Teaching systemic design to foster sustainability learning in non-design curricula

Circular economy and sustainable development in rural areas are phenomena that call for new skills and knowledge encompassing methods and tools to foster systemic thinking. Over the past 20 years, the design discipline has significantly turned towards complexity, advocating a “designerly” approach to systems thinking that brings the focus closer to humanity. This paper aims to present a successful teaching module on systemic design as a case research study for designers and non-designers in a cross-disciplinary educational context.