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Design for Behaviour Change as a Driver for Sustainable Innovation: Challenges and opportunities for implementation in the private and public sectors
Niedderer, Kristina Ludden, Geke Clune, Stephen Lockton, Dan Mackrill, James Morris, Andrew Cain, Rebecca Gardiner, Edward Evans, Martyn Gutteridge, Robin
Niedderer, Kristina
Ludden, Geke
Clune, Stephen
Lockton, Dan
Mackrill, James
Morris, Andrew
Cain, Rebecca
Gardiner, Edward
Evans, Martyn
Gutteridge, Robin
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2016-08-31
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Over the last decade, design for behaviour change has become increasingly recognised as a strategy for enabling social change. Despite this, we are far from understanding its implementation, especially through the private and public sectors. This study has surveyed private and public sector stakeholders with regard to their current knowledge of, and approach to, design for behaviour change. The aim was to identify the challenges for professional stakeholders in understanding, accessing and implementing design for behaviour change. Underpinned by a literature review of design for behaviour change theories and approaches, an online survey and two focus groups with private and public sector stakeholders were conducted with particular focus on small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). The results identified that there is a significant disconnect between available theoretical knowledge of design for behaviour change and its practical implementation. Reasons for this include a lack of awareness and common language, of evidence based examples, and of evaluation methods and inter-sector collaborations. In response, a set of recommendations has been developed to propose ways forward for the wider understanding and application of design for behaviour change.
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International Journal of Design is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal. All journal contents are allowed to be shared and adapted in accordance under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
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1994-036X