{"id":2704,"date":"2020-05-20T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T19:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=2704"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:57:59","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

The Ph.D. program of the College of Design seeks to advance knowledge in design through research and scholarship. This is built on the recognition of fertile common ground between the design disciplines and on the need for specificity and depth within them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Areas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ph.D. program addresses issues for which there is a college history of scholarship and instruction. Interdisciplinary groups of faculty advise students in coursework and research broadly related to seven<\/strong> research interest areas including:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n \n Design for Sustainability<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
\n \n Design for Health and Well-being<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
\n \n Design and Technology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
\n \n Design and the Urban Context<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
\n \n Design Methods<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
\n \n Design for Learning<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
\n \n Design History and Criticism<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

Design for Sustainability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Includes research related to balancing the relationships among the effects of population growth; the uses and re-uses of natural resources; and the sustainability of the built and natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design for Sustainability aims to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n