Designing Value Networks
Centre of Expertise Mission Zero
Introduction
The Designing Value Networks research group contributes to the knowledge development as well as to the design and expertise generation of applied models that enable organizations and professionals to sustain impact and foster innovation in an ecosystem context.
To reframe interactions in a collaborative format has become vital for designing futures that hold value. Therefore, the need to explore the essence of value networks through mapping out tools through nodes (members) and connectors (relationships).
About the research group
Within the research group, the following are the key research questions:
- How can we design a collaboration in a way that promotes value and innovation, both within and outside an ecosystem?
- How can we ensure that members within an ecosystem can have an impact through meaningful and innovative interactions?
- How can we ensure the long-term preservation of value?
- What new forms of network behavior and relational tools enable this?
- What role does design play in this, and what are the limitations of our designs?
The research conducted by the research group Designing Value Networks focuses on various forms of collaboration among organizations and professionals. Some of these have already been explored by the Innovation Networks research group.
The research group fosters value design within the region and beyond by supporting existing interests and expertise.
About the professor
dr. ir. Liliya Terzieva
Liliya Terzieva is Professor Designing Value Networks as well as Director of the Centre of Expertise Mission Zero. Next to the above, she is a visiting professor of the University of Montpellier, France and of the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her PhD is in the Economic and Organizational sciences of Leisure and Tourism.
Within her career pathway of around 20 years of international experience (Bulgaria, China, France, Malta, Vietnam, the Netherlands, etc.) she worked in non-governmental, public, as well as educational and business organizations, related to the domains of (among others): entrepreneurial learning and mindset, value generation, leadership, tourism, leisure, strategic and human-centred design. Her research interest is in the impact and value diverse multi-stakeholder collaborative interactions lead to and the role design plays to foster and nurture the above.
Team
Within our research group, researchers, lecturer-researchers and students work closely with practice partners to conduct research. Together they are committed to translating the results of the research -knowledge and insights- into the practice of education and the region.
