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Are you passionate about improving school environments and creating impactful change through design research? The Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation (CADRE) is looking for a part-time Postgraduate Research Fellow to join CAUSE (Coalition for the Advanced Understanding of School Environments). Read more about the role here: https://lnkd.in/ezx7Xg9M #ResearchFellow #DesignResearch #Education #SchoolDesign #SustainableDesign #CADRE #CAUSE #JobOpportunity #PostgraduateResearch

K-12 schools face urgent infrastructure challenges, and the CAUSE coalition aims to create a standardized tool to measure how school design impacts learning. The coalition unites educators, designers, and researchers to drive meaningful, evidence-based investments with enormous upsides for learning and well-being. Renae Mantooth’s article in Essentials highlights how CAUSE’s work is paving the way for schools to align design with actual teaching needs. Our team will be talking at EDspaces in Houston next week. Stop by to learn more! Erika Eitland, MPH, ScD Michael C. Ralph Raechel French Renae Mantooth https://lnkd.in/e85UzWbn

#CAUSE is making an impact – the coalition just presented at two conferences in two cities on the same day! The share-outs with designers and educators have been amazing and insightful. For example, discussion around what should be standardized versus unique questions in a post-occupancy evaluation and how can school leverage data from this tool for impactful #SchoolDesign. Read more in our most recent blog as Michael C. Ralph and Raechel French share their reflections and lessons learned from the recent presentations. More to come as #CAUSE moves forward – onward and upward! #K12 #EducationResearch #ImpactfulDesign?#PostOccupancyEvaluation https://lnkd.in/e3qWGm_x

We are a proud partner of this call to action for a #buildingbraincoalition to explore how building better cities, workplaces, schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and homes can build better #brainhealth and a flourishing #braineconomy. The event was hugely interdisciplinary with #Texas as its impact area. We are excited about all the conversations, ideas and interest in partnerships. Watch this space for how to join the coalition. #builtenvironment #design #brainhealth

Every dollar invested towards modernizing schools should benefit students and teachers. But how do we measure that impact? Or how often do we measure that impact? ? Brad Hughes, Renae Mantooth and Michael C. Ralph are part of the CAUSE Coalition, and they've found a troubling inconsistency in post-occupancy evaluations (POEs) among the top K-12 design firms: Only 4 of the top 13 firms have publicly available K-12 POEs, despite their combined $831M in revenue. ? Read the team's article here in Learning By Design to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eNWTBq9V Ultimately, we need standardized, open-source POE tools to better capture how design affects learning outcomes. ? The design industry must do more to ensure accountability and improve the environments we create for future generations. #SchoolDesign #K12 #PostOccupancyEvaluation #EducationResearch #ImpactfulDesign #CAUSE

Bye, bye Upali Nanda and hello Deborah Wingler, PhD, MSD-HHE, EDAC, LSSYB! CADRE is fortunate to have these talented, smart individuals behind its work. Check out this conversation between the two of them. #designresearch #CADREresearch #patientoutcomes

Read more about the CAUSE Coalition here!! https://lnkd.in/grYMDpy5

HKS is a proud sponsor of the upcoming “State of Equity in America” forum hosted by U.S. News & World Report. On June 5th, leaders from the education, government, health, and business sectors will gather in Washington, D.C.?to discuss multidimensional approaches to creating a more just society. HKS Education Research Lead Dr. Renae Mantooth will speak on a panel titled “How Colleges Are Prioritizing Mental Health and Neurodiversity on Campus,” highlighting how design and design research can help broaden pathways toward equitable learning environments. #stateofequityinamerica #education #design #architecture

Just in time for National Nurses Week! Preliminary results from CADRE's coalition research project on #nurseburnout with HKS, Inc. and MillerKnoll. This social listening project has identified the top five types of fatigue that contribute to #nurseburnout. Check it out! #healthcaredesign #designresearch #nursesatisfaction

Stress and burnout are affecting nurses at alarming rates, leading to a shortage of these vital caregivers in health systems worldwide. That’s why HKS, Inc. created a research coalition alongside CADRE and MillerKnoll to study causes of nurse burnout and how physical space impacts stress levels. Conducted through an innovative approach, the research identifies gaps in prior research about how the built environment impacts well-being and illuminates authentic experiences that challenge dominant narratives about nurse burnout. Learn more about this timely research and how we intend to alleviate this global challenge through design. https://lnkd.in/eujJzFQz #NursesWeek #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #research #design Deborah Wingler, PhD, MSD-HHE, EDAC, LSSYB Michelle Ossmann, PhD, MSN