The PhD Student Lecture Series

How can design respond to environmental and democratic crises, invent new, more sustainable practices, or reexamine our relationship with imagination and technology? These are the questions that the Center for Design Research (ENS Paris-Saclay / ENSCI-Les Ateliers) is tackling with a new series of research seminars open to all.

With this cycle, the CRD broadly invites researchers, students, professionals and the curious to think of design as a tool for transition and collective action. An opportunity to share, debate and build together the future paths of a constantly evolving discipline.


 

1_Creating a common territory | design approaches rooted in rural areas

On October 15, 2025, the CRD will inaugurate its annual cycle of research seminars with a first online meeting dedicated to design approaches in rural areas.

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17/11/2025 09:00 Design, narrative(s) and literary theory(ies). Through the lens of the work of Pierre Bayard, international conference from December 4th to 5th at ENSCI +
04/12/2025 08:30 Thesis defense of Anne Cécile Cochet - Design for the Reuse of construction materials: a research project on the case of demountable ceilings. +