Foreword

The third issue of Ca2RE+ series, “FRAMEWORK: REFORMULATION + RECOMMENDATION” which represents a synthesis of the CA2RE events, materials, and reflections developed between 2019 and 2022, collects various aspects: design-driven research methods; new emerging themes, ideas for the structuring of doctoral research in a multidisciplinary and international perspective; recommendations on methodologies and evaluation processes. Some topics emerged strongly: the fact that the design process could be a new typology of access to knowledge; the quality of interaction between theory and practice; the project as an original research product, capable of producing examples and best practices, of being the fundamental substratum of theoretical elaboration. At the same time, the dialogue on Ph.D. programs and their organization was significant regarding formulating the themes, the research work, the discussion, and the evaluation. The position papers produced for the CA2RE events significantly contribute to the current doctorates’ activities and their future perspectives.