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Creating Sustainable Innovation through Design for Behaviour Change

Project Resources

Design for Behaviour Change Special Interest Group

If you would like to participate in the discussions on design for behaviour change during and beyond the duration of the project, we have set up a Special Interest Group on Design for Behaviour Change on Linked-in, which you can join here.

Project Publications 

Niedderer, K., Mackrill, J., Clune, S., Lockton, D., Ludden, G., Morris, A., Cain, R., Gardiner, E., Gutteridge, R., Evans, M., Hekkert, P. (forthcoming October 2014). Creating Sustainable Innovation through Design for Behaviour Change: Full Report. University of Wolverhampton, Project Partners & AHRC. Download.

Niedderer, K., Mackrill, J., Clune, S., Lockton, D., Ludden, G., Morris, A., Cain, R., Gardiner, E., Gutteridge, R., Evans, M., Hekkert, P. (2014). Creating Sustainable Innovation through Design for Behaviour Change: Summary Report. University of Wolverhampton, Project Partners & AHRC. Download.

Niedderer, K., Mackrill, J., Clune, S., Evans, M., Lockton, D., Ludden, G., Morris, A., Gutteridge, R., Gardiner, E., Hekkert, P., Cain, R. (2014). Joining Forces: Investigating the influence of design for behaviour change on sustainable innovation. NordDesign 2014, August 27 – 29, Espoo, Finland. Joining Forces: Investigating the influence of design for behaviour change on su.

Links to External Sources 

Organisations

Libraries and collections of resources

 Toolkits and methods

Blogs and presentations

Sebastian Deterding’s ‘Coding Conduct’ presentations on motivational design, gamification, and user experience: http://codingconduct.cc/Presentations

Warren Hatter’s blog:  http://warrenhatter.wordpress.com

Kristian Tørning’s Persuasive Design site:  http://www.persuasive.eu

A selection of recommended books

'100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about  People'. By Susan Weinschenk. Published by New Riders, 2011

'Counter Clockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility'. By Ellen J Langer. Published by Ballantine Books, 2009.

'Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics'. By Stephen Wendel (HelloWallet / Action Design DC). Published by O’Reilly, 2013.

'Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead us into Temptation'. By Chris Nodder (Technical editor: Dan Lockton). Published by Wiley, 2013.

'Inspiring Sustainable Behaviour: 19 Ways to Ask for Change'. By Oliver Payne. Published by Earthscan, 2012.

'Motivating Change: Sustainable Design and Behaviour in the Built Environment'. Edited by Robert Crocker and Steffen Lehmann. Published by Earthscan, 2014. 

'Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What we Think and Do'. By B J Fogg. Published by Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.

'Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences'. By Stephen P. Anderson. Published by New Riders, 2011.

'Universal Principles of Design'. By William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler. Published by Rockport, 2010.