Design Research and PhD Research: Two different things

Design Research and the practice-led/practice-based PhD in Design are two different things.

Welcome

This section is mostly in German, but i will gradually translate it.

I conduct Research Training Seminars at St Luca school of architecture in Brussels and Ghent, and Workshops on the role of PhD Research in Design, Methods and Methodologies at the Royal College of Art in London.

Links

Here is some excellent advice by Andrea Zellner how to prepare for the Viva at Michigan State University. Also check out the comments by readers.
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/what-ive-learned-about-defenses