Social impact of research and design

This research stream focuses on translating work to real-world results and imaging a brighter, more collaborative future. Some of this work is oriented towards producing written output and policy reports from research, but it is mostly even more concrete. Pro Bono teaching, with tangible built-project results, is one of the largest contributions of USRG to this principle, as well as projects such as the evaluation of co-production potentials for earth building in Bihar. This includes proposing radical alternatives for the use of space, and social acceptance of sustainable but non-standardized building practices like earth and timber in conjunction with companies from the private sector. Exhibitions are also a major output of this research stream.