Quantum Futures Collaboration
The Monash Quantum Futures Collaboration engages citizens, industry, academia, and government to support Australia’s quantum readiness. It explores how life, work, and institutions may evolve as quantum innovations emerge, and involves Australians in shaping the nation’s quantum future. This strategic initiative is led by the Emerging Technologies Research Lab in the Faculties of Art, Design & Architecture (MADA) and Information Technology (FIT) at Monash University
Our research
Our research employs co-design and futures anthropology to engage Australian quantum stakeholders and publics in imagining futures where quantum technologies are part of life and work. They explore the social, cultural, and ethical dimensions of quantum innovation and make it visible and accessible to the wider community.
Designing Quantum Futures
Drawing on longitudinal co-design processes to engage Australian populations to envisage and articulate a future state experience where Quantum innovations are embedded across life and work (education, health, banking and finance, resources etc.).
Quantum Ready Society
Exploring the social, cultural, and ethical dimensions of quantum technologies as they emerge and evolve within the work futures.
Creating Quantum Literacies
Building on the research findings and design practice developed in the Designing Quantum Futures and Quantum Ready Society streams, the Creating Quantum Literacies stream ensures that quantum is made visible and accessible to the wider community.
Our people
Professor Sarah Pink
Associate Professor Leah Heiss
Dr Debora Lanzeni
Bianca Vallentine
News and events
Through workshops, events, documentaries and research publications, we connect industry, government and education partners with designers, anthropologists, quantum technologists and community groups to co-create Australia’s quantum futures.
Quantum Future Workforce Workshop
On Tuesday, 11 November 2025, Quantum Futures Collaboration hosted the first Quantum Future Workforce workshop, bringing together software engineers, materials scientists, theorists, start-up entrepreneurs, and policymakers to imagine quantum-enabled work futures. Participants were projected forward to 2035 and 2050 to explore the skills, capabilities, ethics, values, education, and infrastructure needed to build a quantum-ready workforce across sectors such as energy, health, communications, and semiconductors.
Making Quantum Futures Visible
Making Quantum Futures Visible is a documentary that captures Australia's journey toward quantum readiness, showcasing the people, ideas, and innovations shaping our quantum future. It bridges the gap between quantum expertise and public understanding, revealing how quantum technologies will transform Australian society, industry, and everyday. life. Through compelling storytelling, we aim to make quantum accessible and engaging for broad audiences.
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