Ethics in design

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START DATE
May 22, 2023
DURATION
3 weeks
WORKLOAD
6 - 10 hours
LANGUAGE
English
PRICE
US$ 295.00 *

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DESCRIPTION

As a designer, you have the power to create products and services that deeply impact society. Ethical issues pervade every design and technology decision you make. In this 3-week training, you will learn how to turn your best intentions into grounded, robust methods for acting more ethically and responsibly. Two experienced instructors will guide you beyond moral hunches towards a more profound understanding of ethical design. During four live sessions of 90 minutes, you will practise various methods to kick-start ethical conversations inside your organisation and overcome common objections to ethical discussions.

In this interactive training, you will also explore ways to navigate conflicts between your personal and professional spheres' moral obligations. By the end of the training, you will have a clearer understanding of which areas are emerging focus in the space and how you can make a difference in responsible design practices. You will gain confidence to identify potential ethical issues in your work and make a case for action before any harm is done.

Join our community of designers who are committed to ethical and responsible design practices. Enrol now in our ‘Ethics in design’ interactive deep-dive and take the first step towards creating a better future for all.

For whom?
This training program is designed for learners seeking to understand, advocate and promote responsible design. No prior knowledge is needed. If you are early in your career or an experienced designer leading teams and large scale projects, for all creatives this is a relevant, pressing topic to grasp.

OUTCOMES

  • Why and how ethical issues permeate every design and technology decision
  • How to transform moral hunches into more grounded, robust ways to think about ethics
  • Methods for kick-starting ethical conversations inside your organisation
  • How to overcome common objections to ethical discussion
  • How to navigate conflicts between your personal and professional spheres
  • Which are the areas of emerging focus in responsible design

FORMAT

You will follow a series of four live sessions. Each session of 90 minutes is a mixture of workshop, open discussion and debate and lecture format. You will be able to discuss, exchange feedback, and work on cases together. Learning with and from your peers is one of the guiding principles of our learning activities.

Schedule
Session 1 - Tuesday May 23, 2023, 16:00 - 17:30h CET
Session 2 - Tuesday May 30, 2023, 16:00 - 17:30h CET
Session 3 - Tuesday June 6, 2023, 16:00 - 17:30h CET
Session 4 - Tuesday June 13, 2023, 16:00 - 17:30h CET

STUDY POINTS

This interactive training is worth 4 SDC study points.

KEYWORDS

Ethics, service design, strategic design, futures thinking, social design, business design, design thinking

360° SERIES

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ABILITY 03 - Mind the consequences
LEVEL - EXPLORE

360° SERIES

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ABILITY 03 - Mind the consequences
LEVEL - EXPLORE

START DATE
May 22, 2023
WORKLOAD
6 - 10 hours
PRICE
US$ 295.00 *
DURATION
3 weeks
LANGUAGE
English

If you are not yet a member of our online campus, this link will take you to the registration page. Membership is free but required to sign up for activities.

* Approximately EUR 275,00. Prices are exclusive of VAT. Non-EU citizens are exempt from VAT on e-services which includes online courses, workshops, training sessions and talks.

Meet the tutors

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Cennydd Bowles (UK) is an interaction designer, futurist, and tech ethicist helping technology teams build more responsible products and services. His views on responsible technology have been quoted in media such as The Guardian, WIRED, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes.

Cennydd has worked across a range of UK technology companies, including heading design at Twitter UK. Cennydd is the author of the book 'Future Ethics', reviewed as "a must read for anyone who is inventing the future". He is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and has spoken on responsible innovation at Facebook, Stanford University and Google. He holds a Master’s in IT from the University of Nottingham, is reading practical ethics at the University of Oxford, and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists.
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Ariel Guersenzvaig (Argentina) is a design professor who engages with the ethical impact of machine intelligence on society as a teacher and researcher. He has published scholarly work on this subject on important journals and lectured at the European Design Awards, and design firms like Fjord and Designit.

He regularly delivers presentations on the topic at conferences and appear on the media, where he hes published several op-eds in leading newspapers. Ariel has a PhD in design theory from the University of Southampton, an MA in ethics and philosophy of religion from the University of Birmingham. Besides the ethics of technology, and, more specifically, AI ethics, he also works on the related topic of design professional ethics. His book 'The Goods of Design: Professional Ethics for Designers', was reviewed as "Essential" by Choice Magazine. He is a full professor at Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, where he's the chair of the MA in UX Design program. Ariel is also a member of the Research Ethics Board at the University of Vic, Spain.

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