ABSTRACT

This book is about how to be a design academic. In another words, how to manage the various challenges, requirements, and processes that come with both the everyday and extra-ordinary parts of an academic role in design fields (from architecture, urban design, interior design and landscape architecture, to fashion, industrial, interaction and graphic design).

The book is organised in two parts – Part 1, Starting out and Part 2, Becoming a Leader. It includes real-life experiences of actual academics and offers a wide range of experiences of authors from early career researchers to full professors and heads of schools. It contains all aspects of academic life, including the highs and lows of teaching, research, leadership, and managing your working life and your career.

This book is perfect for academics, aspiring academics, and research students in a wide range of design fields.

chapter 1|8 pages

Being a Design Academic

From Beginning to Winning

part 1|164 pages

Starting Out

part Section 1|46 pages

Crafting Your Unique Career Path

chapter 2|16 pages

Being a Design Academic

Design Process, Practice, Thinking

chapter 3|16 pages

Industry to Academia

The Enhanced Academic

part Section 2|56 pages

Being an Effective Design Researcher

part Section 3|60 pages

Being an Effective Design Educator

part 2|154 pages

Becoming a Leader

part Section 4|34 pages

Leading Yourself

chapter 11|20 pages

Running the Academic Marathon

Planning and Executing as Planned

part Section 5|78 pages

Leading Others

chapter 12|16 pages

Research Leadership

chapter 13|18 pages

Research Co-Design

Meaningful Collaboration in Research

chapter 14|24 pages

Design Curricula

Navigating Process and People

part Section 6|40 pages

Leading a Group or School

chapter 16|18 pages

Building a Research Group

Urban Informatics 2006 to Now

chapter 17|20 pages

Leading a Design School

Practices from Australia and the USA