This report marks the four years of the Design & Creative Practice ECP. The research platforms have been committed to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to address real-world issues. In the first year we codesigned with internal and external stakeholders to determine our key priorities around 1. Resilience, Health and Care; 2. Playful Digital and Material Encounters; 3. The Social and Sustainable; 4. Design & Creative Practice Industries. In years two and three we built capability (expertise, partnerships and systems) around these areas through grants, networks and design
challenges.

In year four, 2020, these themes have become prescient in how we move forward out of the pandemic. In 2020 we have focused on the new ECP Restarts — five key areas (greener, fairer, healthier, digital, better work) to curate and amplify RMIT expertise to address challenges from the pandemic. Guided by the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Restarts are taking a variety of formats — from Living Labs and white papers to policy briefs. This report showcases some of the highlights in the Design & Creative Practice ECP journey. We have come so far in conceptualising our research in terms of engagement and impact — a crucial narrative for research moving forward in this country. As we have seen during the pandemic, research not only matters — it saves lives.

All of these collaborations highlight the commitment of RMIT staff and students to the SDGs, Indigenous ways of knowing, and co-designing for social, digital innovation and inclusion.

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