Critical aspects of design research in Romanian doctoral studies

Critical aspects of design research in Romanian doctoral studies

Ghioc, Alexandra Stefana; Carnariu, Radu Bogdan

Position paper:

This paper prospects the relationship between Design as an academic field of research and innovation and the job market and emphasizes the importance of doctoral research in design as the main vector of improvement, change and synchronization of the Romanian economic and cultural framework with the international one. Taking into account the problematic historical context of this field in the Romanian post-communist education system, various discrepancies and gaps between the contents of design research at the academic level and reduced capacity for economic assimilation at the systemic level were identified and analysed. Based on the various models of multidisciplinary research in design within doctoral studies, the topics addressed by design researchers and theorists contribute decisively to the theoretical foundation of this field for systemic cultural, social and economic development, with legislative impact.

This paper prospects the relationship between Design as an academic field of research and innovation and the job market and emphasizes the importance of doctoral research in design as the main vector of improvement, change and synchronization of the Romanian economic and cultural framework with the international one. Taking into account the problematic historical context of this field in the Romanian post-communist education system, various discrepancies and gaps between the contents of design research at the academic level and reduced capacity for economic assimilation at the systemic level were identified and analysed. Based on the various models of multidisciplinary research in design within doctoral studies, the topics addressed by design researchers and theorists contribute decisively to the theoretical foundation of this field for systemic cultural, social and economic development, with legislative impact.

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DOI: 10.5151/ead2023-1BIL-03Posit-02Ghioc

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Como citar:

Ghioc, Alexandra Stefana; Carnariu, Radu Bogdan; "Critical aspects of design research in Romanian doctoral studies", p-189-199. In: 15th International Conference of the European Academy of Design. São Paulo: Blucher, 2023.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/ead2023-1BIL-03Posit-02Ghioc