The UAL Social Design Institute champions social and sustainable design at University of the Arts London (UAL) – helping to improve communities, society and the environment.

Their aim is to amplify, connect, support and promote the ground-breaking design, research and knowledge exchange carried out by UAL students, staff, Colleges, award-winning research centres and hubs.

Each month they  highlight one of the practitioners and their key idea for social design in 2021: Pratap Rughani Professor of Documentary Practices writes on the nature of dialogue.

The Social Design Institute’s Publications include an open series of position papers, sharing diverse research perspectives from UAL practitioners on social and sustainable design, and working papers offering new research insights.