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Is behavioral economics (nudge theory) a potential theory in design for behavior change? Dr. Mauricio Mejía discusses this issue in a journal article Theory-Driven or Theory-Informed? A Review of Behavioural Economics in Design , published in The Design Journal, Volume 24 Issue …

New article published in Humanities journal. Dr. Mejía co-authored with colleagues at Arizona State University. Sally Kitch, Joan McGregor, G. Mauricio Mejía, Sara Aly El-Sayed, Christy Spackman & Juliann Vitullo Gendered and Racial Injustices in American Food Systems and …

Prof. G. Mauricio Mejía was invited to visit Silvana Juri & Molly Steenson's class on Persuasion. He talked about approaches to design for behavior change discussing concepts such as rhetoric, behavioral economics, and service design. March 31, 2021. Pittsburg, PA: Carnegie …

In August, Aysha Alwazaan, G. Mauricio Mejía, Yumeng Xie and Daniel Fischer will present the paper “Incorporating behavioral theory in design ideation for changing sustainability behaviors" at the Design Research Society Conference – DRS2020, Brisbane, Australia. …

On September 25th, MS student Aysha Alwazzan and other lab members conducted a research session with senior students from visual communication design, industrial design, and interior design. The study is about how designers respond to and incorporate theory into their ideation …

On October 24th, G. Mauricio Mejía will present a poster and display interactive products in the symposium "Agents of Change: Futures of Hope, Futures of Concern" (register here ). The event is part of the Planetary Management Symposium series and it is presented by the ASU …

On October 12-13, Mauricio Mejía will present a breakout sessiong in the AIGA Phoenix Design Week conference. The session is titled "Designing (intentionally) for behavior change". In this session, Dr. Mejía will discuss alternatives and implications of approaches to persuasive …

In July, G. Mauricio Mejía, the lab director will present the paper “ Exploring rhetoric theory in persuasive design: A mobile web application for obesity prevention ” in the Human-Computer Interaction International Conferece. The paper is co-authored with Sauman Chu from the …

The Design School creates a new research lab called the Transformation Lab, led by Professor Mauricio Mejía. The lab will be a collaborative platform for other researchers, partners and students interested in applying design to changing human behaviors and lifestyles.