{"id":3055,"date":"2025-05-23T12:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systemischcodesign.nl\/2025\/05\/23\/esc-verbindt-studenten-docenten-en-rotterdamse-wijken-via-het-co-design-canvas\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:07:23","slug":"co-design-canvas-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemischcodesign.nl\/en\/2025\/05\/23\/co-design-canvas-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"ESC connects students, teachers and Rotterdam neighborhoods through the Co-Design Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This spring, over 300 Business Administration students from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences experience an innovative approach to addressing social issues in the city. This methodology was made possible in part by the Expertise Network Systemic Co-design (ESC), which is committed to connecting research, education and social practice.<\/p>\n

Using the Co-Design Canvas, developed by Societal Impact Design (SID) professor Wina Smeenk (Inholland University of Applied Sciences), second-year students worked in small groups on current social issues in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

In the course “Draagvlak Cre\u00ebren” (\u201cCreating Support\u201d), led by teachers Sybe Stuij and Hans Rood, fifteen classes each adopted a Rotterdam neighborhood. Each class received several concrete issues presented by neighborhood managers, on which student teams developed interventions through co-design. For five weeks, students went intensively into the neighborhoods to engage residents and other stakeholders. Each group took weekly snapshots of their canvas, on which they gathered insights, stakeholders and solutions. This process offered students not only theoretical knowledge, but also practical skills in stakeholder management, collaboration and design thinking.[\/vc_column_text]