June 23, 2008 01:25 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Engineering Design
Special Issue on Inclusive Design
Guest Editors:- John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, UK {pjc10@eng.cam.ac.uk}
- Roger Coleman, Royal College of Art, UK {roger.coleman@rca.ac.uk}
By 2020, close to half the adult population of the UK will be over 50 years old, while 20% of the inhabitants of the United States and 25% of those of Japan will be over 65.
With increasing age, people change physically, mentally and psychologically and for most these changes involve multiple, minor impairments in eyesight, hearing, dexterity, mobility and memory. Such changes can have a significant impact on older people's independence due to an unnecessary mismatch between the designed world and their changed capabilities.
Designers and design researchers around the world have responded to this challenge with research initiatives described variously as Universal Design, Transgenerational Design, Design for All, Barrier-free Design and Inclusive Design. As a result much progress has been made to ensure that products and services do not unintentionally disadvantage less able users. A new generation of researchers has emerged, in direct response to increased research funding, and there is renewed interest from business leaders and designers around the globe.
Fifteen years ago Roger Coleman and David Pullinger edited the seminal special issue of the Applied Ergonomics Journal entitled Designing for our Future Selves, with an overview on ageing process, design strategies and evaluation methods. Much has changed in the intervening years and it is time again to take stock and present the best of recent research and practice in a new special issue on Inclusive Design to be published by the Journal of Engineering Design. You are invited to submit papers on a range of topics that might include, but not be limited to:
- Overview papers describing national research initiatives
- Inclusive design strategies and outcomes
- Product and service evaluation methods
- Understanding users' capabilities, needs and expectations
- The design and delivery of exemplar products and services
- Future research needs
- Publication Schedule:
- Notification of Intent to Submit: 13 June, 2008 (*Note: email abstract to pjc10@cam.ac.uk*)
- Full Papers Due for Review: 15 August, 2008
- Notification of Review Decision: 31 October, 2008
- Revised Manuscript Submission: 30 January, 2009
- Final Decision: 27 February, 2009
- Final Manuscripts: 30 April, 2009
- Expected Date of Publication: September 2009
- Submission Instructions:
- Please prepare your paper following the "Instructions for Authors" available from the Journal of Engineering Design website
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/09544828.html). - Please submit your paper directly to the journal at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cjen
- Please prepare your paper following the "Instructions for Authors" available from the Journal of Engineering Design website
- Once logged in, select "Author Centre" and then "Click here to submit new manuscript".
- NOTE: In Step 5, check "Yes" for the last question, "Is the manuscript a candidate for a Special Issue?" and enter "Special Issue on Inclusive Design" in the accompanying text box.
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