Scalable module for Design Thinking
The project involves creation of a prototype of a scalable module in Design Thinking that can be implemented more broadly in courses at KTH. Lessons learned from previous pilots in various forms will be collected and serve as a basis for continued development towards scalability.
Project context
Design Thinking is a sought-after method/process at KTH for handling more innovative and complex challenges in KTH’s courses and programmes. A few courses are available at KTH, but accessibility for most students is very limited. Over the years, pilots in various forms have been carried out and lessons learned from these must be collected and serve as a basis for continued development towards scalability.
At present, there are challenges in enabling more students at KTH to gain this important competence. Challenges have included scalability, financing model, subject integration, teacher competence development, and lock-in effects in current course structures and programmes. These challenges have been identified through previous development efforts and must be handled as design requirements for creative solutions to enable further implementation.
Project partners are Ivar Björkman at OpenLab and Kristina Nyström/Mana Farshid at the Department of Industrial economics and management ( INDEK ).
Purpose (outcome)
More of KTH's students will have the opportunity to increase their ability to handle wicked problems for sustainable development through broader use of a scalable module in Design Thinking.
Project results (output)
A scalable module (prototype) in Design Thinking that can be implemented more broadly in courses at KTH.
Time plan
Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2026-06-19
Project documentation
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- Poster: The project’s first poster (in Swedish) will be available at the ”Storträffen” meetup on 2025-12-01
- Project initiation document: Projektdirektiv_FrU25_2513-ITM_SkalbarDesignThinking_250613 (Swedish)