Fanke is a Professorial Lead and Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia. She is an award-winning educator, designer, and researcher in design-led innovation, design for health, digital fashion, and cross-cultural design. She was a research fellow at the University of the Arts London and has previously held the position of Programme Lead of Design at the University of the Highlands and Islands, UK and Discipline Lead of the Master of Design Strategies at the University of Canberra.
She has been heavily involved in extensive research projects in the UK and Australia, including Australian Council for the Arts project: Home Economix, ACT Government Seniors Grants Program project: ACT Intergenerational Pen Pal Service, Economic ... Read more
About me
Fanke is a Professorial Lead and Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia. She is an award-winning educator, designer, and researcher in design-led innovation, design for health, digital fashion, and cross-cultural design. She was a research fellow at the University of the Arts London and has previously held the position of Programme Lead of Design at the University of the Highlands and Islands, UK and Discipline Lead of the Master of Design Strategies at the University of Canberra.
She has been heavily involved in extensive research projects in the UK and Australia, including Australian Council for the Arts project: Home Economix, ACT Government Seniors Grants Program project: ACT Intergenerational Pen Pal Service, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project: E-Size, Technology Strategy Board (TSB) project: Monetising Fashion Metadata and Fashioning Metadata Production Tools, Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) project: Body Shape Recognition for Online Fashion, and an Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project: Past Present and Future Craft Practice.
Fanke is passionate about design-led innovation and design for health and wellbeing. To share this passion with students and inspire them, She has developed new courses and units, established innovative work-integrated learning opportunities and international faculty-led programs (FLP). As a result, she has been awarded multi-year competitive Australian government teaching funding via the New Colombo Mobility Plan (NCP). In 2020, She was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Dundee
Master of Design University of Dundee
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Skills SA: Building Capability Projects Skills Gaps in the Advertising and Design Sector, SA Minister for Education, Training and Skills, 28/07/2022 - 01/05/2023
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2021 |
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1
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| 2020 |
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| 2017 |
Peng, F & Scharoun, L 2017, Cross-cultural design, Publishing House of Electronics Industry, China. |
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| 2023 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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1
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| 2021 |
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1
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| 2020 |
Open access
5
6
5
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| 2020 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2012 |
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| 2022 |
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| DSIL Global | UNITED STATES |
| Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
| Federation University Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Harokopio University | GREECE |
| International Medical University | MALAYSIA |
| London College of Fashion | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| South China Agricultural University | CHINA |
| Southwest University | CHINA |
| University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of the Arts London | UNITED KINGDOM |
| West Visayas State University | PHILIPPINES |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Senior FellowAdvanceHE |
2020 |
Honorary ProfessorThe College of Arts, South China Agricultural University, China |
2016 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| Co-design for school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to maximise their academic and social learning | Current |
| From pre-student to student: an investigation into the digital journeys of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) first-year students at regional universities in Australia | Current |
| Improving visitors¿ experience in the contemporary craft immersive exhibitions | Current |
