Non-members        £45
Student Members  £25

To register go to: http://www.designresearchsociety.org

For any further details please contact Theo Zamenopoulos at:
T.Zamenopoulos@...

A pdf flyer for the AGM and symposium is also available to distribute to
colleagues:
http://www.designresearchsociety.org/joomla/images/stories/2009_documents/DRS_AGM_09_Flyer.pdf