As companies around the world work to commercialize fusion energy—clean power generated by combining two light atoms—not much ...

Participatory design has emerged as an influential approach in fostering community engagement and enhancing educational practices. By actively involving community members throughout the design process ...

When I look at the gorgeous libraries in the annual Library Design Showcase, I always wonder what happened behind the scenes that led to a particular design. I’m especially curious how designers ...

As community design moves into the mainstream, I’ve been spending a lot of time considering how design’s pretentiousness tends to keep people ,who could use design to more effectively navigate and ...

This student and faculty-facing guidebook is the product of 10 years of community-engaged research and practice and 2 years of co-design coordination on behalf of the School of Design. Created in ...

Some months ago, I sat in a conference breakout session. A researcher discussed a community based participatory research (CBPR) 1 project where individuals with mental illness were involved from start ...

Institute-wide mapping of Pratt’s community partners, produced in partnership with SAVI. This research project sought to document the current state of civic engagement across the institute, to ...

The toolkit is a collection of activities and guidelines intended to support the collaborative design of research projects, practical resources, and curricular materials. The activities and guidelines ...

Those who have stuck with me all week, know that I believe that participation is key to the next big wave of innovation in business and society. Whether it is in the fundamentals of how we think about ...