European grant ‘Horizon2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie’ assigned to Digital Life
18-06-2020
Dr. Nazli Cila and Dr. Somaya Ben Allouch, both working at the research group Digital Life Centre of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), are excited to announce the ‘Horizon2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks’ grant they received as co-applicants.
PhD students involved
The project ‘D-CoDE. Fundamentals of Design Competence for Our Digital Future’ aims to train a cohort of 15 PhD students in design, design anthropology, media studies, science and technology studies and data science, and equip them with the holistic understanding needed for the human-centric design of product service systems powered by Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Prototeams
‘D-CoDE’ introduces a post-disciplinary mode of working called ‘prototeams’: teams of PhD students working in real-world contexts to develop and prototype future professional design roles and practices, including the scientific knowledge needed to support them.
European cooperation
As these research challenges require both deep disciplinary expertise and knowledge that cuts across sectors, D-CoDE brings together an exceptional team of internationally leading researchers in the required subject areas, i.e. TU Delft (main applicant), Umeå Univesity (SE), The University of Edinburgh (UK), Københavns Universitet (DK), Aarhus Universitet (DK), Transport and Telecommunication Institute (LV), the AUAS and Philips.
Furthermore non-academic partners are involved that bring their societal, economic and political practice to the project and provide multiple forums for the dissemination of knowledge, results and best practices.
The project will officially start on January 1st, 2021.