What is DDC?
The Design Doctoral Consortium is a platform that provides PhD students enrolled in any design-related field an opportunity to engage in early-stage research discussions with experts from around the world. It is a FREE event where PhD students can share their research with fellow scholars and veteran professors in the field, gaining valuable critical feedback.
 

Who should participate?
All PhD students are welcome to submit their research proposals. Doctoral consortiums are ideal for students in the formative years of their PhD program. Students should have completed at least one year of research or have at least one year remaining to complete their PhD. These consortiums are highly beneficial for early-stage PhD scholars, as the discussions are focused, rigorous, on-topic, and directly relevant to the participating students.
 

Can Masters students submit a proposal to share their design research? Or can PhD aspirants submit their proposal to get feedback?
No, the consortium is intended only for students currently enrolled in a PhD program related to the field of design.
 

Can current PhD students only attend the consortium without proposal submission or presentation?
No, this is a closed forum where only invited participants and panelists can interact with each other.
 

Why should I participate?
Doctoral consortiums provide a safe space where early researchers can share their ideas and receive valuable feedback. These focussed discussions help the students enhance their work as they get insights into their PhD topic, methods, relevant literature, academic writing and diverse perspectives from the reviewers. Additionally, the consortium serves as a valuable networking opportunity, enabling PhD students to connect and collaborate with senior academicians and fellow researchers in the field.

Stages of the selection process:

Confidentiality:We assure you that submitted proposals will remain confidential throughout the review process. Submissions that are not accepted for presentation will be permanently kept confidential, while all materials submitted for accepted proposals will remain confidential until the start of the conference.

Submission Guidelines:
•    Document 1:Applicants should submit a 750-1500 word research proposal (excluding references) describing their research. The proposal should highlight the aim of the research, relevant literature review, main research questions, the current status of the work, and possible directions, decisions, or doubts about the PhD that the applicant wishes to discuss at the consortium. Document 1 should include a list of publications, if any.
•    Document 2:One page expectation on what you expect from the consortium.

The two documents have to be separate files. The link for submission will be available soon on the website.
Broadly, you can follow the suggested template and include the following sections in your proposal:
1.    Title
2.    Abstract (~150 words)
3.    Introduction
4.    Review of literature
5.    Research gaps and questions
6.    Work done so far: pilot studies, mini projects, etc. and their results
7.    Proposed methodology and expected outcomes: research methods for your main study
8.    Way forward
9.    References.

DCC Expert Panel Committee

Prof. Helen Petrie, University of York, UK.

Prof. Helen Petrie is Professor Emerita of Human-Computer Interaction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York, UK. She has degrees in psychology and computer science. Her research expertise is in the design and evaluation of new technologies, in particular she has undertaken much research on technological developments for disabled and older people. She also has a keen interest in the different methods of evaluating new technologies, and has developed two new methods, collaborative heuristic evaluation and consigliere evaluation. She has published extensively and provided consultation to industry, the government and the third sector. She headed a review of cost-effective evaluation methods for assessing the usability and accessibility of government websites for the UK government’s DirectGov initiative. She has also designed and run programmes to train web developers in basic evaluation and accessibility methods, both in Europe and the UK (EU-funded Tenuta Project and the UK’s Culture Online, funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport). She has received a Royal Television Society Technical Innovation Prize, a Social Impact Award from the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and a HCI Pioneer award and fellowship from the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP).  She has published extensively on these topics in academic journals and presented her work at many international conferences.  She is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford University Press journal “Interacting with Computers” and on the Editorial Board of a number of other journals.
 

Dr. Koumudi Patil, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur

Dr. Abhishek Shrivastava, Department of Design (DoD), IIT Guwahati

Dr. Shakuntala Acharya, Department of Design (DoD), IIT Guwahati

Dr. Saurabh Tewari, Department of Design, IIT Delhi

Dr. Geetanjali Date, Centre Head at MSFDA, Pune

Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

Prof. Nishant Sharma, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

Prof. Anirudha Joshi, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

Dr. Anisha Malhotra, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

For further information you may contact the organizers at ddc25.idc@gmail.com