Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem, Scotland) is a two-year transdisciplinary research project that exploits the potential of design-led thinking and making to innovate and tackle multifaceted health delivery challenges to meet urgent Net Zero goals for a sustainable health and social care system.

Design HOPES £4.625M Green Transition Ecosystems (GTEs) Hub is part of the flagship funding strand of the £25M AHRC Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition programme.

This project will create new opportunities to support both existing services and new design-led health innovations in collaboration with NHS Boards across Scotland, the Scottish Government, patient and public representatives, health and social care partners, the third sector, academia and industry.

Design HOPES aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence, promoting and embedding best practice through collaborative design-led thinking and making approaches to build a more equitable and sustainable health and social care system.

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There are three other Green Transition Ecosystems (GTEs) Hubs in the UK, and we’re pleased to be working alongside them, building capacity and developing new work at the intersection of design and the green transition. They are:

Future Island Island
Delivered through five work packages, this research brings together citizens and subject experts to explore ways island communities can improve waste practices, apply new technologies, and develop innovative approaches to tourism and heritage in the face of environmental challenges.

Public Map Platform
The goal of PMP is to create a mapping tool that captures and highlights what truly matters to communities, empowering them to use it to influence how their places are planned and developed. To achieve this, PMP will combine existing data sources with new data generated through community engagement activities.

Transforming Homes
The Transforming Homes project involves residents, industry, practitioners, local authorities, community-led organisations, and researchers working together to co-design the transformation of existing homes. Bio-based and non-extractive materials and technologies will be used to reduce energy demand, generate renewable energy, and store energy whilst providing better places to live.