Local representatives and school pupils in hi-vis vests gather on Ferry Road in Stromness for a photograph to celebrate new street improvements. In the foreground a painted artwork on the pavement of a compass directs people towards local points of interest.

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust leads a walk along the waterfront on Ferry Road to visit the new improvements. School pupils follow behind.

A compass design painted on the pavement shows local points of interest including the Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness.

Visiting the improvements along the waterfront, schools pupils gather with Walk Wheel Cycle Trust representatives to ask and answer questions.

"It makes it more fun to walk to and from school" 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

We were blessed with sunshine last week in Orkney to celebrate early accessibility improvements to Ferry Road in Stromness 🌞

Read more: buff.ly/4sRCVs5

#CoDesign #ActiveTravel

Postdoctoral Design Researcher (maternity cover), RCA Intelligent Mobility Design Centre (closes 21 April)

We're hiring! Looking for a Postdoctoral Design Researcher (maternity cover) to join the INFUZE team.

Details and apply: jobs.rca.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

@royalcollegeofart.bsky.social #Hiring #DesignThinking #DesignResearch #CoDesign

Service Co-design practice and research week-notes 152. 29th March marks the anniversary of the birth date of Elliot Aronson, a highly influential social psychologist. Have a good week 😊✨🎢 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #servicedesign #codesign #weeknotes

2/3 This is, however, hard to do with out carefull and seamful infrastructuring work. We discuss aspects of this increasingly important type of design work 🔎 in this #openaccess article just out of the oven 🍞
#infrastructuring
#pd
#codesign

In many cases technology hinders staff productivity

The proliferation & hell of #Spreadsheets is indicative of tech dysfunction

Do more & be resilient is a common mantra but the very tech that's supposed to assist doesn't follow clinical process best practice

#GoFigure
#CoDesign #CoProduce

Global environments of ageing: towards co-designing climate resilience environments and communities for ageing well Analyzes two projects through which older people's perspectives on climate change enabled the co-design of more inclusive, resilient and sustainable places.

The escalating impacts of #ClimateChange present increased challenges for the wellbeing of older populations.

In a new publication, Gary Haq & co-authors share how creative, participatory methods can enable the #codesign of #ClimateResilient environments: buff.ly/0Od7sWQ

@policypress.bsky.social

When the kid co-designers insist that the adult co-designer gets in the picture… that’s when you know real co-design has happened! We’re grateful for the privilege to #codesign better #edtech with kids. Learn more about our co-design work in the Sandbox: joanganzcooneycenter.org/initiative/s...

An adaptive, youth-centred co-design methodology: place-based co-design centring youth and community participation - Research Involvement and Engagement Research Involvement and Engagement - Co-design approaches are increasingly used in efforts to address complex challenges, such as adolescent mental health. Benefits of these approaches are...

💡Recommended reading: new paper on place-based co-design centring youth and community participation

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#YouthMentalHealth #CoDesign #SystemsChange #Participation #ChildMentalHealth #SystemicChange #PlaceBased #Kailo

Co-design Toolkit Tuesday - H is for the Holding Environment 24th March 2026. Such an important topic to focus on 😊💎✨ @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #codesign #servicedesign #psychologicalsafety

Service Co-design practice and research week-notes 151. Today is the anniversary of the birth of BF Skinner. This week has been a lot about #AI 😊💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #servicedesign #codesign #weeknotes #behaviouraldesign

Samuel Martin discusses the tensions, trade-offs, and barriers that make power sharing challenging.

Join us to explore questions about who holds power and how to drive real change.

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#CoDesign #PowerSharing #UXResearch

Volunteers needed to take part in a PhD research study: In service and co-design of parenting education and support with, and for women who are justice experienced. Lived and practitioner experience welcomed 🤝 @ougradsch.bsky.social #PhD #Research #ParentingSupport #CoDesign #ServiceDesign #Justice

📘 Read more in Co-design for a Sustainable Future:
A new publication from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Ocean Decade Working Group, in which COLC is a member.

centreforoceanliteracy.ca/wp-content/u...

#CoDesign #EquityInResearch #TransdisciplinaryResearch
#Collaboration #UNOceanDecade

A Comparison of Participant Demographics Across Co-Designed Recruitment Methods to Two Student Mental Health Trials: Cross-Sectional Observational Study Background: Using social media platforms has been demonstrated to be a successful recruitment method, especially for young people. Two cited benefits of using social media for recruitment are its ability to quickly increase sample size and engage hard-to-reach participants. Objective: This study aimed to (1) provide a pragmatic depiction of co-designing and implementing a social media strategy with our advisory group and (2) compare demographic information of participants recruited via social media and other methods. Our objective was to provide evidence for future trials to implement social media recruitment with maximum efficiency. Methods: Participants were 2369 UK university students who consented to take part during the recruitment timeframe of 2 mental health trials. Our student advisory group advised on content, platform, and timing of engagement. We trialed 10 different adverts over a 12-month recruitment period. Descriptive analysis evaluated advert reach and link clicks using Meta/TikTok business data, website traffic using Google Analytics, screening consent, and enrollment using REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture; Vanderbilt University) software. A cross-sectional observational analysis used chi-square and tests to compare ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, and university attended among 842 participants recruited via social media and 1527 participants recruited by other methods. Results: Through extensive student advisor input, an Instagram carousel advert led to a boost in participant recruitment. However, this fluctuated over the academic year, with numbers dropping completely over the summer months. All tests used =.05. There was a difference in gender among those recruited through social media versus other recruitment methods on campus (²=8.34, =.02), with social media resulting in a higher proportion of gender-diverse students (27/370, 7% vs 30/711, 4%; 95% CI 3.4%‐13.7%), but fewer male students (35/370, 4%, 95% CI [3.4%‐13.7%] vs 99/711, 7%, 95% CI [1.6%‐9.8%]). Those recruited from social media were younger than those recruited through other methods, with a mean difference of −3.49 years (SE=0.31, 95% CI [–3.94 to –3.04]; =15.146,

JMIR Formative Res: A Comparison of Participant Demographics Across Co-Designed Recruitment Methods to Two Student Mental Health Trials: Cross-Sectional Observational Study #MentalHealth #StudentWellness #SocialMediaRecruitment #CoDesign #ResearchStudy

Richard’s stroke happened four and a half years ago and abruptly changed an active life. To watch the full story, follow the link in our bio.

#StrokeRecovery #NeuroRehabilitation #XRRehabilitation #DigitalHealth #PatientStories #CoDesign #PPIE #MedTech #TeleHealth #TeleHealth #XR #XRneurorehab

Co-design Toolkit Tuesday - the growth edition. It truly is a superpower 🦸 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #psychology #research #designleadership #codesign #growth #servicedesign #toolkittuesday

Sexual Health: Shaping the Future of Self-Management in Barnstaple Join us as we design and build a new approach to sexual health self-management in Barnstaple!

Tickets are going fast for our events exploring sexual health self-management, so much so that we've added an extra date in Barnstaple 😁👀🫶

#Barnstaple #sexualhealth #codesign

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sexual-hea...

Enhancing primary years AI literacy and ethics with a voice AI chatbot experience - ADM+S Centre The ADM+S, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child (Digital Child), and QUT Gen AI Lab have partnered on a new project designed to help young children explore key ethical challenges associated ...

As voice AI becomes embedded in toys and everyday life, how do we help children not just use it, but question & help design it?
www.admscentre.org.au/enhancing-pr...
#AIethics #VoiceAI #CoDesign

📢 New paper alert 📢

We used co-design with people living with incurable head & neck cancer, caregivers + HCPs to find the real “stress points” in their care (navigation + contacting teams came up a lot).

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#HeadAndNeckCancer #CoDesign #cancerresearch #palliative

A warm welcome in to Tuesday. This time up in Co-design Toolkit Tuesday is F for Flourishing. Until Service Design Thursday 😊🎢 @ougradsch.bsky.social #design #research #psychology #codesign #flourishing #toolkittuesday

Really good to be part of CODE (Co-Designed Digital Ethics for Justice) programme at The University of Law in Manchester this week, hosted by Dr. Victoria Knight and Dr Alex Beaumont
#DigitalInclusion
#EthicalTechnology
#probation
#rehabilitation
#ethics
#ProfessionalDevelopment
#CoDesign

Asset Mapping: Connect, Don’t Collect

"Every community is abundant, but abundance is not always visible through traditional lenses."

Are you mapping assets with community?

🇦🇺 AUS:
https://ow.ly/HSjg50YglRr

🌏 Global:
https://ow.ly/kbPB50YglRu

#ABCD #LocalGovernment #CoDesign #JederInstitute

Parents are exhausted by constantly managing their kids’ technology usage. How can tech designers help? Read our new report, “The Family Tech Cycle: Navigating Screens, Devices, and Social Media” to find out. 🔗 joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/... #familytech #codesign #digitalwellness

How building with people who face barriers benefits everyone, especially during crises Systems designed with those who face the greatest barriers are more resilient, adaptive and stable. And in the end, they benefit everyone when the unpredictable happens.

IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus has contributed an article to The Conversation about how engaging people who face the greatest barriers to #codesign our systems will provide everyone with adaptive choices during the next inevitable crisis. Read the article: buff.ly/iNKVx4v

#accessibility #inclusive

How building with people who face barriers benefits everyone, especially during crises Systems designed with those who face the greatest barriers are more resilient, adaptive and stable. And in the end, they benefit everyone when the unpredictable happens.

IDRC Director Jutta Treviranus has contributed an article to The Conversation about how engaging people who face the greatest barriers to #codesign our systems will provide everyone with adaptive choices during the next inevitable crisis. Read the article: buff.ly/iNKVx4v

#accessibility #inclusive

Co-design Toolkit Tuesday - Empowerment Edition ✨ It’s a reminder to design with intention, care and connection 😊💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #empowerment #designleadership #codesign

Consider to send your abstract to ICOS Science Conference, specially to Session 32 on Co-design. (short one ;-)

Session 32: Unlocking climate research solutions through co-design
#science #design #codesign #conference

Matthew J Gullo - suABI Substance use in Acquired Brain Injury (suABI) Substance use disorder (SUD) and acquired brain injury (ABI) are leading causes of disability among Australians. Our international team of clinician rese...

✨ A/Prof Matthew Gullo presented a co‑designed program supporting substance use management in acquired brain injury at the 2026 Metro North & South Health Allied Health Research Symposium.Now being tested in two clinical trials.
🔗 gullo.com.au/suABI
#ABI #LivedExperience #EvidenceBasedCare #CoDesign

2 monitors with a poster presentation on one, a Padlet on the other. Below is a Word document listing running order of sessions with one highlighted

Presenting at #ALTCRevisited Sharing my digital poster: Supporting AI Use for All. To make GenAI guidance clearer, simpler & more inclusive. Student feedback? “Wordy.” “Legal looking.” Lets moves toward multimodal, accessible AI policy & guidance
#AIinEducation #DigitalInclusion #CoDesign

Co-design Toolkit Tuesday, the Dialogue edition. This week’s focus has been all about dialogue, not just as facilitation but as infrastructure. Until Service Design Thursday 😊💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #codesign #toolkittuesday