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PAPERS: Design and Infrastructure, Part I Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-5-edinburgh Session Chair: Scott Schmidt, Georgetown University Session Chair: Sabine Junginger, Northumbria University | |
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Seeing systemic design through policy eyes: A frame-work to navigate complexities of policy contexts 1: Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands This paper examines why design practitioners experience tensions when ap-plying systemic design approaches within policy contexts. Drawing on Bekkers’ four analytical perspectives (rational, political, cultural, and institutional), we reinterpret the systemic design activities to reveal how each perspective places distinct, and at times conflicting, demands on design processes. By comparing the lenses across the dimensions of principles, framing, validity, appropriateness, and embedding, we develop a theoretical framework to shed light on how these tensions emerge. The framework also shows that each perspective puts different demands on a design process in the policy context. The framework helps both designers and policy professionals under-stand their own normative positioning, recognize competing logics, and iden-tify pathways to navigate complexity when collaborating on transformative so-cietal challenges. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1350
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