maitiú ó móráin 🇺🇦 🇪🇺<p>Have you commissioned or participated in, or otherwise encountered, speculative design futuring work (e.g. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DesignFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFiction</span></a>) in a technology firm?</p><p>Seeking *voluntary* participants for an MSc (Master of Science) research project investigating non-designers’ experiences of speculative design futuring methods in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a>, and perspectives on the benefits, impact and value of these methods.</p><p>The purpose of the research is to investigate research gaps that exist on:<br>1) non-designers’ evaluation of benefits, impact and value of speculative design futuring work, and<br>2) conditions that affect translation of speculative work into strategic impact.</p><p>Participation by interview. Full confidentiality assured throughout.<br>Summary of final dissertation will be shared with participants.<br>Referrals very welcome – thank you. <br>Contact: via DM or email matthew.moran@open.ac.uk</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ExperientialFutures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperientialFutures</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SpeculativeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeDesign</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DesignFuturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFuturing</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DesignFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFiction</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Backcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backcasting</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Futures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Futures</span></a></p><p>Picture: call for research participants, seeking perspectives of non-designers on speculative design futuring methods in technology research and innovation, and their impact and value.</p>