The 2014 Design Research Society Conference' Doctoral Colloquium
is accepting submissions from PhD students in the first half of
their doctoral research to explore and exchange ideas on design
research on equal level. The Doctoral Colloquium provides an
opportunity for participating doctoral students to share their
research ideas and approaches with other students and obtain
feedback from advisory experts with different perspectives.
We welcome research approaches from any field of design.
Distinctions of both theory and praxis are important. However, so
too it is to find commonalities across different domains. Thus this
Doctoral Colloquium welcomes all design research approaches
indifferent to if it is based on classical research disciplines
(humanities, social sciences etc.) or more recent approaches such
as "constructive design research".
The Doctoral Colloquium can accommodate 10 students. If more
submissions are received, the selection criteria are based on the
quality of the submission and available expertise. Accepted
submissions will be distributed to the participants in advance of
the conference. Participants in the Doctoral Colloquium are
expected to get familiar with the other submissions beforehand to
ensure good discussions during the day. In addition, each student
is expected to prepare questions and comments to one of the other
presenters. More detailed information about the format and agenda
of the day will be circulated in advance of the event.
The Doctoral Colloquium is part of the pre-conference program
taking place the day before the main program starts. Participants
in the Doctoral Colloquium are expected to register to the
conference, and to pay the conference fee. There is no additional
fee for attending the Doctoral Colloquium.
Chairs
Peter Gall Krogh, Aarhus University (DK)
Tuuli Mattelmäki, Aalto University (FIN)
Email: drs2014-doctoral@umu.se
Submission
All applicants are required to write a max 4 page position paper,
using the DRS paper template, in which they present their research,
preliminary results, challenges, describe their approach and how it
embeds theories, methods and techniques from neighbouring
approaches.
Submissions should describe PhD research that is at a stage
where feedback from the international design community might be of
value. Thus, it is expected that position papers address the
following key points:
• Context and motivation that drives your PhD
• Background/literature review of key works that frames your
research
• Problem statement/research questions
• Research objectives/goals
• Research approach and methods
and how these share familiarity
with neighbouring approaches
• Results to date and future steps
• Current and expected contributions to the design field
• Dissertation status, i.e. in which year of the doctoral
programme
• A personal insight, concern or a challenge that is meaningful to
share with other design researchers.
» The
DRS paper template is here
Submissions of position papers to the Doctoral Colloquium are made
to: drs2014-doctoral@umu.se
Review process
Submissions will be reviewed and selected by the workshop
committee led by the Doctoral Colloquium chairs. Submissions to the
Doctoral Colloquium will not be subject to a full peer-review
process. Based on accepted submissions the chairs will form an
expert panel by including fellow acknowledged international
researchers.
Deadlines
Submission of position paper for Doctoral Colloquium: 15 February
2014
Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2014
Doctoral Colloquium: 15 June 2014
