Design for Social Innovation (5cr)
Code: HY00BR14-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 23.11.2020 - 14.02.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- RDI portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Complementary competence, master’s studies in English (CYJ2), Generic studies
- Teachers
- Virpi Kaartti
- Melanie Wendland
- Päivi Tossavainen
- Adriana Santamaria Portilla
- Course
- HY00BR14
Teachin methods
Lectures, group work, individual work
Location and time
Contact sessions at Laurea Leppävaara campus or online (will be confirmed later)
Materials
Anderson, T., Curtis, A., & Wittig, C. (2014). Definition and theory in social innovation. Krems, Austria: Danube University.
Manzini, E. (2014). Making things happen: Social innovation and design. Design issues, 30(1), 57-66.
Mulgan, G., Tucker, S., Ali, R., & Sanders, B. (2007). Social innovation: what it is, why it matters and how it can be accelerated.
Murray, R., Caulier-Grice, J., & Mulgan, G. (2010). The open book of social innovation (p. 2). London: National endowment for science, technology and the art.
Nicholls, A., & Murdock, A. (2012). The nature of social innovation. In Social innovation (pp. 1-30). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Nicholls, A., Simon, J., & Gabriel, M. (2015). New frontiers in social innovation research. Springer Nature.
Nilsson, W., & Paddock, T. (2014). Social innovation from the inside out. Standford Social Innovation Review, 46-52.
Phills, J. A., Deiglmeier, K., & Miller, D. T. (2008). Rediscovering social innovation. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 6(4), 34-43.
Sharra, R., & Nyssens, M. (2010). Social innovation: An interdisciplinary and critical review of the concept. Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium, 1-15.
A complete literature list will be provided in Canvas.
International connections
International student group
Student workload
5 ects credits = 135 hours (1 credit = 27 hours of work)
Lectures and group work during the contact sessions
Reading the literature
Assignments
Content scheduling
Pre-assignment
Course assignment
Further information
Instructors of the course:
Melanie Wendland
Designer / Co-Founder at Sonder Design Collective
Adriana Santamaría P.
Design Strategist for Social Impact
Objective
The students will be able to
• explain the role of design and innovation in fostering positive social and (environmental) impact
• recognize opportunities to solve societal problems through design and critically analyse their impact
• use design methods to develop and manage social innovation processes together with the (future) beneficiaries
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed
Further information
Instructors of the course:
Melanie Wendland
Designer / Co-Founder at Sonder Design Collective
Adriana Santamaría P.
Design Strategist for Social Impact