Participatory design for democratic innovation: participation requests and community empowerment in Scotland
Broadley, Cara and Dixon, Brian (2022) Participatory design for democratic innovation: participation requests and community empowerment in Scotland. Policy Design and Practice. ISSN 2574-1292
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Creators/Authors: | Broadley, Cara and Dixon, Brian | ||||||
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Abstract: | Over the last decade, a growing body of research has explored the potential of applying design approaches within policymaking, resulting in the emergence of a novel practice, termed ‘design for policy’. While largely successful, questions remain regarding the specifics of the design for policy process. In this, key points of contention relate to the way government-citizen deliberation and collaboration is framed (i.e., who gets to participate in design for policy initiatives and how), as well as the of the role of design within the process (i.e., is it a means of problem-solving or problem-framing). Responding to these challenges by examining the potential of a specific design approach - Participatory Design (PD) - in design for policy, the present article turns to the Scottish policymaking context. Here, we present a case study of a project titled Social Studios, which explored how PD might enable communities to better approach Participation Requests (PRs)–a mechanism within the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act (2015) that allows groups to engage with public authorities on local issues relating to infrastructure and services. From an initial overview of the context of the study, we describe its methods, process and, finally, its outcome - a bespoke ‘PR Toolbox’. The article then closes with a series of reflections on the broader potential of PD in the context of design for policy. | ||||||
Output Type: | Article | ||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Participatory design, participation requests, communities, engagement, empowerment, Scotland | ||||||
Schools and Departments: | Innovation School | ||||||
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Status: | Published | ||||||
Funders: | The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland | ||||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2022.2157195 | ||||||
Copyright and Open Access Information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | ||||||
Output ID: | 8667 | ||||||
Deposited By: | Cara Broadley | ||||||
Deposited On: | 11 Jan 2023 16:25 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2023 16:53 |