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1405. Triggering a “Plural Subject” through the software “MuVAM” combining Strategic Choice Approach and Analytic Hierarchy Process

Invited abstract in session MC-13: Approaches for Integrating Quantitative Modelling, stream Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods.

Monday, 12:30-14:00
Room: 15 (building: 116)

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Elena Todella
DIST, Politecnico di Torino
2. Isabella Lami
DIST, Politecnico di Torino

Abstract

This research intends to investigate, within a decision-making process, the affordances enabled by the use of a specific artifact, a new software called Multi-Values Appraisal Methodology (MuVAM) created on a multi-methodological approach recently introduced in the literature (Lami and Todella, 2023). MuVAM combines the Strategic Choice Approach with the Analytic Hierarchy Process and it is based on cloud-based technologies, which allow synchronized and connected use, digitally and also in asynchronous mode. The study investigates the contribution of the software to group interaction and the development of a “Plural Subject” through the analysis of eight workshops, held in four different European countries, in three languages (English, French and Italian) and on four different case studies, all related to sustainable urban development. In particular, the applications differed with respect to: i) the scale of intervention, ranging from the planning of an entire city area to that of a university campus; ii) the outcome, which in most cases concerned the definition of a master plan. Interestingly, the participants in the workshops were also quite diverse: Bachelor's, Master's, PhD and Lifelong Learning Master's degree students, with a varied experience in terms of educational level and background. Feedback from the workshops was collected through a report or a Google survey, through a series of questions covering both group dynamics and individual choices.

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Status: accepted

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