Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (IDEA) Toolkit

The IDEA toolkit was developed within the Inclusive Design Group at the University of Cambridge by Dr. Matteo Zallio with funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 846284.

In-depth qualitative and quantitative research was performed by studying standards and regulations, analysing scientific literature, interviewing experts, running surveys and co-designing with professionals.

The knowledge developed with this research, along with the Inclusive Design Canvas and the IDEA audit, helps professionals and businesses to think and act more inclusively by raising the bar of accessibility and inclusion.

Scientific publications

To find out more information about the research behind the IDEA toolkit, visit the links of the publications in the list below.

• Research on the challenges experienced by architectural design practitioners when designing according to inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility principles can be downloaded from the Journal Building and Environment.
• Research explaining the current state of the art on building regulations and standards can be downloaded from the Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED21).
• Research illustrating the current state of the art of post-occupancy assessment tools for the built environments can be downloaded from the Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED21).
• Research explaining the theory and methods behind the Inclusive Design Canvas can be downloaded from the. href=" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-design-society/article/inclusive-design-canvas-a-strategic-design-template-for-architectural-design-professionals/DD65A7AAD54F074F087530D57438B174"> Proceedings of the Design Society.
• Research explaining the theory and methods behind the IDEA audit tool as a post-occupancy evaluation method to help design the buildings of tomorrow can be downloaded from the journal Building and Environment.