Supporting a green and just transition for NHS Scotland

Communities

This theme aims to link design research with behaviour change and understandings of place to co-design physical spaces, services, and interventions.

The projects in this theme seek to foster mechanisms for NHS communities (of practitioners, staff, patients, carers and service users) to coalesce around pressing healthcare issues and, in the process of co-designing and coproducing solutions, provide a route to active engagement focused on sustainability issues.

Projects will empower individuals to connect and collaborate as they help generate future healthcare solutions. We will examine the role of citizen sourcing on the design and delivery of NHS initiatives.

Events, News

News  •  20 May 2025
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SHIFT Documentation

Looking back at what was captured from our SHIFT symposium, which took place at Civic House, Glasgow on the 22 April 2025 – the people, the papers, the energy and the ideas.

News  •  19 May 2025
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Shifting Reflections

In this article, SHIFT symposium co-convenors Dr. Laura MacLean and Dr. Lewis Urquhart reflect on key learnings from the SHIFT symposium, and where it might go next.

Event  •  27 March – 13 June
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Work-in-Progress at the University of Strathclyde

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News  •  5 March 2025
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Work-in-Progress Exhibition Welcomes over 50,000 Visitors

Design HOPES showcased 17 projects at V&A Dundee, all happening as part of the Green Transition Ecosystem Hub programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, through the Future Observatory.

News  •  20 December 2024
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‘Human health is inextricably linked to the health of the planet’

An interview with Prof. Paul Rodgers and Prof. Mel Woods, co-directors of Design HOPES, on Future Observatory

Event  •  5 December – 17 February
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V&A Dundee Exhibition

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People

Organisations

Mountainhall Treatment Centre
New Craigs Hospital
Propagate
The Stove Network
NHS 24
NHS Tayside
ENRICH
One Health Breakthrough Partnership

A collaborative project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, as part of the Future Observatory programme, and led by the University of Strathclyde and University of Dundee (DJCAD), with Heriot-Watt University, Abertay University, and the University of Edinburgh, NHS Scotland, industry partners, and public sector stakeholders.

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