Social Science and Public Policy
Conflict Management Center Workshop – Design Thinking
April 18, 2025 at 11:30am – 2:30pm
Eggers Hall, 220
This interactive and immersive workshop will introduce participants to design thinking, a participatory approach to addressing complex problems. During the workshop, participants will learn about and experience five steps in design thinking:
- Selecting and exploring a “wicked problem”
- Using lateral thinking strategies to bring clarification, definition and shared ownership to the problem
- Utilizing collective brainstorming techniques to generate ideas that may address aspects of problem
- Employing a range of techniques to analyze, categorize and organize ideas
- Deciding on how to use some of the ideas to take next steps
This event was published on February 5, 2025.
Event Details
- Category
- Social Science and Public Policy
- Type
- Workshops
- Region
- Campus
- Open to
- Graduate & Professional Students
- Organizer
- MAX-PARCC
- Contact
- Cassidy Thomas
cthoma22@syr.edu
315.443.2367
- Accessibility
- Contact Cassidy Thomas to request accommodations