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Design for Sustainable Behaviour Research Challenges

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Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society

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This paper reviews the current state of Design for Sustainable Behaviour, and concludes that so far, the body of literature mostly presents, explains and structures possible design strategies, proposes design solutions based on these strategies, and presents case studies that evaluate the acceptance and effectiveness of such designs. In order to advance the field, three main research challenges have been identified. These are establishing a common terminology, more formalized research protocols for user centred research to better inform design solutions, and selecting target behaviours

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  1. Department of Product Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Casper Boks

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  1. Center for Service Research, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Mitsutaka Matsumoto

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Yasushi Umeda

  3. Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Keijiro Masui

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Shinichi Fukushige

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Boks, C. (2012). Design for Sustainable Behaviour Research Challenges. In: Matsumoto, M., Umeda, Y., Masui, K., Fukushige, S. (eds) Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6_64

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