Erik is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia (Creative-Architecture), Honorary Professor at ANU Centre for Digital Humanities Research (CDHR), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia and Emeritus Professor at Curtin University. He was previously UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation, and Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He was also CIC Visualisation Theme Leader and Steering Committee member at the Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC).
He is a chief investigator on four Australian Research Council grants (involving research infrastructures and... Read more
About me
Erik is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia (Creative-Architecture), Honorary Professor at ANU Centre for Digital Humanities Research (CDHR), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia and Emeritus Professor at Curtin University. He was previously UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation, and Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He was also CIC Visualisation Theme Leader and Steering Committee member at the Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC).
He is a chief investigator on four Australian Research Council grants (involving research infrastructures and cultural heritage), and an Australian Research Data Commons Platform Grant. He trained as an architect, an architectural historian, received a second masters (with honours) in philosophy, and his ARC Scholarship PhD was from two Faculties (Geomatics-Engineering and Architecture-Melbourne School of Design) with Lonely Planet as industry partner. He has been teaching multimedia since 1990. He specializes in virtual heritage and serious games and was recently a visiting scholar in Finland. He can be followed on Twitter at @nzerik or visited at LinkedIn.
About me
ICOMOS ICIP; VSMM Board of Directors; Advisory Board.
Invited advisory board member for MOD museum, and for the Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE), a Macquarie University Research Centre.
Senior Associate, Outside Opinion.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 17/06/2020 |
Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home, https://theconversation.com/antarctica-without-windchill-the-louvre-without-queues-how-to-travel-the-world-from-home-140174 |
| 05/03/2019 |
Virtual reality adds to tourism through touch, smell and real people’s experiences, https://theconversation.com/virtual-reality-adds-to-tourism-through-touch-smell-and-real-peoples-experiences-101528 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Melbourne
Master of Philosophy with Second Class Honours The University of Auckland
2021 Visiting Fellow, University of Jyväskylä.
2013-2020 Curtin University: Professor of Cultural Visualisation, Acting Dean, UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation (2016-2020).
2012-2013 Project Leader, DIGHUMLAB Denmark.
2008-11 Associate Professor, Research and Postgraduate Director, Auckland School of Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, New Zealand.
2007-8 Senior Lecturer, Digital Media, Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW Sydney.
2005-6 Lecturer, Information Environments, University of Queensland.
2001-3 Lecturer & Coordinator, User Experience Design, Multimedia, Swinburne University of Technology.
1998-2021 IT. Digital /Compaq and Hansen Technology/
1998 Research Coordinator for Spatial Design, Art and Design, Auckland Institute of Technology, NZ.
1997 Lecturer in IT and Graphic design, Mayfair School of English, England.
Researcher, Equalities, London Borough of Camden.
1996 Degree Programme Writer, Performing and Screen Arts, (half-time), UNITEC, NZ.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Photogrammetric Reconstruction for Underwater Virtual Heritage Experiences, ARC - Linkage Project, 28/01/2020 - 27/01/2023
Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government, ARC - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities Grant, 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2022
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
9
|
| 2020 |
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
3
10
|
| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
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| 2012 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
2
2
3
|
| 2021 |
Open access
1
3
|
| 2021 |
4
|
| 2020 |
Open access
20
14
48
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
2
6
|
| 2020 |
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
2
2
5
|
| 2019 |
Open access
38
22
47
|
| 2019 |
Open access
19
15
50
|
| 2019 |
Open access
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
17
11
4
|
| 2019 |
Open access
36
27
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
32
6
|
| 2017 |
Open access
12
8
34
|
| 2016 |
Open access
16
15
14
|
| 2016 |
Open access
|
| 2016 |
Open access
5
3
1
|
| 2015 |
10
10
3
|
| 2012 |
13
12
2
|
| 2012 |
41
36
|
| 2011 |
5
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
Open access
5
|
| 2019 |
Open access
7
|
| 2019 |
Open access
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
2
|
| 2016 |
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
1
1
9
|
| 2014 |
3
1
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| 2012 |
1
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| 2011 |
Open access
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| 2011 |
Open access
5
|
| 2011 |
2
|
Books
Champion, E. M. 2021. Rethinking Virtual Places, Indiana USA, Indiana University Press, Indiana, USA. https://iupress.org/9780253058355/rethinking-virtual-places/
Champion, E. (ed.) 2021. Virtual Heritage: A Guide, London, UK: Ubiquity Press. https://doi.org/10.5334/bck
Champion, E. 2019. Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture, New York, USA, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Organic-Design-in-Twentieth-Century-Nordic-Architecture/Champion/p/book/9780415787284
Champion, E. (ed.) 2018. The Phenomenology of Real and Virtual Places, London, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315106267
Benardou, A., Champion, E., Dallas, C. & Hughes, L. (eds.) 2017. Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities, London, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Cultural-Heritage-Infrastructures-in-Digital-Humanities/Benardou-Champion-Dallas-Hughes/p/book/9781472447128. ISBN-13: 978-1472447128.
Champion, E. 2015. Critical Gaming: Interactive History And Virtual Heritage, UK, Ashgate Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574981
Champion, E. (ed.) 2012. Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Entertainment Technology Centre Press. http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/content/game-mods
Champion, E. 2011. Playing With The Past, London, United Kingdom, Springer. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781849965002
Conference Proceedings (co-editor)
Ioannides, M., Fink, E., Cantoni, L. & Champion, E. (eds.) 2021. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection: 8th International Conference, EuroMed 2020, Virtual Event, November 2–5, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, Cyprus: Springer.
Thomassen, A. & Champion, E. (eds.) 2011. Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Wellington, New Zealand: Interactive Entertainment.
Ryu, H. & Champion, E. (eds.) 2010. Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGCHI New Zealand Chapter's International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, CHINZ 2010, Auckland, New Zealand, July 8-9, 2010: ACM
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Dalhousie University | CANADA |
| Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
| Manukau Institute of Technology | NEW ZEALAND |
| Massey University | NEW ZEALAND |
| Panteion University | GREECE |
| Private Individual | AUSTRALIA |
| Shenyang Aerospace University | CHINA |
| Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| University Centre of Joao Pessoa | BRAZIL |
| University of Alberta | CANADA |
| University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Calgary | CANADA |
| University of Canterbury | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Glasgow | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology | IRAQ |
| University of the Aegea | GREECE |
| University of Toronto | CANADA |
| Uppsala University | SWEDEN |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberARC Indigenous Discovery Advisory Group |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberDigital Creativity, Games & Culture |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberThe Journal of Interactive Humanities |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberStudies in the Digital Humanities |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Media Critiques |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberExplorations in Heritage Studies |
2021 |
Emeritus ProfessorCurtin University |
2021 |
MemberCurtin Institute for Computation (CIC) |
2021 |
MemberAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
2021 |
MemberARC Indigenous Discovery Advisory Group |
2021 |
MemberEuropean Architectural History Network |
2021 |
Member, Board of DirectorsVirtual Systems and Multimedia Society (VSMM) |
2021 |
ReviewerEuropean Science Foundation College of Experts |
2021 |
Visiting FellowUniversity of Jyväskylä |
2021 |
Honorary Research FellowUniversity of Western Australia |
2020 |
Honorary Research ProfessorAustralian National University |
2020 |
MemberARC Indigenous Discovery Advisory Group |
2020 |
ReviewerDigital Humanities |
2020 |
ReviewerJournal of Aesthetics and Culture |
2020 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Immersivity and fidelity: Architecture, design and game engines | Current |
