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Quality criteria of transdisciplinary engineering design for dealing with wicked problems in design for sustainability and systems transitions

Ahrens, Florian (1); Hunger, Katharina (2); Hasse, Alexander (1)

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Ahrens, Florian (1); Hunger, Katharina (2); Hasse, Alexander (1)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Institute for Design Engineering & Drive Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; 2: CIMTT Centre of Production Engineering and Management, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Page(s):
2691-2700
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10627
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
Transdisciplinary (TD) engineering design is a useful approach for engineers when responding to the wicked problems of sustainability and systems transitions. A research gap lies in understanding the quality criteria for TD engineering design, and in investigating to what extent existing studies in the field exhibit TD qualities. In this semi-systematic literature review we develop a framework of quality criteria for TD engineering design and then analyse relevant literature using the framework. The paper concludes methodological recommendations for future TD engineering design studies.
Keywords:
multi-/cross-/trans-disciplinary approaches, engineering design, design methodology, sustainable design, systems transition
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