Social Justice and Equity

Design Lab faculty bring a variety of disciplinary approaches and practice traditions to furthering social justice through design. Design Lab teams work with communities and institutions on questions of equity and justice.

Affiliated Research Organizations

• EdLab; Director: Clemence Idoux
• Housing Alliance: Director: Mai Thi Nguyen
• iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3) and Inclusion Lab; Assistant Director: Elizabeth Eikey
• Just Transitions Initiative; Co-Directors: Lilly Irani, Manuel Shvartzberg Carrió
• Mental Health in Design Lab; Founder and director: Elizabeth Eikey
• Multi-agent Intelligence and Decision Systems (MINDS); Director: Parinaz Naghizadeh
• UC San Diego Labor Center; founding Faculty Director: Lilly Irani