CoDesign4Transitions is a four-year doctoral network involving eight universities spread over 7 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK), with the aim of recruiting and supervising a group of 13 candidates engaged in transdisciplinary research focused on the themes: co-design, design for sustainability, service and systems design, with a focus on democratic innovation and climate transitions.

10 fellowships are funded by the Doctoral Networks under the European Commission's Marie Skolodwska-Curie Actions (MCSA) programme and three funded by the Hungarian and British governments.

The network includes leading academic institutions of higher education, 15 associated partners from 9 countries, including companies, governmental organisations, civil society organisations (CSOs) and universities, which will offer advanced training and transferable skills.

The project, coordinated by the Department of Design, is designed to enable governments, businesses and civil society to develop the multilevel solutions needed to achieve the net-zero emissions targets set in the Paris Agreement. Design plays a crucial role in this context as it provides the essential link to engage the public in democratic innovation.

The four-year research and training programme includes research units focusing on topics such as prototyping, materialisation and visualisation, and on facilitating democratic climate transitions, with a focus on training and development of researchers. In addition, two horizontal research units support the network in communication, dissemination and project management activities.

In the context of the controversial sustainable transition, CoDesign4Transitions offers these researchers the opportunity to pioneer democratic design methodologies for climate transitions in an interdisciplinary and intersectoral environment.