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Seravalli, A. (2023). Strengthening Urban Labs’ Democratic Aspirations: Nurturing a Listening Capacity to Engage With the Politics of Social Learning. Urban Planning, 8(2), 335-346
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2023 (English)In: Urban Planning, E-ISSN 2183-7635, Vol. 8, no 2, p. 335-346Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Urban labs are arenas for fostering urban sustainable transitions, where different actors experiment and learn together how to create inclusive and sustainable cities. A key aspect of these processes is social learning, which is the collaborative learning process through which new understandings and practices emerge from the activities of urban labs. Social learning also includes the process through which these understandings and practices are further anchored and can transform the organizations participating in urban labs. Social learning is seen as key to tackling polarization and creating transformational capacity at different levels. This article explores how social learning can strengthen urban labs’ democratic ambitions. Building on the insights emerging from a collaborative learning process with civil servants within an urban lab, it highlights the need for ensuring plurality and challenging privilege in social learning. It also emphasizes the importance of nurturing a listening capacity within urban labs and municipal organizations.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cogitatio, 2023
Keywords
listening capacity, pluralism, privilege, social learning, sustainable city planning, sustainable development, urban labs
National Category
Design Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Urban studies; Interaktionsdesign
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-60992 (URN)10.17645/up.v8i2.6439 (DOI)001022016700005 ()2-s2.0-85162758850 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-06-19 Created: 2023-06-19 Last updated: 2023-08-15Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A., Light, A. & Emilson, A. (2023). The co-design template. Bauhaus of the Sea Sails
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2023 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This document is a guide for the development of local co-design activities, produced within the project Bauhaus of the Seas Sails (Project ID: 101079995). It aims to provide indications and support for howto conduct codesign locally, addressing the important aspects to consider and questions to reflectabout. It starts by identifying and defining four core principles for the development of thedemonstrators (sustainable, inclusive, aesthetic, and locally grounded) and then introduces how co -design engages with these four principles. It overviews the different actors involved and a generaltimeline for the co-design process. Further, it provides specific suggestions on how to develop thecodesign practice locally and with relevance to the area in which you are introducing it.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bauhaus of the Sea Sails, 2023. p. 38
Keywords
co-design; more-than-human; NEB principles; sustainable; aesthetic; inclusive
National Category
Design
Research subject
Interaktionsdesign
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-64935 (URN)
Projects
Bauhaus of the Sea Sails
Available from: 2024-01-12 Created: 2024-01-12 Last updated: 2024-08-12Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A., Upadhyaya, S. & Ernits, H. (2022). Design in the public sector: Nurturing reflexivity and learning. The Design Journal, 25(2), 225-242
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2022 (English)In: The Design Journal, ISSN 1460-6925, E-ISSN 1756-3062, Vol. 25, no 2, p. 225-242Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

It has been highlighted how design engagement with the public sector risks being either irrelevant or instrumental to technocratic agendas due to a lack of understanding of the public sector’s nature. Based on the idea of public sector innovation as a matter of learning and adaptation for continuous improvement, this article looks at how participatory design approaches can be used to drive co-learning processes within the public sector, namely, collaborative learning processes about institutional aspects. It reflects on the authors’ engagement within a Swedish public organisation that relied on traditional design processes and co-learning processes. By analysing these processes, the article highlights how design as problem framing, by supporting collaborative reflexivity, can be a fruitful way to engage with institutional aspect.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2022
Keywords
design in the public sector, public sector innovation, participatory design, co-learning, design as problem framing, institutionalism
National Category
Design
Research subject
Interaktionsdesign; Organisational studies; Sustainable studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-50482 (URN)10.1080/14606925.2022.2042100 (DOI)000765604200001 ()2-s2.0-85126116972 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Vinnova, 2015-02753Vinnova, 4220697
Available from: 2022-03-08 Created: 2022-03-08 Last updated: 2024-02-05Bibliographically approved
Eriksen, M. A., De Blust, S., Devish, O., Dindler, C., DiSalvo, C., Seravalli, A. & Toftager Larsen, M. (2022). Expanding Learning in Participatory Design: Mapping the Field of Learning Theory and Practice in PD. In: PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2: . Paper presented at PDC 2022: Participatory Design Conference 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 19 August 2022- 1 September 2022 (pp. 233-235). ACM Digital Library
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2022 (English)In: PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2, ACM Digital Library, 2022, p. 233-235Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This workshop explores learning in Participatory Design (PD). We invite the PD community to reflect on the multiple ways learning can strengthen and expand how we frame and drive participatory design to reflect on how we can expand learning in PD to gain an understanding for the complex system we are all part of, for the interdependence of social, ecological and economic systems. Through this workshop, we will invite participants to address questions such as: What theories and concepts can be used to understand learning in PD? What kind of approaches are used to foster learning in PD? How is learning evaluated in PD? The workshop will bring together members of the PD community interested in these questions, and serve as the basis for developing ongoing and new collaborations around the topic of learning in PD.    

 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ACM Digital Library, 2022
National Category
Design
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-56281 (URN)10.1145/3537797.3537842 (DOI)2-s2.0-85137160133 (Scopus ID)978-1-4503-9681-3 (ISBN)
Conference
PDC 2022: Participatory Design Conference 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 19 August 2022- 1 September 2022
Available from: 2022-11-29 Created: 2022-11-29 Last updated: 2024-02-05Bibliographically approved
Huybrechts, L., Zuljevic, M., Devisch, O., Tassinari, V., Seravalli, A., Light, A., . . . Declerck, J. (2022). Reworlding: Participatory Design Capabilities to Tackle Socio-Environmental Challenges. In: PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2: . Paper presented at PDC 2022: Participatory Design Conference 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 19 August 2022- 1 September 2022 (pp. 173-178). ACM Digital Library
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2022 (English)In: PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2, ACM Digital Library, 2022, p. 173-178Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Rising societal polarisations around health and climate crises have brought more attention to the close relations between social and environmental challenges. These polarisations triggered an interest in the participatory design (PD) field in developing approaches that enhance connections between diverse actors operating across societal and environmental sectors. However, the capabilities needed for these approaches have not been sufficiently articulated in PD research and education. To fill in this gap, we define ‘reworlding’ as an operation of self-critique within PD that engages with capabilities needed to reveal and articulate radical interdependencies between humans and more-than-humans, across social and environmental worlds, and within situated contexts. We propose both the redefinition of the design capabilities needed for (re)connecting these worlds (retracing, reconnecting, reimagining and reinstitutioning), as well as a reconsideration of learning environments where these capabilities can be tested and enhanced.  

 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ACM Digital Library, 2022
National Category
Design
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-56288 (URN)10.1145/3537797.3537870 (DOI)2-s2.0-85137156846 (Scopus ID)978-1-4503-9681-3 (ISBN)
Conference
PDC 2022: Participatory Design Conference 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 19 August 2022- 1 September 2022
Available from: 2022-11-29 Created: 2022-11-29 Last updated: 2024-08-12Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A. & Witmer, H. (2021). Evaluation of "Labb Digitalisering" and suggestion for the further continuation of the Innovation Lab at VA SYD.
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2021 (English)Report (Other academic)
Publisher
p. 39
Keywords
public sector innovation, innovation labs
National Category
Design Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Arbete och organisation; Interaktionsdesign
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-48209 (URN)
Projects
Transitioning towards sustainable water and waste management
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2019-02037
Available from: 2021-12-16 Created: 2021-12-16 Last updated: 2022-04-26Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A. & Witmer, H. (2021). Few ideas about Public Sector Innovation.
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2021 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Public organizations are increasing their engagement with innovation as they respond to the imminent environmental social and economic challenges. These responses are often achieved by replicating ideas and processes from the private sector without adapting them to the unique specificities and characteristics of the public sector. 

In our work we observed how this translation (private to public sector innovation) is not easy to accomplish however, it is important in terms of creating a grounded understanding of innovation that can be shared among public organizations as well as with external actors, politicians and citizens.

In this short booklet, we provide some suggestions for how to reflect on public sector innovation. We mostly highligh the differences with private sector innovation and touch upon the role of innovation labs and leadership for public sector innovation. 

The aim of this booklet is to provide inspiration and starting points for discussions rather than definitive answers. 

We ourselves are also on this journey to better understand this question and welcome any comments and/or suggestions on this material. Please feel free to reach out to us!

Keywords
public sector innovation, innovation labs
National Category
Design Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Urban studies; Interaktionsdesign
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-48211 (URN)
Projects
Transitioning towards sustainable water and waste management
Available from: 2021-12-16 Created: 2021-12-16 Last updated: 2022-04-26Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A. (2021). In Search of (Organizational) Learning and Translation in Public Innovation Labs. In: Eva Brandt; Thomas Markussen; Eeva Berglund; Guy Julier; Per Linde (Ed.), NORDES 2021 Matters of Scale: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Design Research Conference, Kolding, Denmark. Paper presented at NORDES 2021 Matters of Scale (pp. 338-347).
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2021 (English)In: NORDES 2021 Matters of Scale: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Design Research Conference, Kolding, Denmark / [ed] Eva Brandt; Thomas Markussen; Eeva Berglund; Guy Julier; Per Linde, 2021, p. 338-347Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Public Innovation Labs are rapidly spreading with the aim of improving public sector responses to societal issues. However, labs are often struggling to embed their outcomes in ordinary activities. The article builds on the notions of organizational learning and translation and on the case of an innovation lab at the municipal level to articulate some of the challenges and limits of labs in relating to public organizations institutional dimension. It also describes possible formats and approaches to meaningfully engage with ordinary activities, structures and power dynamics within the public sector.

 

Keywords
public innovation lab, public sector innovation, design and the public sector, organizational learning, translation
National Category
Design Public Administration Studies Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Research subject
Sustainable studies; Organisational studies; Interaktionsdesign; Arbete och organisation
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-44921 (URN)
Conference
NORDES 2021 Matters of Scale
Available from: 2021-08-18 Created: 2021-08-18 Last updated: 2022-04-26Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A. & Witmer, H. (2021). (Service) Design and organizational change: balancing with translation objects. International Journal of Design, 15(3), 73-86
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2021 (English)In: International Journal of Design, ISSN 1991-3761, E-ISSN 1994-036X, Vol. 15, no 3, p. 73-86Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article contributes to the further understanding of how (service) design can engage with organisational change. It does so by applying translation theory and building on the insights from a 7-year-long collaboration with a public agency, during which three attempts at introducing new ways of working were carried out. Translation theory understands organisational change as an intentional and contingent process through which ideas are materialised in possible translation objects that intervene in organisational practices, structures, and assumptions. The longitudinal study highlights how to bring about change, translation processes, and the objects needed to balance the reproduction and challenging of existing practices, structures, and assumptions within organisations. Moreover, translation processes interact with existing power dynamics, which cause reactions to change interventions by, among other things, influencing the legitimacy and mandate of the processes. Therefore, in addition to the mobilisation of internal organisational knowledge, (service) design that engages with organisational change needs to be aware of both power dynamics and to develop approaches and sensibilities to be able to listen and respond to the consequences that interventions in these dynamics might create. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2021
Keywords
service design, organizational change, translation, design in the public sector
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Research subject
Interaktionsdesign; Arbete och organisation; Urban studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-49321 (URN)000740337300006 ()
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2019-02037
Available from: 2022-01-13 Created: 2022-01-13 Last updated: 2022-06-16Bibliographically approved
Seravalli, A. & Witmer, H. (2021). VA SYDs Innovationslabb: Utvärdering av initiativet ”Labb Digitalisering”och förslag på fortsatt arbete.
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2021 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Keywords
design, offentlig sektor innovation, innovationslabb
National Category
Design Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Urban studies; Interaktionsdesign
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-48210 (URN)
Projects
Transitioning towards sustainable water and waste management
Available from: 2021-12-16 Created: 2021-12-16 Last updated: 2022-04-26Bibliographically approved
Projects
Development of a concept and organisational model for an innovation lab for waste handling services; Malmö UniversityTransitioning towards sustainable water and waste management; Malmö University
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-2775-7076

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