Michelle Douglas

Michelle is an experienced multi-disciplined senior design innovation academic, leader and strategist with 20+ years experience nationally and internationally at leading universities (UK, USA, Aus). She is an expert in human centred design and its associated pathways into other disciplines. Previous senior roles have included Head of Postgraduate Design Studies (Griffith University, Aus), Director of Digital Design Directorate (University of Salford, UK), Head of Product and Interaction Design (Ravensbourne University, UK). Michelle has been contracted as an External Examiner and Reviewer at multiple universities including the Royal College of Art (London), Kingston University (London), Queen Mary/Goldsmiths (London), Norwich University of the Arts and SAE in Australia. 

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Seventeenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices March 29 - 31, 2023 Polytechnic Institute of LisbonLisbon, Portugal

I have been involved in the inception and creation of multiple undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in creative education. In 2006, I was tasked with restructuring a traditional Product and Furniture Bachelors degree into a contemporary Product and Interaction Design focus, introducing a range of additive manufacturing technologies (3D printing and scanning) and programming equipment into a contemporary workshop setting. I oversaw the development of new curriculum in this space and my programs were notably recognised as one of three top design programs in the UK by Domus Magazine in 2013. I have developed R&D projects at Ravensbourne University alongside Samgsung Design Europe, Barclays and M&S Head office in London. At University of Salford, I developed a new Bachelors degree in Digital Media and introduced a Maker Space as a central core to the creative media campus. Since relocating to Australia, I have incepted and led the development of a new Masters in Design at Griffith University in 2018. This program was built and launched as a brand new offering, and was the fastest growing program in the school of visual arts and design during my tenure. 

I have been the recipient of numerous Learning & Teaching grants including: 

• 2021: Griffith Grants for Learning and Teaching: $3000 AUD – WIL Pathways to employability in Design.
• 2021: Griffith University: $2000 – COVID Impact grant
• 2020: Griffith Grants for Learning and Teaching: $4000 AUD – Development of a WIL framework for postgraduate students
• 2020: QCA Small Research Grants: $3000 AUD – Regional design ecosystem mapping project for Brisbane
• 2019: Griffith Grants for Learning and Teaching: $10,000 AUD - Online Micro Credentials – Project Team

Experience Design (UX Research and Service Design); Design Innovation; Design/Digital Culture and Value; Sustainable Design; Human Centred Design; Design Economies; Design Methods and Practice;