Ulysseus Sustainable Design Thinking - SER043AS2AE - Opinto-opas

Ulysseus Sustainable Design Thinking, 3 cr - SER043AS2AE

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Current implementations

Ulysseus Sustainable Design Thinking SER043AS2AE-3001 08.04.2025-02.06.2025 3 op (VIRTUAL) +-
Teaching methods and instruction

Introduction to the topics: video lectures and presentation materials
Individual assignments
Team assignments

Learning material and recommended literature

Given In Ulyssseus Moodle

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam

Teaching language

English

Internationality

The course is co-created together with Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and University of Münster. The course is open for all Ulysseus European University partner students including University of Seville, Université Côte d’Azur, University of Genova, Technical University of Košice, MCI | The Entrepreneurial School, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, University of Münster and University of Montenegro.

Timing

08.04.2025 - 02.06.2025

Learning assignments

Assignment 1 (individual): Sustainable Progress Reporting, 10% 20% of the final grade Assignment 2 (individual): Get Savvy with the Doughnut: Choose a City Example, 10% of the final grade Assignment 3 (individual): Sustainability dilemma, 20% of the final grade Assignment 4 (team): Sustainable team canvas, impact plan and stakeholder map, 10% of the final grade Assignment 5 (team): Gathering user understanding, 10% of the final grade Assignment 6 (team): sustainable ideation plan, idea creation and experimenting, 10% of the final grade Assignment 7 (team): Final presentation, 20% of the finla grade Assignment 8 (individual): Learning diary 10% of the final grade Assignment 9 (individual): Peer assessment pass/fail

Enrollment

01.02.2025 - 03.04.2025

Content scheduling

Self-paced, standalone online course with weekly assignment:
Course start date: 8.4.2025
Course end date: 2.6.2025
Groups
- VIRTUAL
Teachers

Marika Alhonen, Sirpa Lassila

Seats

15 - 30

R&D proportion

3.00 cr

Virtual proportion

3.00 cr

Evaluation scale

H-5

Past implementations

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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

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?

Sustainable Design Thinking takes the sustainability factor into account in all process phases. Beyond the problem-focused and solution-oriented work on concrete issues, this applies, also to the composition of teams, their working methods, as well as to the optimisation of the working environment and choice of materials. Sustainable Design Thinking promotes a holistic, integrated approach to identifying and solving the world’s most pressing socio-ecological problems.