– Share and expand knowledge on the themes and topics of Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability.

– Disseminate cases and projects which engage design practices and products as triggers to achieve effective systemic transformations.  

– Empower individuals, communities, and institutions through co-design, by giving voice and agency to relevant stakeholders for making the change themselves.

– Engage in interdisciplinarity using design methodologies and methods to build common languages and ethical relational knowledge production.

– Foster close links between research and education, by expanding the sites and experiences of design learning (engaging the community, the neighborhood, and the city) to better equip design students to address challenges of the 21st Century.