In alternative years to DRS Conferences, a summer meeting of the DRS leadership is held where members of the International Advisory Council, Executive Board, and SIG leaders discuss DRS Strategy, current issues affecting the society, and design research in general. Papers that are presented are published in the DRS Digital Library.

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Submissions from 2026

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Designing for Sustainability and Transitions: An Organic Convergence for a new SIG, Joanna Boehnert and Emma Dewberry

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Pluriversal Perspectives on Design Research, Mariana Braga, Sucharita Beniwal, Juan Guisepe Montalván Lume, Dimeji Onafuwa, and Lesley-Ann Noel

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How Can Design Education Support and Contribute to the Advancement of Doctoral Design Research?, Violeta Clemente and Derek Jones

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Partner Societies Committee: Mapping the Past and Present to Design the Future: A Proposal for Analysis as Input for the Expansion of the DRS, Paulina Contreras Correa

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Designing AI for Wellbeing, Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh

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Sound-Driven Design, Stefano Delle Monache, Nicolas Misdariis, and Elif Özcan

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Reflections on Design Research as a Discipline, Davide Fassi

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The Conceptual Practitioner, Tincuta Heinzel

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Design Knowledge, Paul Hekkert

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Education's role in Design Knowledge and Theory, Derek Jones

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Design Education Around the World, Derek Jones and Violeta Clemente

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Design in Government: A Personal Perspective and Outlook, Sabine Junginger

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Systemic Through Design: Advocating for Just, Restorative, and Plural Worlds, Cecilia Landa-Avila

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Fifty Shades of Service Design, Jung-Joo Lee

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Design Research is not Design, Peter Lloyd

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Design Research for Sustainable Worlds, Dan Lockton

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Transcultural Questions Around Research Quality in Design, Juan Montalván Lume

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Making as a Method for Knowledge Production, Nithikul Nimkulrat

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Perspectives on Design Education, Object-based Learning, and 4E-cognition, Arlene Oak

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The Transdisciplinary Practice of Design, Alejandra Poblete Perez

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Designing the Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retail: Towards Effective, Experiential, and Responsible Spaces, Katelijn Quartier

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Philosophical Perspectives on Design, Fernando Secomandi

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The impact of LLMs and generative AI within the DRS research community, Luca Simeone

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Designing for Wellbeing: Expanding Frameworks, Deepening Impact, Leandro Miletto Tonetto

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The Moral Imperative of Public Service Design, Federico Vaz