Transition co-design dynamics in high level policy processes

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2023-09

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en

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31

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Design Studies, Volume 88

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Despite the increasing interest in bringing together the fields of sustainability transitions and design research, the ways transition design connects to earlier theories on design action have not been extensively studied. By using Buchanan's (1992; 1998) ‘four orders of design’ and Young's (2008) ‘complexity in design’ models as a framework, this article provides an empirical example of how to examine transition co-design dynamics. With a case study of a national sustainable development strategy creation in Finland, we argue that design does not only contribute to transition processes instrumentally but also from attitudinal and intellectual perspectives. Designing for transitions blends existing forms of design work for success, and it offers new agencies for design in supporting governance of highly complex policy processes.

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Funding Information: This work was supported by the Academy of Finland profiling funding Profi 6 ( 336454 ), the Academy of Finland consortium Digitally Mediated Decarbon Communities in Energy Transition ( 348197 ) as well as the Academy of Finland consortium Experimental environmental governance: coproduction and orchestration of transformative change ( 356619 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s)

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collaborative design, design practice, design research, sustainability, transition design

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Lähteenoja, S, Marttila, T, Gaziulusoy, İ & Hyysalo, S 2023, ' Transition co-design dynamics in high level policy processes ', Design Studies, vol. 88, 101207 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2023.101207