Special Interest Group "Design for justice: a pluralist approach”
Nov 2025 - ongoing
The Justice by Design Lab received a grant with other members of the Delft Design for Values (DDfV) Institute to set up a Special Interest Group (SIG) called “Design for Justice: A Pluralist Approach.” This SIG will serve as a cross-disciplinary platform for researchers, designers, policymakers, activists, and engineers committed to advancing justice through technological design, innovation, and policymaking. This initiative builds on the foundations laid by the DDfV and the outcomes of the 2023–2024 Annual Theme and white paper Design for Justice. Its main objective is to help embed a pluralist approach to design justice in research and education at the TU Delft.
The activities and meetings of the SIG will spread over a span of a three-year period. Through the organization of events, it will bring together the DDfV members, internationally renowned scholars from outside TU Delft, experts from policy, legal and engineering domains, as well as marginalized voices and underrepresented communities for whom justice concerns are part of their daily lives.
Follow us on the SIG’s homepage to know more about our forthcoming meetings, engage with other like-minded researchers and practitioners, explore design justice considerations in depth, and showcase your work, methodological advancements, and more.
Co-leads of the SIG Design for Justice:
Fernando Secomandi | Director of Justice by Design Lab, Assistant Professor at Industrial Design Engineering Faculty
Anna Melnyk | Postdoctoral Researcher at Technology Policy and Management Faculty
Edo Abraham | Associate Professor at Civil Engineering and Geosciences Faculty