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Research through transformative social action

Solid Lines

Australia’s first representation agency that is dedicated to representing First Nations illustrators

Transcultural mentoring for and by women in creative sectors

Supporting women in arts, crafts, design and social innovation

Designing discussions with Melton Council for an Aboriginal Community Hub

Bringing together Melton council, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal people of Melton to ask; What could an Aboriginal Community hub be for Aboriginal people in Melton?

10Press – Commoners Press

A collaborative letterpress printing project to investigate and reveal new futures for the city of Merri-bek

Creative Wellbeing

Co-creating activities for well-being through a lo-fi living lab

[I_Robot] Designing care algorithms and social robots for care

Focused on Algorithms as neither intelligent nor artificial this project works towards redesigning algorithmic maps and social robots for care contexts.

Ethical Design in Suicide Prevention

Care and empathy in developing content for Orygen’s suicide prevention research

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Designing social innovation is a research group in the School of Design at RMIT University conducting transformative social action guided by conditions of plurality and an ethos of care. Read about us, meet our people, or see our projects.

We acknowledge the Woi Worrung and Boon Worrung language groups of the Eastern Kulin Nations, the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we live and work. We respectfully acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging.

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