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2. 1. Assessment of Application of Participatory Methods for Complex Adaptive Systems  in the Public Sector

   Author : Maksims Kornevs; Sebastiaan Meijer; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge; Paul Grogan; KTH; []
   Keywords : : participatory methods; complex adaptive system; public sector; change process; assessment; participativa metoder; komplext adaptivt system; offentlig sektor; förändringsprocess; bedömning;

   Abstract : The provision of services by the public sector is the result of a complex adaptive system at work, and involves a large number of stakeholders from different institutions and organisations. In the era of rapid change in requirements and expectations from the public sector, the management of change processes asks for the involvement of many stakeholders from different layers and positions. READ MORE

4. 2. Incorporating user values in the design of information systems and services in the public sector : a methods approach

   Author : Niklas Hallberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis is motivated by the aim of public-sector organizations to become more efficient by quality improvement efforts and the introduction of infonnation systems. The main objective is to explore methods for the design of infonnation systems and information-system-supported services in the public sector, which meet the users' needs. READ MORE

5. 3. Integrating Computational and Participatory Simulations for Design in Complex Systems

   Author : Jayanth Raghothama; Sebastiaan Meijer; Gunnar Flötteröd; Hidehiko Kanegae; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; distributed simulations; interactive; participatory; gaming; complexity theory; fidelity; Teknik och hälsa; Technology and Health;

   Abstract : The understanding and conceptualization of cities and its constituent systems such as transportation and healthcare as open and complex is shifting the debates around the technical and communicative rationales of planning. Viewing cities in a holistic manner presents methodological challenges, where our understanding of complexity is applied in a tangible fashion to planning processes. READ MORE

6. 4. Material matters in co-designing : formatting & staging with participating materials in co-design projects, events & situations

   Author : Mette Agger Eriksen; Tuuli Mattelmäki; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Co-designing; broad views of materiality; interaction design; participatory design; co-creation; service design; performative perspectives; roles of non-human materials; co-design networks; projects; events and situations; material of the co-designer; staging and formatting co-designing; practice-based; participatory; yet interventionistic approach; programmatic and experimental approach; designerly way of theorizing and drawing together approach;

   Abstract : Material Matters in Co-designing Participation in design is broadening, and there is a movement away from designing to co-designing. They are related, but the little co- makes them different organizational and socio-material practices. READ MORE

7. 5. Steering sustainability transitions? Modular participatory backcasting for strategic planning in the heating and cooling sector

   Author : Kateryna Pereverza; Maria Malmström; Olga Kordas; David Lazarevic; Karel Mulder; Lars Coenen; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Sustainability transitions; strategic planning; participatory backcasting; scenarios; modularity; participatory modelling; transdisciplinarity; organisational changes; heating and cooling sector; Omställningsprocesser; strategisk planering; deltagande backcasting; modularitet; deltagandemodellering; tvärvetenskap; organisationsförändringar; uppvärmning och kylning; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

   Abstract : Fostering sustainability transitions in the heating and cooling sector is a necessary and urgent issue. Steering mechanisms can enable coordination of actions by different actors towards common sustainability goals. READ MORE