Professor Lisa Grocott

Professor Lisa Grocott

Professor Lisa Grocott Director of WonderLab, a design and learning research lab.

Before recently returning to Melbourne, Lisa spent the past 12 years at Parsons School of Design in New York. Half of that time she was the dean of academic initiatives and the past six years she was core faculty in the Transdisciplinary Design MFA program. Lisa collaborates with learning scientists from psychology, neuroscience and education to design research experiments that have social impact in the classroom and partners with universities on speculative design projects that explore the future(s) of higher education. She regularly publishes on design research and is currently a chief investigator on a federally funded research grant into teacher change and innovative learning through the University of Melbourne.

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Professor Nicole Kalms awarded $712,282 ARC grant for inclusive public toilet design

Professor Nicole Kalms from Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) has been awarded a prestigious 2026 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Grant valued at $712,282. Professor Kalms leads the project and will be collaborating with Professor Emily Potter from Deakin University.
30 October, 2025

Dr Dion Tuckwell: 2025 Good Design Award empowers teachers and learners

Monash University Communication Design lecturer Dr Dion Tuckwell has received a 2025 Australian Good Design Award in the Social Impact category, alongside long-time collaborator Dr Fiona Young, founder of architecture_with.
15 October, 2025

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WonderLab

WonderLab is a creative research community helping people imagine and design more just and equitable futures. We start with the critical yet hopeful idea: It doesn’t have to be this way.