Ulysseus Sustainable Design ThinkingLaajuus (3 cr)

Learning objectives

1. Make choices to enhance sustainability during the development process
2. Apply systemic thinking to widen one’s perspective utilising the potential of interdisciplinary connections
3. Integrate social perspectives into technical, scientific or business issues
4. Apply sustainable Design thinking process and tools in solving real life challenges
5. Contribute towards sustainable teamwork
6. Network with internal and external stakeholders

Contents

1. The synthesis of sustainability thinking and design thinking, planetary boundaries, good life and sustainability
2. Individual positioning in sustainability efforts, transformative processes, mapping cultural perspectives, active listening and understanding diverse perspectives
3. Bridging sustainability and collective design thinking, navigating exchange and decision-making and the sustainable team
4. Design thinking process and tools
5. Gathering user understanding
6. Ideating and experimenting

In particular, the targeted development of sustainable solutions asks along the way:
1. Which understanding of sustainability is applied and needed?
2. What would be a sustainable solution / outcome / method that is suitable for the wellbeing of people, planet, and future living beings?
3. What could be the new ways of solving the challenges?
4. How could we ensure that every phase of the design thinking process considers sustainability as a core criterion?