News & events

In a partnership with McLean Care and Deakin University, a team of Monash researchers from the ETLab have evaluated the benefits, opportunities and challenges of incorporating smart home devices into the homes and lives of older people living in

JOB ALERT!  As part of the ARC funded Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society we are recruiting 3 new Research Fellows.

Last week the Australian Research Council announced that the Net Zero Precincts project will be a funded 4- year project, which will bring together design anthropology and transition management to help cities and urban regions reach net zero

Join us for the book launch of Experiencing 11 November 2018: Commemoration and the First World War Centenary, edited by Monash's Shanti Sumartojo on

'Tearing Down, Building Up: Or, How to Deconstruct and Democratise Innovation'. Presented by Monash University's School of Media, Film and Journalism.

Can smart wives end the wife drought? In this webinar hosted by Annabel Crabb, Associate Professor Yolande Strengers and Dr Jenny Kennedy will explore this idea and their new book ‘The Smart Wife’. Presented by Monash Tech Talks.

We are pleased to announce that Professor of Design, Lisa Grocott will be joining the ETLab as Leader of the Future of Work and Learning research program. Lisa will bring with her, WonderLab, as a learning community within the ETLab, and the

Launching today is the website for first Design Ethnography PhD Intensive. The programme is supported through a range of open-access videos and readings, with an exclusive invite-only programme running from the 12-16 October 2020.

In 2020, the ETLab has partnered with City of Melbourne to conduct a research project that brings local people’s perspectives to testing and communicating the use of smart technology in Melbourne.

Researchers: Jathan Sadowski, Kari