The RSD symposia proceedings represent a systemic design resource—an unparalleled collection of peer-reviewed work and contributions from academe and practice.
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Feminist Pragmatist Stories and Strategies for Social Systems Design
Danielle Lake and Judy Whipps
AI Waste: The invisible hyper-linear model of Generative AI
Michele De Chirico and Annapaola Vacanti
Transition Templates: Pathways to net zero+
Joanna Boehnert
Transition Templates: AI & digital pathways to net zero+
Joanna Boehnert and Alistair Alexander
The Details Are Not the Details. They Make the Design. And They Make the Systemic Effects
Sigrun Lurås
Socio-technical Confluence of Design in the Circular Economy
Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado
Research on the Design of Sensory Surrogate Applications Based on Behavioural Characteristics of Visually Impaired People
Lin Lin
Observatory of Proximity Food Systems
Philipp Heidkamp and Roger Paez
Monitoring Water to Stimulate Conversations for Designing Systemic Water Use
Chiara Battistoni
Jump Starting Circular Transformation from Conditions of Culturally Ingrained Destructive Behaviours for the Well-being of People and the Natural Environment
Susan Evans and Sylvia Xihui Liu
Fostering the Made-in-Italy Textile and Furniture Sectors
Eliana Ferrulli and Silvia Barbero
Experiential Design of Multimedia Interactive Art Installation Based on Synesthesia Transformation
Lin Lin
Evaluating Complexity In The Literature On Organisational Transitions to the Circular Economy: A systemic framework for critical review
Esther Noëth, Stine Moons, Els Du Bois and Alexis Jacoby
Digital Vulnerabilities: Phishing in Greece
Jenny Darzentas and Henry Mainsah
Data Opportunities and Limitations Met by Afro-Colombian Ancestral Medicine Unit in Bogota
Laura Niño Caceres, Eindhoven University of Technology, l.nino@tue.nl
A Systemic Perspective on the Design and (Lack of) Use of an Artefact in the Hospital
Danielle Vossebeld, Nicholas Spencer, Remko van der Lugt, and Christine De Lille
Communicating Transition Towards Circular Economy of Plastics in Aquaculture
Aleksandra Stasiak
Safe Handling of Oxygen Tanks
Rashmita Paleya, Arunima Singh, Rakesh Choudhary, Aabha, Kandhare, and Vivek Kant
Designing Transitional Spaces for Textile Care and Repair: An exploration through gigamapping
Donna Maione and Mai Nguyen
Mapping the Oyster Mushroom Markets in India
Aditi Sharma, Saili Mandavkar, Samruddhi Khemkar, and Vivek Kant
Empowering Indian Farmers Through Direct Sales in Organic, Markets Using a WhatsApp-Based Market Model
Imandi Avinash, Nabajit Bora, Rahul Kumar Mishra, and Vivek Kant
Enhancing Dog Human Relationships
Sayali Junagade, Sripriya Ganta, Leela Krishna Chawan, and Vivek Kant
Technological Systems
Various authors | Friday, October 10, 2025
Improving the Airport Experience: The role of empowerment and interconnection
Aniek Toek, Estefania Ciliotta Chehade and Najla Mouchrek
Playful Systems Facilitation
Evan Barba, Adeline Hvidsten and Sarit Youdelevich
Future Scenarios as a Democratic Tool for Citizens to Build a Desirable Collective Future
Laetitia Bornes and Catherine Letondal
Relational Changemaking: #4 Power and Vulnerability
Perin Ruttonsha
Towards Living System Maps: Reimagining systemic design tools as adaptive, inclusive, and participatory infrastructures—with and beyond AI
Dulaj Perera, Jairo da Costa, Wouter Eggink, and Geke Ludden
Systems Design at the Intersection of Organisational Theory and 2nd Order Cybernetics
Damian Chapman and Mark Sullivan
How to Develop Systemic Insights from System Failures and Use them for Systemic Design? Unleashing the potential of AcciMap in identifying and anticipating systemic failures
Gyuchan Thomas Jun, Joon Sang Baek, Jinseo Nam, and Eric Kim
Designing for the Systemic Proximity: Positioning and Placemaking
Silvia D’Ambrosio, Carla Sedini, and Albert Fuster
Designing Stories within a Materials Library for the Digital World
Siv Årsand
The Societal Impact of Applied Design Research
Liliya Terzieva, Peter Joore, Koen Van Turnhout, Troy Nachtigall, and Remko van der Lugt.
Islands in the Stream—A Playshop about Playshops
Tore Gulden, Fred Steier, Pille Bunnell, and Linda Blaasvær
Systemic Design for Strategy and Future-Fit Organisations
Bernd Herbert
Reframing Arts-and-Tech Experimentation: (Re)Generative research rituals for an ecology of technology
Soenke Zehle and Sónia Alves
Preserving Cultural Significance in a Polycrisis World: The adaptive approach of artisanal communities
Amresh Panigrahi, Ravi Poovaiah, and Gayatri Menon
From Theory to Practice: Relating systems thinking and design for responsible innovation
Alexander Herwix
Systemic Design Conversations about Reviewing
Ryan Murphy hosts Ray Ison, Peter Jones, Houda Khayame, Wendy Ross, Ruth Schmidt, and Katelyn Stenger
Conversation for Wicked Challenges: Bridging worldviews, language, and generations
Kate Doyle and Paul Pangaro
Implementation is De Facto Policy
Allison Abbott
Digital Rights
Jake Blok, Anouk Geenen, Ander de Keijzer, Rosa Louwerse, Wina Smeenk, and Ben Wagner
On Losing the Meaning of “Meaning”: AI’s pandemic in a post-ChatGPT world
Paul Pangaro
VR, Immersive Content and Empathy in Dementia Challenges
Hayo Wagenaar, Wiebe Cnossen, Wina Smeenk, and Caroline Hermans
#NewMacy Studio in Sympoiesis
Claudia Westermann, Ioannis Bardakos, Eryk Salvaggio, Jude Lombardi, and Larry Richards