Purpose
The Danish Centre for Design Research aims to promote design research in Denmark in general, and particularly to contribute to establishing a strong design research environment that embraces the schools of both architecture and design. This research environment should form the basis for developing research-based education in the design degree programmes under the Danish Ministry of Culture.
Business link
The Danish Centre for Design Research should engage in active collaboration with private enterprises. The goal is partly to make the results of design research available to Danish companies, partly to work with specific companies on creating new, directly applicable knowledge. Thus, the DCDR aims to strengthen the exchange of knowledge about design research and facilitate the identification of potential areas of collaboration for researchers, schools and enterprises, on a national as well as an international level.
Activities
The Danish Centre for Design Research is charged with:
- gathering and disseminating knowledge about design research in the participating educational institutions
- coordinating ongoing research and facilitating the initiation of new research projects at the individual schools as well as in partnerships involving several schools as well as private enterprises
- supporting research environments that engage in active research activities that enable participating researchers to qualify for positions as assistant and associate professors in the university system
- establishing collaboration with other research institutions in Denmark as well as abroad, and forming networks and consortiums within the area of design research
- hosting seminars, conferences, symposiums etc.
- striving to increase external funding for the centre's activities
- acting in an advisory capacity for research students
- developing and offering a master's programme in design.
