dr. D. Ozkaramanli - Leerkes (Deger)

Reflecting on the development of CoronaMelder through the lens of design and democracy

In this self-initiated research project, Prof.dr. Peter-Paul Verbeek, Dr. Armağan Karahanoğlu and I critically examine the development process of the Dutch Covid-19 contact-tracing application from the lens of design methodologies and the principles of deliberative democracy.

Wellbeing for all by all

Using dilemmas as a tool for participation in community initiatives

The main goal of this project is to strengthen the approach of ‘Supporter van Elkaar (SvE)’, a local program initiated by ‘Scoring in the Neighbourhood Foundation’ of Football Club (FC) Twente. For this, Prof.dr. Bas Denters and I work together with FC Twente Foundation to create a community-based approach to behaviour change that integrates dilemma-driven design and participatory design to empower low socio-economic status families in Enschede to collaboratively pursue their health, social participation, and wellbeing goals. This project is funded by TKI ClickNL.

Morally-engaged design

In this self-initiated project research project, Michael Nagenborg and I delve into why incorporating moral engagement in design may be a challenging quest - both theoretically and practically. We want to identify the main considerations for facilitating morally-engaged design through the lens of our respective disciplines, i.e. philosophy of technology and industrial design.

Dilemmas, conflicts, and controversies

Dr. Julieta Matos Castano, Anouk Geenen and I organised a series of workshops on social bubbles and scripted cities that helped unravel the main ingredients of controversies. Through these workshops, we want to find out how controversies can spark collaborative creativity and ethical reflection in multi-stakeholder projects in a socio-technical context. This project is being conducted as part of the larger project on 'Responsible Smart Cities' funded by NWO.