{"id":1096,"date":"2025-02-12T12:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/?page_id=1096"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:57:27","slug":"startsida-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/","title":{"rendered":"Startsida 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2126 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-phd-students tag-design-games-framework tag-nicolenorris tag-participatory-design tag-phd-student tag-rebel tag-social-innovation\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-medium-font-size has-open-sans-font-family\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-08T10:00:00+02:00\">8 April, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The REBEL PhD Student: Nicole Norris<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>My PhD project reflects my work in Canada at the intersection of non-urban and semi-rural place-led participatory design and social innovation. It explores how we design better ways for communities to shape their own liberatory futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work contributes to the field of Informatics by reframing how we understand social innovation and its role in system change within the context of the discipline. Rather than treating social innovation as a series of isolated interventions, my research will position social change as an ongoing, relational process that requires new ways of thinking and new types of shared infrastructure to mobilize information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Nicole Norris, REBEL PhD Student\" class=\"wp-image-2127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-600x900.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot-1320x1980.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/NicoleNorris_Headshot.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this framing, the challenge is not simply to design better solutions, but to design the conditions through which diverse actors can continuously make sense of complexity together. This shifts the focus from outputs to processes, and from organizations working in silos to more collaborative forms of coordination across social, economic, and institutional actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research explores game-making, using the Design Games Framework, as a methodological bridge between design and system spaces. This approach offers an alternative to dominant models of socio-technical innovation that rely on abstraction, linear planning, or data-driven optimization. Through experiential and participatory methods, it engages situated forms of knowledge production where complexity can be explored directly rather than simplified. In these contexts, participants can surface interdependencies, test assumptions, and experiment with new forms of coordination that are difficult to access through discussion or analysis alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Game-based canvas to explore and experiment with assumptions and new perspectives.\" class=\"wp-image-2128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Blogg_Nicole_canvas-1320x743.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, this research aims to contribute to a new methodological direction for social innovation, one that supports more adaptive, inclusive, and place-responsive forms of coordination. It also aims to extend the definition of social innovation within the field of Informatics by emphasizing relational and experiential dimensions of system design, where knowledge is not only represented, but embodied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2120 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-annual-open-space category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/2026\/04\/01\/what-is-the-rebel-open-space\/\" target=\"_self\" >What is the REBEL Open Space?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-01T13:32:26+02:00\">1 April 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Photo: Open Space 2025 Every year, REBEL organises an Open\u00a0Space\u00a0workshop[1]\u00a0to explore our common goals in the\u00a0REBEL\u00a0research program\u00a0and investigate what we can do the coming years to reach them! The goal with this workshop is to bring together the\u00a0REBEL\u00a0collective of researchers,&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2113 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-fuse-network category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/2026\/03\/30\/introducing-lab-futures-sweden-fuse-network\/\" target=\"_self\" >Introducing Lab Futures Sweden (FUSE) network<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-30T11:52:24+02:00\">30 March 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Within REBEL, the FUSE network has become a natural meeting point for people who want to explore and shape the future together. It brings together researchers, companies, and public organisations openly and collaboratively to explore and learn about different kinds&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2099 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/rebel\/2026\/03\/19\/welcome-to-rebel-blog\/\" target=\"_self\" >Welcome to REBEL blog<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-19T17:05:39+02:00\">19 March 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Would you like to keep up to date with the latest from the REBEL research programme at Halmstad University? 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