The Design for Values Institute selected the value Justice for the Annual Theme of 2023-2024. This value highlights the importance of rethinking design and engineering processes, often inspired by experiences from marginalized people. In the 21st century people encounter rapid change and fast paced technological development. To make sure that these developments will be beneficial for the planet and the human condition, it is important to design these technologies for values, such as justice. Â
During the Justice year, several events were organized to learn more about the theme and find out how it can actually be used in practice. This culminated in a large event at the end of the year, where a White Paper on Design for Justice was presented by the Institute. Â
Below you can find more information about the events, news and other relevant items of the Annual Theme 2023-2024: Design for Justice. Â
White paper 'Design for Justice'
The institute has published a White Paper on Design for Justice. This document aims to provide an introduction into design for justice for a wide audience. It also demonstrates ongoing research on this topic by the TU Delft community and to contribute to the exchange of relevant knowledge and expertise. Above that, it includes recommendations on how to foster design for justice. These recommendations are not just relevant for designers, engineers, and academic researchers but also for educators and policy makers.
Theses Awards: Design for Justice
Fabiana Tomasini Giannini won the theses awards!
With thesis 'Balancing Power: Explorations towards a more decolonial Participatory Design process' she has been chosen by the jury as the most outstanding and relevant thesis for the award. The runner-ups Daphne van Meggelen and Algirdas Ramonas were also greatly complemented by the jury.
Events on Design for Justice
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Working Group Design for Justice
The theme year was steered by a working group consisting of the following members:
News from the theme year
Theses Awards: Design for Justice – finalists and other theses
It is truly inspiring to see this many and the excellence of students' work on this important subject. In the second round the selection committee let 14 (!) theses pass to the next round. Among these, the committee decided on three finalists. On the [...]
Ibo van de Poel: strive for justice in technological design
In the development of new technology, it is crucial to consider ethical considerations and societal values, such as privacy, sustainability, and security. Justice is an aspect that often receives less attention. That’s a shame, because it is equally significant. That’s why the Design for Values institute at [...]
Design for Justice 2023 blog series published
In September 2023, TU Delft introduced a new Design for Justice PhD course in partnership with the Nederlandse Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte (OSZW), led by Ibo van de Poel and Steffen Steinert. This course delved into the fascinating intersection of design and justice, focusing on innovative methodologies like Value Sensitive Design [...]
Learn more about Design for Justice?
This page just reports on the special 2023-2024 theme year on Design for Justice. On our Design for Justice overview page you can find more – and the latest – information on the topic.
Justice / fairness / equality
Societies are increasingly confronted with justice issues challenging the way we design our lives, society and environment. These are not just traditional issues of social justice like the distribution of income and (political) power, but also a host of new issues related to the intersection of justice with emerging technologies, natural environments, shifting identities, and so forth. Justice has become an important concern in a range of technological domains. For example, climate justice has emerged to give attention within the climate change debate to the fair distribution of risks and benefits of climate change between generations (so-called intergenerational justice). Also, societal and technological transformations needed to mitigate climate change, like the energy transition, raise justice issues. Similar observations on the need to integrate a design for justice approach apply to the design of water systems. Advances in artificial intelligence raise new or aggravated fairness and justice issues, as has become painfully clear during the past few years. As these application areas demonstrate, justice is a value crucial for design in our increasingly technological societies.
In 2023-2024 justice was the annual theme
of the Delft Design for Values Institute.