ID Faculty Appointed to Leadership Roles at Systemic Design Journal

ID continues to shape the future of design scholarship with two faculty members taking on leadership roles at Contexts—The Systemic Design Journal, the first journal dedicated to research communications and scholarly reporting in the field of systemic design.

Associate Professor Ruth Schmidt has been appointed Associate Editor of the journal, while Associate Professor and Equitable Healthcare Lab Director Kim Erwin joins the editorial board. Their appointments reflect ID’s commitment to addressing complex challenges through systems design.

A publication of the Systemic Design Association, Contexts emphasizes scholar development and is a signatory of the DORA, the Declaration on Research Assessment.

Ruth has worked closely with DORA to advance equitable approaches to research evaluation. As an editor, she brings experience integrating systems design and behavioral science to address challenges more systematically and equitably.

As a member of the advisory board, Kim contributes extensive experience applying human-centered design and communication methods to complex challenges. Through her work directing ID’s Equitable Healthcare Action Lab, she designs solutions to complex care issues.

Contexts publishes research that advances design, innovation, and policy outcomes across complex social and technical systems. This emphasis on systemic approaches to challenging problems aligns with ID’s interdisciplinary vision, where design methods are applied to create meaningful change in organizations, communities, and systems.