Course responsible: Hyekyung Imottesjo

Developing digital tools for social impact requires garnering what the true needs of the stakeholders are and iteratively prototyping to meet the user needs. During this course, students will develop surveys to understand the stakeholder needs, and identify relevant technologies. In interdisciplinary setting, the students will develop a conceptual prototype based on the identified needs of the stakeholders. With survey, questionnaires, students will introduce the concept to the stakeholders to develop a further wishlists for such digital tools. Students will use the wishlists to develop design element categories and specifications for the first prototype. Students will evaluate the concept of the tool, and the specifications for the prototype, and identify opportunities and risks of implementing the specifications.

Dr Hyekyung Imottesjo is an architect, urban designer and a researcher within the field of built environment. She specializes in urban planning systems based on complex adaptive system’s theory and innovative visualisation and digitalisation. She has received her PhD from Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden and has been involved in urban collaborative designing platform development as well as developing innovation ecosystems for societal impact.