DESIS Labs are groups of professors, researchers and students who orient their design and research activities towards social innovation. They can operate at the local scale with local partners and, in collaboration with other DESIS Labs, they can also engage in regional and global large-scale projects and programs. They are based in Design Schools and design-oriented universities and can be extensions of already existing entities or new, specifically established ones.

Tsinghua University DESIS Lab, China
Coordinator: Liu Xin, Operations Manager: Xu Lin

Designmatters DESIS Lab (Art Center), USA
Coordinator: Mariana Amatullo, Operations Manager: Elisa Ruffino

University of South Australia (UniSA) DESIS Lab, Adelaide, Australia
Director: Stuart Gluth, Operations Manager: Ron Corso

Jiangnan University DESIS Lab, Wuxi, China
Coordinator: Miaosen Gong, Organisations manager: Jun Li

Tongji University DESIS Research Center,Shanghai, China
Director: Lou Yongqi, Secretary: Zhu Mingjie

University of Botswana DESIS Lab, Gaborone, Botswana
Coordinator: Richie Moalosi, Organisations manager: Shorn Molokwane

StAD DESIS Lab, Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinator: Collins Makunda, Organisations manager: Betty Mwiti

ITU (Istanbul Technical University) DESIS Lab, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinator: Prof.Dr.Özlem Er, Operations manager: Dr.Cigdem Kaya

UNIST DESIS lab, Ulsan, South Korea
Coordinator: Joon Sang Baek

UPB (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana) DESIS Lab, Medellín, Colombia
Coordinator: Marcos Vallejo, Andrés V. Múnera

SNU (Seoul National University) DESIS Lab, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinator: Soon-jong Lee, Juhyun Eune, Operations manager: Jung-Min Choi

Parsons DESIS Lab, New York, U.S.A.
Coordinator: Eduardo Staszowski, Scientific Coordinators: Lara Penin, Cameron Tonkinwise, Nidhi Srnivas, Eduardo Staszowski

ID+ DESIS LAB, Aveiro, Portugal
Coordinator: Teresa Franqueira, Operations manager: Gonçalo Gomes

UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro Federal University) DESIS group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Director: Carla Cipolla, Operator: Fernanda Zanela

NAS DESIGN (Núcleo de Abordagem Sistêmica do Design), Santa Catarina, Brazil
Coordinator: Dr. Luiz Fernando Figueiredo, Operation Manager: Ricardo Goulart Tredezini Straioto

CEDTec –Design and Technology Study Center, Brazil
Coordinator: Rita de Castro Engler, Operator: Raquel Canaan

Malmö University DESIS Lab, Malmö, Sweden
Coordinator: Anna Seravalli

NDS DESIS Lab, Curitiba, Brazil
Coordinator: Aguinaldo dos Santos, Operation Manager: Liliane Iten Chaves

ENSCI DESIS Lab, Paris, France
Coordinator: François Jégou assisted by Marie Coirié

CMU DESIS Lab, Pittsburgh, USA
Coordinator: Prof. Kristin Hughes, Operations Manager: Ashley McClinton