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Roles of Design Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Roles of Design Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic

For the Harvard GSD Design Research Forum’s 2020 colloquium, I share thoughts on five roles that design researchers can serve as the world navigates the #covid19 pandemic. In this audio recording, I discuss how these roles can help generate data, expose bias, synthesize information, clarify truth, forecast new possibilities, and evaluate current processes and systems of power. I also identify a range of U.S. audiences and demographics for which each of these roles might elevate a deeper sense of personal agency due to histories of marginalization and targeted violence.

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Studio De, Podcasts, EssaysDe NicholsHarvard University Graduate School of Designdesign research, harvard graduate school of design, harvard design research forumComment