Designing Your Research Agenda (DYRA) 5.1
Friday, April 17, 2026
1:00PM EST
Virtual Event
Designing Your Research Agenda (DYRA) is a panel discussion and open forum for design scholars and researchers to discuss aspects of their research agendas. We aim to open a dialogue regarding the challenges of discovering one’s design research inquiry. DYRA is a design research webinar series.
Researchers:
- Lesley-Ann Noel, OCAD University, Canada
- Robert Harland, Loughborough University, UK
- Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Michigan State University, USA
Presentations plus an open Q+A and informal discussion.
Some of the questions we are asking our panelists include:
- How did you determine your research agenda (high level timeline of your career/trajectory)
- How do you define research and why do you think it matters/for society, the field, yourself?
- How do your department and institution define and support the work you do?
- How would you describe/categorize your department and institution?
- If you were going to position your work within a category, would you say your research addresses: design theory, design history, design practice, design research (traditional graphic design, speculative design, UXUI, typography, AR, VR, creative computing, design solutions, etc.), design pedagogy, or something else?
- What barriers (if any) exist at your institution or in the field for creating and disseminating your research?
This event brings together academics from various stages in their careers and from different types of institutions. We hope that by sharing experiences, we can support others on their journeys.