WDC Academy
Events as social catalysts: How co-creation can drive societal change
How can co-creation become a driving force for social transformation? In this webinar, the social design lab offers insights into methods, tools and learnings from its own projects that illustrate how participatory design can initiate social change.
Our approach is to design formats, events and products in such a way that they act as accelerators within social transformation processes. To make this form of design practice tangible, we connect theoretical foundations with practical, real-world examples.
We place particular emphasis on how well-designed formats can have an impact that goes beyond their immediate function – as social catalysts that foster participation, connect people and provide impulses for lasting change.
Marlene Franck is an urbanist and urban researcher with a passion for the collaborative design of spaces in the context of socio-ecological challenges. At the social design lab of the Hans Sauer Stiftung, she has been developing and leading participatory projects since 2018 that combine transdisciplinary research with design-based practice.
Conor Trawinski is a social designer and systems thinker with a focus on process-oriented design in the context of societal transformation. Since 2016, he has worked at the social design lab of the Hans Sauer Stiftung, where he designs and facilitates multi-stakeholder processes aimed at transforming social systems.
-1.jpg&w=3840&q=90)
