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06.10. Kick-off / Write Abstract
13.10. Peer feedback on abstracts
15.10. Karmen lecture “Art and Design Research in Europe“ with Anton Rey
20.10. Independent Work
27.10. Writing Training with Anthea & Duy
03.11. MIZ Advanced Research Training with Bettina Ruchti
10.11. Paper presentation / Submit for Peer Review
17.11. Peer review discussion
24.11. Independent Work
01.12. Presentation Zine Concept & Production
15.12. Publish

January 2026 Two half-day writing workshop with the PhD Centre (tbc)
FS26 Research Proposal and Grants Workshop

Loosely based on the requirements of JAR Journal for Artistic Research

• Title/Subtitle
• Author Details: Full name, affiliation (university), email address
• Abstract: 125 – 250 words, describing your topic, methodology, significance and contribution to the field of Interaction Design, sparking interest in the reader.
• Keywords: At least five keywords, related to the abstract
• Licence: CC BY-NC-ND
• Table of Content: Complete and linked to the individual sections of your paper
• Text: 3000 to 4500 words (without bibliography)
  • Introduction
  • Background, Context & Related Work
  • Methodology & Approach
  • Artefacts, Prototypes, Experiments
  • Findings, Analysis, Discussion, Argumentation
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
• Media: Uploaded directly to RC. Images to be labelled (Figure 1, 2, …)
• Citations and References: Chicago Author-Date
• Hyperlinks: external hyperlinks open in a new window, all footnote hyperlinks functional and consistent
• Copyright: ©Firstname Lastname

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Digital Research Tools

Guide Research Catalogue

• Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. 2021. “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. Fifth Edition. W.W. Norton & Company.
• Reitsma, Lizette. 2021. “Making Sense/Zines: Reflecting on Positionality.” Paper presented at Pivot 2021 Dismantling/Reassembling: Tools for Alternative Futures. Pluriversal Design Special Interest Group, July 22. doi.org/10.21606/pluriversal.2021.0031.
• Le Guin, Ursula K. 2015. “the peer group workshop.” In Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, New edition, Appendix. Boston: Mariner Books.
• Leung, Michael. 2023. “Rapid Publishing (to Find Each Other).” In To Be Rooted: Pluriversality in Wang Chau’s Struggle, PhD diss., School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
• Schwab, Michael. 2018. "Peer reviewing in the journal for artistic research." Evaluating art and design research: Reflection, evaluation, practices and research presentations: 52-59.

• Bitton, Joëlle. 2016. “The Object of Design and Research Methods.” In Measure of Abstraction: Embodied Fabrication and the Materiality of Intimacy. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
• Christensen, Michelle, Wolfgang Jonas, and Ralf Michel, eds. 2021. NERD 2 - New Experimental Research in Design 2: Positions and Perspectives. Board of International Research in Design. Birkhäuser Verlag. doi.org/10.1515/9783035623666.
• Cross, Nigel. 1999. “Design Research: A Disciplined Conversation.” Design Issues 15 (2): 5. doi.org/10.2307/1511837.
• Dombois, Florian, and Ute Meta Bauer, eds. 2012. Intellectual Birdhouse: Artistic Practice as Research. Koenig Books.
• Dombois, Florian. 2006. Kunst als Forschung: Ein Versuch, sich selbst eine Anleitung zu entwerfen.
• Erlhoff, Michael, and Wolfgang Jonas, eds. 2018. NERD - New Experimental Research in Design: Positions and Perspectives. Board of International Research in Design Series. Birkhäuser.
• Gaver, William. 2020. The Presence Project. Second edition. Practice as Research. Goldsmiths Press.
• Jarvis, Nadine, David Cameron, and Andy Boucher. 2012. “Attention to Detail: Annotations of a Design Process.” Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design, October 14, 11–20. doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399019.
• Mittelstraß, J. 2005. "Methodische Transdisziplinarität.” TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis 14 (2): 18–23. doi.org/10.14512/tatup.14.2.18.
• Nova, Nicolas, ed. 2014. Beyond Design Ethnography: How Designers Practice Ethnographic Research. SHS.
• Nova, Nicolas. 2021. Investigation/Design. Translated by Walter Hackman. HEAD Publishing.
• Rillig, Matthias C., and Karine Bonneval. 2020. “The Artist Who Co-Authored a Paper and Expanded My Professional Network.” Nature, ahead of print, February 27. doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00575-7
• Zimmerman, John, Jodi Forlizzi, and Shelley Evenson. 2007. “Research through Design as a Method for Interaction Design Research in HCI.” Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 29, 493–502. doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240704.