Participatory design brings refugees, local residents and municipal authorities into collaborative processes that shape services, public spaces and infrastructures. By engaging displaced communities ...

When I look at the gorgeous libraries in the annual Library Design Showcase, I always wonder what happened behind the scenes that led to a particular design. I’m especially curious how designers ...

The first ever SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry has been published, providing the most comprehensive source of contemporary, cutting-edge participatory research methods and design.

Participatory research in international development embraces collaborative inquiry methods that centre the voices, knowledge and priorities of local communities alongside those of external researchers ...

Rory A. Cooper is the founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a joint center of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is a VA ...

Architecture is often evaluated through finished forms, yet some practices operate in a different register, one where design unfolds through relationships, time, and use rather than through a single ...

Participatory programs involve employees in all levels of the organization in the design of interventions. Our studies show that when front-line employees have a central role in designing workplace ...

At IDS we are passionate about our rich legacy of participatory methods, and we believe that PAR is more important than ever in the current context of complex and polarising challenges. It is a ...