Using Design as Boundary Spanner Object in Climate Change Mitigation Projects

<body> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center"> This page requires frames. <a href="http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/viewPDFInterstitial/590/496">Click here</a> for the non-frames version. <p>Non-frames version <a href="http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/viewPDFInterstitial/590/496">available</a>.</p> </td> </tr> </table> <h1>Using Design as Boundary Spanner Object in Climate Change Mitigation Projects</h1> <h2><i>Walter Fernandez, Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Michael Djordjevic, Keith Lovegrove, Sasi Nayar</i></h2> <h3>Australasian Journal of Information Systems</h3> <h4>Abstract</h4> <div>Climate change is a growing concern for society and the focus of numerous research initiatives across multiple fields of science. These initiatives often need to capitalize on the cross-specialized knowledge contributed by researchers from very different fields. The diversity of worldviews among key stakeholders requires an effective overall design strategy acting as a boundary spanner object. This study presents an account of the issues faced by a multidisciplinary research project and discusses the suitability of a design approach to help address issues such as equality, empowerment, autonomy, creativity, performance, reduction of innovation cycle times and also provide for the necessary balance between control, speediness and flexibility.</div> </body>