The Design4Health Global Network (D4HGN) seeks to foster a community of researchers, practitioners and students who are working and studying in the context of design and creative practice in health.

Our Platform

This website was developed to support the process of building connectivity between different groups operating within the space of design for health.

Our ambition is to offer a place where members of the network can exhibit exemplar work, engage in critical discussion and learn about events happening across the broader community.

The site includes a wealth of research informed tools for researchers and students.

In developing the network, we hope to foster a global community, bridging the gap between academia, industry, policy and practice.

Evidence-Based Research Tools

One of the aims of the network is to build capacity and capability across the emerging Design4Health community.

To this end we are pleased to share a range of evidence-based research tools that have been developed and tested in practice.

 

Grounded in Research

Research undertaken by Chamberlain et al in 2010 highlighted the need to create a place where researchers and practitioners across design and health could come together to find and develop a shared language to disseminate their work.

The Design for Health Journal and Conference have been highly successful. The Global Network continues to build on the success of these to create a more immediate and accessible platform.

 

History

The development of this platform was funded through the Research England, Expanding Excellence in England grant, awarded to Lab4Living. This funding has supported the ongoing collaboration between Lab4Living, UK and Good Health Design, AUT New Zealand who have been the driving force behind the development of the web platform and research-informed resources found on this site.

Research & Discourse

This website creates a platform to bring together the design4health community. It also offers a way for the community to engage in ongoing research enquiries using the exhibition space as a mechanism to build discourse.

Our hope is that it could also offer opportunities for partnerships in future research grant applications.