The Iteration Lab at Georgetown University hosted RSD12: Entangled in Emergence in partnership with the Systemic Design Association. In addition to the culminating sessions held on the Georgetown University campus, there were 12 hub symposia organised by the 23 partners acknowledged below.
RSD12 Editorial | RSD12 Hubs | RSD12 Proceedings | Mapping Mondays
RSD12 Hub Partners
Editorial, Planning, and Production
RSD12
Evan Barba, Chair
Cheryl May, RSD Editor
RSDX
Cheryl May
Ryan JA Murphy
Georgetown Lead
JR Osborn
Project Manager
Ella Csarno
Scientific Committee
Silvia Barbero
Peter Jones
JR Osborn
Gordon Rowland
Programme Committee
Evan Barba
Goran Matic
Cheryl May
Proceedings Editors
Andrzej Klimczuk
Cheryl May
Angelsa Saby
SDA Member Liaison
Angelsa Saby
Washington DC Event Team
A–L
Merielle Agorilla | In-person facilitator
Aakansha Chacko | Online facilitator
Zhaoxu Chen | Photographer
Paola García | Online facilitator, Spanish interpreter
Joe Gurr | In-person facilitator
Yilin Huang | Online facilitator
Mac Milin Kiran | Online facilitator
Xinyi Kuang | In-person facilitator
Kunjika | Online facilitator
Onrei Josh Ladao | Photographer
Xinyue Li (Chelsey) | Online facilitator
Xinyue Li (Maddie) | Online facilitator
Washington DC Event Team
M–Z
Yuwei Ma | In-person facilitator
Errina Ma | Online facilitator
Archit Mehta | Online facilitator
Riya Mittal | In-person facilitator
Jiayue Ran | Photographer
Erica Sun | Online facilitator
Steve Wang | Camera Operator
Diya Wu | Online facilitator
Jing Xiao | Online facilitator
Xinyue Yao | Online facilitator
Hannah Zhang | Online facilitator
Shuying Zhao | Photographer
Yiyun Zhou | In-person facilitator
Hosts
Aakash Bhadra
Thomas Maiorana
Ryan Murphy
Expert Commenters
Evan Barba
Ray Ison
Peter Hayward Jones
Houda Khayame
Jotte de Koning
Praveen Nahar
Lorraine Randall
Jonathan Romm
Wendy Ross
Ruth Schmidt
Mari Souheimo
Katelyn Stengerand
Sally Sutherland
Sahil Thappa
Gian Wieck
Reviewers
RSD papers are single-anonymised reviewed; however, the RSD12 Scientific Committee encouraged all authors to participate in selective transparency peer reviewing, creating a virtuous review circle across all contributors. In the first phase, all reviews are done anonymously to avoid conflicts of interest and reduce bias. However, if either the author or the reviewer can request an open review phase, which opens up a collaborative review to enhance the quality of the manuscript or resolve specific issues, they can request to initiate the open peer review phase. This phase proceeds only if both parties agree, ensuring the collaborative discussion is mutually consensual.
There were 220 submissions, and 369 reviews were provided by 139 reviewers. The Programme Committee accepted 135 papers (61% acceptance rate). SDA adheres to the model of a scholars spiral:
Thinking of scholarship in terms of a cyclic, spiral process supports a vital emergence of supportive opportunities for scholars. The SDA desires to encourage young researchers, graduate students, and new RSD authors to pursue their own best pathways to publishing available within the RSDA community, from conference to journal and, as envisioned, other publishing outlets for non-research and case studies. —Navigating the Scholars Spiral
Therefore, efforts are made to provide constructive feedback to the authors of all submitted articles. RSD12 reviewers collectively wrote 97,797 words, an average of 377 words per review, adjusted to remove meta-reviews by PC members, which are directed toward specific aspects of the review and, therefore, shorter. Within the average, there was a great deal of disparity; the longest review was 3,129 words, and the shortest review was 39 words. This variance likely speaks to the differences in understanding and expectations, and to support greater alignment across RSD reviewers, Cheryl May organised two sessions on reviewing, facilitated by Ryan J.A. Murphy. Reviewing Reviewing article and session videos
Thanks to all reviewers for your participation in the systemic design scholars spiral.
Special mentions
Reviewers who contributed more than three reviews: Jean-Christophe Nebel, J.R. Osborn, Mariapaola Puglielli, David Sanchez Ruano, and Ryan Murphy.
Hub review leads who also contributed more than three reviews: Evan Barba, Palak Dudani, Eliana Ferrulli, Peter Jones, Thomas Jun, Cecilia Landa-Avila, Neha Mandlik, Goran Matic, Cheryl May, Mariapaola Puglielli, Gordon Rowland, Ben Sweeting, Sahil Thappa, and Marie Van De Bergh.
Reviewers whose average review length was 1,000 words or more: Jayanna Killingsworth, Perin Ruttonsha, Jody Joanna Boehnert, Donna Maione, Ruth Schmidt, and Gryphon Loubier.
Hub Review Leads
Evan Barba
Vesna Brujic-Okretic
Sine Celik
Lindsay Cole
Marie Davidova
Kate Doyle
Palak Dudani
Eliana Ferrulli
Peter Jones
Thomas Jun
Cecilia Landa-Avila
Gryphon Loubier
Neha Mandlik
Goran Matic
Cheryl May
Praveen Nahar
J.R. Osborn
Mariapaola Puglielli
Gordon Rowland
Ben Sweeting
Sahil Thappa
Marie Van De Bergh
Bas Vandenberg
Claudia Westermann
Reviewers A–I
Mersha Aftab
Tom Ainsworth
Gul Akturk
Ahmed Ansari
Savira Aristi
Michael Arnold Mages
Siv Årsand
Helen Avery
Silvia Barbero
Gil Barros
Chiara Battistoni
Joanna Boehnert
Spyros Bofylatos
Joia Boode
Jennifer Briselli
Hillary Carey
Justin Childress
Younjung Choi
Queenie Clarke
Jeroen Coelen
Kathryn Cramer
Petra Cremers
Jotte De Koning
Susannah Dickinson
Simon T. Downs
Diego Fagundes Da Silva
Orla Fahey
Leanne Freeman
Mia George
Mikal Giancola
Katherine Gillieson
Emanuele Giorgi
Mariah Guimarães Di Stasi
Sanya Gupta
Shreyans Harsora
Elise Hodson
Michael Hohl
Ella-Mae Hubbard
Adeline Hvidsten
David Ing
Reviewers K–P
Jayanna Killingsworth
Michael Koliska
Laura Kozak
Danielle Lake
Susan Lattanzio
Alma Leora Culen
Jie Li
Martina Liboni
Dan Lockton
Donna Maione
Anna Margolis
Victor Martinez
Scott Matter
Erica A.C. Mattos
Erin McAuliffe
Dermott McMeel
Jessica Meharry
Bilge Merve Aktaş
Judith Mühlenhoff
Ingrid Mulder
Sunniva Münster
Ryan Murphy
Sergio Nava-Lara
Jean-Christophe Nebel
Susu Nousala
Anja Overdiek
Deger Ozkaramanli
Claire Palmer
Paul Pangaro
Valeria Pannunzio
Hiral Patel
Vacha Patel
Anna-Louisa Peeters
Dulmini Perera
Kimberley Peter
Eve Pinsker
Elena Porqueddu
Leandro Porras
Reviewers R–Z
Marion Real
Gijs Rempt
Larry Richards
Perin Ruttonsha
Eryk Salvaggio
David Sanchez Ruano
Ruth Schmidt
Carla Sedini
Birger Sevaldson
Shanu Sharma
Howard Silverman
Pauline Smith
Nick Spencer
Frederick Steier
Guido Stompff
Peter Stoyko
Mari Suoheimo
Irem Tekogul
Alexis Tennent
Liliya Terzieva
Shantanu Tilak
Peter Troxler
Victor Udoewa
Kristel Van Ael
Frederick M.C. van Amstel
Emma van Dam
Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer
Remko van der Lugt
Armand van Oostrom
Emīlija Veselova
Rob Vingerhoeds
Josina Vink
Andreas Wettre
Stein Wetzer
Ramon Zamora
Yannis Zavoleas