PhD in Design, Arts and Transdisciplinarity Istituto Europeo Di Design (IED)

Overview

The aim of the course is to train researchers capable of tackling the complex and profoundly transformative challenges of our time using design and artistic practices as a platform of intersection between different disciplines, methods, practices and theories, in order to produce responsible change.

Key Facts

More specifically, the PhD in Design, Arts and Transdisciplinarity programme from  Istituto Europeo Di Design (IED)   has the following training objectives: 

• acquiring a high level of scientific knowledge of research theories, methodologies and practices;  

• developing the ability to autonomously manage and finalise the research process in complex areas and environments; 

• acquiring autonomy and capacity for continuous learning and self-learning; 

• developing an aptitude for systemic, critical and unconventional thinking and experimentation in plural, collaborative, formal and informal contexts, open to contaminations; 

• acquiring and applying to theoretical and applied research activities a reference value system oriented to the principles of responsibility, awareness, equity, justice, solidarity and sustainability and to the evaluation of the impacts of project and research action; 

• developing original research that expands the frontier of knowledge and contributes to the creation of new knowledge;  

• guaranteeing the validation and dissemination of research results through national or international publication and critical sharing with the scientific and professional community; 

• acquiring tools and languages to communicate with peers, with the wider community of scholars and with society in general in the areas of expertise;

• promoting, in academic and professional contexts, technological, economic, social and cultural advancement oriented towards the common good, care for the planet and shared resources; 
• contributing to the development of the productive and cultural system through research, circular knowledge transfer and participatory collaboration.