Associate Professor Fanke Peng is a Professorial Lead and Enterprise Fellow of Product Design at the University of South Australia. She is an award-winning educator, designer, and researcher with a passion for design-led innovation. In recognition of her contributions to higher education, she was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2020.
Fanke is a Deputy Director of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, where she leads pioneering projects in health and aged care, as well as mobility and circular economy. Driven by a commitment to transdisciplinary collaboration, she applies her expertise in human-centered design to address diverse challenges, including autism spectrum disorder,... Read more
About me
Associate Professor Fanke Peng is a Professorial Lead and Enterprise Fellow of Product Design at the University of South Australia. She is an award-winning educator, designer, and researcher with a passion for design-led innovation. In recognition of her contributions to higher education, she was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2020.
Fanke is a Deputy Director of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, where she leads pioneering projects in health and aged care, as well as mobility and circular economy. Driven by a commitment to transdisciplinary collaboration, she applies her expertise in human-centered design to address diverse challenges, including autism spectrum disorder, youth mental health, dementia, and loneliness.
Her process is deeply collaborative, and she works with researchers from materials engineering to cognitive impairments. Her recent projects have focused on women’s health, wellbeing, and the development of intergenerational arts and movement programs aimed at enhancing community health and well-being.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Dundee
Master of Design University of Dundee
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Leveraging human centred design to develop a model of care for older people with Post COVID Condition, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, 12/04/2024 - 11/04/2025
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
2023 - 2024, Peng, F., Maher, C., Eckert, M., Du, T., Gu, N., Turnbull, D., Windsor, T. “Co-design an Intergenerational Arts Program for CALD South Australian Communities”, Arts and Health Alliance (AaHA) Grant, collaborative partners include: Flinders University, University of Adelaide, South Australia Multicultural Commission, Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre.
2022 - 2023, Dooley, K., Peng, F., Gao, J., Siemens, G. “Building Capacity: examine skills gaps for graduates entering the advertising and design sector”, Department of Innovation and Skills (DIS), Government of South Australia, collaborative partners include Adelaide Advertising and Design Club (AADC) and the Australian Screen Production, Education and Research Association (ASPERA), Australia
2022, Peng, F., Nichols, J., Walsh, J. “Digital Indigenous Craft and Culture: Exploring intergenerational transmission of collective knowledge through immersive pattern making”, Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) Seed Grant, collaborative partners include South Australia Museum and MOD., Australia
2021 - 2022, Hope, C., Peng, F. “ACT Intergenerational Pen Pal Service”, ACT Government Seniors Grants Program, collaborative partners include Northside Community Service Limited and Ainslie Primary School, Australia
2021 - 2022, D'Cunha, N., Isbel, S., Cave, B., Peng, F., Greber, C., Flynn, A. & Castro De Jong, D. “Intergenerational programs in residential aged care in Australia: Who is using them, and what are the barriers to broader implementation?”, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service (NSW), collaborative partners include IRT Kangara Waters and the University of Sydney, Australia
2020 - 2022, Hope, C., Peng, F., Denise, T. “Ginninderry Living Lab: open and play space”, Riverview Projects (ACT), collaborative partners include Ginninderry and ACT community, Australia
2020 - 2021, Denise, T., Peng, F., Herrington, J., Madeleine, A., Savage, D., Matthews, K., Reif, A., Harle, J. “Home Economix: A Lab for Decentralizing Public and Community Art Through Domestic Spaces”, Australian Council for the Arts, collaborative partners include Australian National University, Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centre and Tactical Space Lab, Australia
2020 - 2021, Peng, F., Craig, C. “The 100-year life: views of ageing from the inside”, Sheffield Hallam University & Research England, UK (This is a piece of research as part of a larger grant - The 100-year life and future home – awarded an 8 million research grant from Research England, UK. One strand was undertaken by Peng and there was a comparative study in the UK).
2019, Peng, F., Jani, R., Knight-Agarwal, C., “Chang by Design: Co-Design for Healthy Living”, Faculty Arts and Design Collaborative Project Grant, University of Canberra, Australia
2019 - 2020, Jani, R., Knight-Agarwal, C., Peng, F. “Association between PTC/PROP taste sensitivity, food preferences and weight status in Australian and Indian children aged 7-12 years in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) region”, Faculty of Health Seed Grant, University of Canberra, Australia
2019, Peng, F., Craig, C. “Creativity and Dementia”, Distinguished International Visitor Grant, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), University of Canberra, collaborative partners include Lab4Living, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
2014 - 2016, Vecchi, A., Peng, F., Al-Sayegh, M. “E-Size: Intelligent integration of a sizing framework into online fashion retail”, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), collaborative partners include University of the Arts London, UK and Australia
2014, Hinchcliffe, G., Hinton, E., Peng, F., Whitelaw, M., “The Power of One: tangible data representation for MOAD.”, Museum of Australian Democracy, Australia
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
1
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| 2022 |
5
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| 2022 |
Open access
3
2
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| 2022 |
Open access
6
5
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
9
8
6
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| Year | Output |
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| 2020 |
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| 2017 |
Peng, F & Scharoun, L 2017, Cross-cultural design, Publishing House of Electronics Industry, China. |
| Year | Output |
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| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
1
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| 2022 |
5
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2016 |
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| Year | Output |
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
Open access
1
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| 2022 |
Open access
3
2
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| 2022 |
Open access
6
5
1
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| 2021 |
Open access
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
9
8
6
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2014 |
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| 2014 |
Open access
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| 2014 |
Open access
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| 2012 |
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| Year | Output |
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
1
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
Open access
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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 |
| University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Co-design an assistive tool to support effective communication between primary school teachers, classroom assistants, and students with autism spectrum disorder | Current |
| Identify and verify a co-design model for sustainable youth mental health | Current |
| Improving visitors' immersive experience in the hybrid museum exhibition of contemporary crafts. | Current |
| Mixed Reality (MX) for People Living with Dementia across Disciplines, Communities and Cultures | Current |
