The Design Factory Global Network is a network of around 40 innovation hubs based in universities and research institutions in 25 countries across five continents. Each Design Factory serves as an experimentation platform for interdisciplinary, problem-based learning, bringing together students, educators, researchers, and industry partners on real challenges. The network’s mission is to reshape education and build the diversity of skills needed to operate in rapidly evolving environments.
This Deep Dive report opens with the reasons educators give for embracing Circular Economy thinking, followed by an exploration of what the concept means in practice: how educators create conditions for learning, scaffold the design process, generate and evaluate ideas, and support making. Student experiences and acquired capabilities follow, before closing with a look at what practitioners are looking forward to and a list of recommended resources.
