Contact person: Jorge Pereira
This group aligns primarily with Cluster 4 of the EU’s R&I future priorities 2025-2027, particularly in regards to the Industry front and associated range of impacts, as well as Cluster 6 in its environmental component. Crossing these strategic priorities with ID+ researchers’ areas of specialisation, the group focuses on the industrial fabric of Northern Portugal and associated scalability, regional and global markets, circular and creative economies, and branding as symbolic value.
The Group currently fosters the following strategic fronts:
- the national hub of the DESIS international network, dedicated to promoting social innovation and sustainability among the Portuguese and international design communities;
- the Communication, Art, Object and Synergies lab, most directly fulfilling the Polytechnic mission in relation to regional markets, industrial sectors, and product design;
- the Critical Design Lab for Growth and Prosperity, proposing to increase the efficiency between research and design practice, as well as promoting an industrialisation driven by social and environmental knowledge;
- the Design Lab for Ecosystemic Spaces, focusing on Ecotechnology in close collaboration with entrepreneurial sectors. Its mission includes designing sustainable future scenarios, generating a more critical attitude towards consumerism, cultivating a holistic perception regarding the ‘designed complex world’, and contributing to reducing pressure on ecosystems.
Board of coordinators
Keywords
- Regional Development, Design for Sustainability, Circular Economies, Ecotechnology, Design Methodologies.
Staff
PhD members
- Afonso Borges
- Ana Afonso
- Catarina Silva
- Cláudia Albino
- Cristiana Serejo
- Dirk Loyens
- Eduardo Noronha
- Elisa Caetano
- Fátima Pombo
- Francisco Providência
- Gonçalo Gomes
- Graça Magalhães
- Inês Guedes de Oliveira
- Jorge Pereira
- José Raimundo
- Katja Tschimmel
- Luís Ferreira
- Luís Mendonça
- Manuel Albino
- Marlene Ribeiro
- Nina Costa
- Olinda Martins
- Paula Tavares
- Pedro Bandeira Maia
- Pedro Bessa
- Pedro Mota Teixeira
- Rui Costa
- Rui Mendonça
- Sílvia Soares
- Silvina Félix
- Soraia Ala
- Susana Jorge
- Teresa Franqueira
- Vasco Branco
- Violeta Clemente