PhD Research Projects

Our PhD students come from a range of disciplines and fields,  converging under the emerging technologies umbrella. Here are some of their research projects .

Building Systems Thinking Capacity for Systems Change: A Behavioural Science Lens


PhD candidate Miriam Spano

Affinities and Atmospheres: Using Design to Rethink Set and Setting in Psychedelic Therapies

PhD candidate Anna Conrick

Living in Digital Public Space



PhD candidate Robert Lundberg
(completed 2023)

Futures of smart-home technology for older adults

PhD candidate Miguel Gomez Hernandez

Make Aware: Designing to Make Visible Transformative Learning Experiences

PhD candidate Ricardo Dutra

Reimagining automated work futures at the intersection of music and technology

PhD candidate Miguel Loor Paredes

Climate controlled indoor office work environments, labour and gender in an “ecological crisis.”

PhD candidate Sara Daly
(completed 2024)

Design Investigation Towards Enhanced User Experience of Mobility-as-a-Service Ecosystem


PhD candidate Jiyoon Lee
(completed 2024)

Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Technology Industry: The ‘making’ of inclusion in the everyday working of design teams

PhD candidate Rhea DSilva

"While the sun's shining": energy feedback, weather and practical knowledge in Australian households with solar and batteries

Rex Martin
(completed 2023)

The Fourth Wave: Contemporary consciousness-raising & discursive digital feminist narratives of gender-based violence

PhD candidate Zoe Condliffe
(completed 2023)