Centro Interdipartimentale Sapienza Design Research

Sapienza Design Research is the first Interdepartmental University Center in Italy dedicated to Design-driven Innovation.
According to the STEAM approach, Sapienza Design Research seeks multidisciplinary research also in collaboration with partners outside the university, imagines dissemination events towards the general public according to the principles of the "third mission", extracurricular training projects for continuous training.

The mission of SDR is to develop applied research and third mission projects funded through competitive calls or based on assignments from public and private entities (third-party contracts), characterized by the convergence of multidisciplinary expertise, with the aim of enhancing the University’s research capacity, positioning itself in a role of complementarity with respect to the activities of the Departments to which it belongs.
Likewise, the Center aims to develop Advanced Training programs primarily oriented toward lifelong learning. 
The objective is therefore to foster real innovation for the development of post-industrial societies, with attention to both technological and cultural implications, and by positively leveraging the potential offered by emerging technologies.