Co-design – an inclusive research method

  • 3 ECTS credits
  • Academic year 2026-2027
  • DP00BE48
Field-specific study of doctoral education

Education information

Implementation date

07.09.2026 - 11.09.2026

Enrollment period

-

Education type

Field-specific studies

Alternativity of education

Optional

Location

Linnanmaa

Enrollment and further information

Number of participants: 25. The course is targeted to doctoral researchers in TNS-DP. Doctoral researchers from other programmes can also apply. The selection will be based on the order of registration.

Pre-reading is required. This will be available on the Moodle workspace. Access to the Moodle workspace requires registration for the implementation.

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Education description

The course will offer critical and innovative insights into:

  • Participatory research methodologies
  • Co-design values and mindset
  • Co-design methods, process and tools
  • Ethical considerations in co-design research
  • Creating collaborative research environments
  • Designing inclusive research methodologies to engage marginalised and underrepresented participants
  • Using online collaborative research tools
  • Planning a co-design method instrument
  • Analysing co-designed data

Doctoral researchers will gain knowledge, confidence and competence in selecting and applying genuine co-design as a participatory method in their field of study and relevant to their PhD research topic. After completing this course students will be able to:

  • Deeply understand co-design as a research methodology to include people who are traditionally marginalised or underrepresented in research.
  • Critically evaluate and justify co-design as a creative form of participatory research methodology.
  • Apply co-design as a methodology that can be used for difficult, multidimensional problems that need to consider the experiences, needs and interests of a range of people.
  • Use collaborative online technology such as MIRO to design a co-design research instrument.

Created 13.5.2026 | Updated 13.5.2026