Design education as a means to foster collaboration between designers and public bodies
The government is confronted with issues of increasing complexity such as climate change, migration and aging population, which challenge public sector bodies to innovate the ways they develop and deliver their services and policies.
This Master thesis draws conclusions about the favorable collaborative conditions enabled by environments in design schools which are dedicated to the collaboration between students and external partners, through the development of practical, hands-on projects. And invites the design academic community and the community of practice which is interested in, or is already engaged with public sector innovation, to exploit and explore these ‘collaborative playgrounds’ as a mean to develop hybrid ways of designing public services and policies.
