The UniSC design program hosts a portfolio of research that responds to complex questions and explores the role of interdisciplinary art and design in addressing some of the most significant challenges of our time.
Our research is collaborative and highly interdisciplinary with a core team of active, creative practitioners who exhibit, perform, and publish their research worldwide for diverse audiences.
Research focus
Our projects are clustered around three streams of focus:
- Health and well-being
- Ecological engagement
- Emerging technologies
The research areas within these streams include digital place-making, inclusive design, computational creativity, experimental game design, virtual environments, interactive media, digital culture, photography, acoustic ecology, games for education, social inclusion, and sensory perception.
Current projects include creativity and movement in aged care, game design for mental health, posthuman relationships with nature, new applications for augmented reality and designing new technologies for environmental sensing.
We ensure our research methods are sustainable, culturally sensitive, responsive to place, and acknowledge and respect Indigenous protocols and perspectives.
Maker Space
The design program is home of the Maker Space – the first MIT FabLab in Queensland that works with community and industry to facilitate innovative interdisciplinary research with access to a range of advanced state of the art technologies.
Partnerships
Our research has attracted competitive funding, national awards, and high impact engagement.
We facilitate meaningful and mutually beneficial partnerships with industry and community to address local challenges with global outcomes.
We engage with a diversity of collaborators and aspire to position UniSC as a leading centre for art and design research that responds to place and works across disciplines to have positive impact in our communities.
Our team strongly believe in creating pathways for emerging academics and actively engage students in our research.
Researcher profiles
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Dr Leah Barclay
Senior Lecturer in Design | Discipline Lead, Design | School of Business and Creative Industries -
Deborah Fisher
Lecturer, Design | School of Business and Creative Industries -
Dr Alexander Muscat
Lecturer, Games | School of Business and Creative Industries -
Dr Colleen Stieler-Hunt
Lecturer, Serious Games | School of Business and Creative Industries -
Megan Williams
Manager, Art Gallery | Lecturer, Design | School of Business and Creative Industries
