The research activities of the SIG DM contribute to the field of engineering design research especially in the development of methodologies and tools in order to support the decision maker and to describe the decision-making situation. The selection of promising ideas represents a decision-making process which can be characterized as complex, dynamic and multi-staged process which has multiple and often conflicting objectives as well as involves different groups of decision makers. The SIG leaders are Prof. Julie Le Cardinal and Dr Camille Jean