The first Research and Education in Design Conference organized by the group was held at the Lisbon School of Architecture – Universidade de Lisboa between 13 and 15 of November 2019.

The conference began with a seminar on design research and a talk by Professor John Gero. During the conference, there were three keynote talks by renowned scholars Ken Friedman, Barbara Tversky, and Gabriela Goldschmidt, and the conference ended with a debate between Bernhard Bürdek and John Gero moderated by Professor José Rui Marcelino from the Design Department of the Lisbon School of Architecture.

The conference was full of lively exchanges of ideas between the conference delegates and keynotes with several impromptu conversations building on the session’s insightful Q&As, and the keynote talks challenged everyone to reflect on the future of Design in an increasingly complex and global world.

Overall, the conference was an inspirational event, and we hope to build on the insights to improve design’s educational practices and research.

Publication of the conference proceedings is planned for May 2020, and we will publish video highlights of the keynote talks on the conference website at the same time.

In the meantime, you may find a gallery of the conference here, and a short film about the conference below.