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[Book] Prototype Nation
From Putting People First

[Book] Prototype Nation

A vivid look at China’s shifting place in the global political economy of technology production by ethnographer Silvia M. Lindtner

One year on, has the French repair index kept its promises?
From Putting People First

One year on, has the French repair index kept its promises?

Analysis of the outcomes of the French repairability index, how it affects repairers and how consumers feel about it.

Do we need to change our behaviour to reach net zero by 2050?
From Putting People First

Do we need to change our behaviour to reach net zero by 2050?

Behavioural changes which affect the way people use energy are an important part of the toolkit for reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

[Report] Applying Behavioural Science to Advance Environmental Sustainability
From Putting People First

[Report] Applying Behavioural Science to Advance Environmental Sustainability

Applying behavioural science to environmental challenges can help policymakers better target and redirect unsustainable behaviours. This report draws on published...

[Report] Consumers and the Climate Crisis: The Key to Unlocking Behavioral Change
From Putting People First

[Report] Consumers and the Climate Crisis: The Key to Unlocking Behavioral Change

For the world to reach net zero, consumers everywhere will have to make fundamental changes to how they travel, heat, cool and power their homes, the food they...

[Report] Changing our Ways? Behaviour Change and the Climate Crisis
From Putting People First

[Report] Changing our Ways? Behaviour Change and the Climate Crisis

This report of the Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Scaling Sustainable Behaviour Change draws on research syntheses about the potential contributions of...

Mind the gaps: how experience data can help fight climate change
From Putting People First

Mind the gaps: how experience data can help fight climate change

A study by the World Economic Forum, Qualtrics and SAP suggests we are far from reaching a consensus about who is responsible for taking action on climate change...

[Book] Modern Socio-Technical Perspectives on Privacy
From Putting People First

[Book] Modern Socio-Technical Perspectives on Privacy

Provides a foundational understanding of technical and social aspects related to online privacy Covers modern application areas as well as underexplored issues...

[Book] Experiments of the Mind
From Putting People First

[Book] Experiments of the Mind

An inside view of the experimental practices of cognitive psychology—and their influence on the addictive nature of social media

Designing for new forms of governance
From Putting People First

Designing for new forms of governance

ToNite project presented at Milan conference on design-led approaches to renewing public management and governance

A Balanced Place: IKEA’s Life at Home Report 2021
From Putting People First

A Balanced Place: IKEA’s Life at Home Report 2021

Global research released by IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) reveals the vital role that home has played in meeting people’s mental wellbeing needs during the pandemic...

Misinformation is a pandemic that doesn’t have a vaccine
From Putting People First

Misinformation is a pandemic that doesn’t have a vaccine

Conspiracy theories and misinformation about QAnon, COVID-19 and 2020 election fraud took a deadly turn in 2021. As bad as things were last year, experts worry...

An ethnographic study of Eindhoven’s Smart City project
From Putting People First

An ethnographic study of Eindhoven’s Smart City project

This article explore the promises of security that are embedded in the smart city technologies and algorithms and their potential implications for creating social...

Systemic design toolkit
From Putting People First

Systemic design toolkit

Free to download systemic design toolkit

UK Design Council report on systemic design
From Putting People First

UK Design Council report on systemic design

"System-Shifting Design: An Evolving Practice Explored" explores what ‘next practice’ around systemic design looks like, and how the design system itself might...

UX Theatre, or the rise of UX design without users
From Putting People First

UX Theatre, or the rise of UX design without users

UX Theatre is "the application of any sort of design methodology without including a single user in the process, or including users but merely for show."

An anthropologist on Facebook’s new “Ray-Ban Stories” glasses
From Putting People First

An anthropologist on Facebook’s new “Ray-Ban Stories” glasses

With this product, writes anthropologist Sally Applin in MIT's Technology Review, "Facebook is claiming the face as real estate for its own technology."

People Going Full Circle – Free Experientia report
From Putting People First

People Going Full Circle – Free Experientia report

Download free Experientia report on the role of consumer behavior in making food purchasing and product packaging more sustainable.

Le persone che chiudono il cerchio – Rapporto gratuito di Experientia
From Putting People First

Le persone che chiudono il cerchio – Rapporto gratuito di Experientia

Rapporto gratuito di Experientia sul ruolo del comportamento dei consumatori nel rendere più sostenibile l’acquisto degli alimenti e il packaging dei prodotti.

Digital for Care – Free Experientia report
From Putting People First

Digital for Care – Free Experientia report

Download free Experientia report on key trends and design challenges in home and remote care when patient and caregivers use online platforms and on-body health...
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