This special issue welcomes articles that focus on theoretical investigations into social design (e.g., history, different paradigms and models), on the methodological challenges of social design (e.g., various models, frameworks and trans-disciplinary insights and cross-fertilization), and on trans-disciplinary examples and implementations of social design innovations. In order to enhance our understanding and development of social design across different societies, either comparative studies or case studies on newly founded social design societies are encouraged.

Submission of Papers: Manuscripts should be prepared using the template file and guidelines found at the AuthorGuidelines page1. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A double-blind review process will be employed for this special issue.

Manuscripts should also be sent through the online submission system2. Authors should choose “Special Issue on Social Design and Innovation” as the Journal Section when submitting papers.

Special Issue Editors

  • Dong-Sheng Chen,  Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University
  • Jerry Lu-Lin Cheng, College of Design, Shih-Chien University
  • Caroline Hummels, Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Ilpo Koskinen, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 1. http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
  • 2. http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/about/submissions