Dr Isabella Bower is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Isabella’s work explores whether we can improve brain functioning and mental health through built environment design. During her PhD, she investigated how modifiable interior design characteristics of buildings (such as colour and scale) impact processes we use in daily life such as perception, attention, and emotion regulation.
Isabella completed undergraduate and postgraduate training in Architecture, prior to completing a PhD in Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. During her candidature she published four peer-reviewed scientific articles, was awarded national and international competitive research fellowships and grants,... Read more
About me
Dr Isabella Bower is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Isabella’s work explores whether we can improve brain functioning and mental health through built environment design. During her PhD, she investigated how modifiable interior design characteristics of buildings (such as colour and scale) impact processes we use in daily life such as perception, attention, and emotion regulation.
Isabella completed undergraduate and postgraduate training in Architecture, prior to completing a PhD in Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. During her candidature she published four peer-reviewed scientific articles, was awarded national and international competitive research fellowships and grants, and received several prizes for her public speaking, writing and visualisations. Her research has also been featured in The Conversation.
She is actively involved in Early-and-Mid Career Researcher Committees to advocate and help support the next generation of emerging research leaders. Isabella is currently the ECR Representative for the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and has previously served as President for Students of Brain Research and Chief of Staff for Pint of Science Australia. She has also been on the committee for the Australian Academy of Science EMCR Forum and the Australian Brain Alliance Brain Science EMCR Network.
About me
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 15/05/2023 |
A pint of science with your beer: bringing the latest research to your local, https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2023/a-pint-of-science-with-your-beer-bringing-the-latest-research-to-your-local/ |
| 17/10/2022 |
Your home, office or uni affects your mood and how you think. How do we know? We looked into people’s brains, https://theconversation.com/your-home-office-or-uni-affects-your-mood-and-how-you-think-how-do-we-know-we-looked-into-peoples-brains-189797 |
| 08/06/2020 |
How close are we to understanding how buildings affect our emotion?, https://www.acousticbulletin.com/how-close-are-we-to-understanding-how-buildings-affect-our-emotion |
| 24/02/2020 |
If You Build It, They Will Feel, https://disruptr.deakin.edu.au/society/if-you-build-it-they-will-feel/ |
| 09/12/2019 |
Why my childhood home is etched into my subconscious, https://www.domain.com.au/news/why-my-childhood-home-is-etched-into-my-subconscious-915763/ |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Deakin University
Master of Architecture University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Design (Architecture) with Distinction Deakin University
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, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
Open access
20
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| 2023 |
Open access
6
7
57
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| 2023 |
Open access
6
7
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| 2022 |
Open access
16
15
57
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
57
|
| 2019 |
Open access
136
109
105
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | UNITED STATES |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
'Best PhD Thesis' AwardSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University |
2023 |
Emerging Researcher AwardAustralasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS) |
2023 |
Young Explorer AwardNOMIS & Science |
2023 |
'Best HDR Research Publication' AwardCognitive Neuroscience Unit (CNU), Deakin University |
2022 |
Community Impact GrantAmerican Psychological Association, Society for Environmental, Population & Conservation Psychology, United States. |
2022 |
Inaugural John Paul Eberhard FellowshipAcademy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) |
2022 |
'Best Platform Presentation' and Conference Travel AwardAustralasian Society for Social and Affective Neuroscience (AS4SAN) |
2021 |
'Best Rapid-Fire Presentation' AwardAustralasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS) |
2021 |
Inaugural John Paul Eberhard FellowshipAcademy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) |
2021 |
Inaugural John Paul Eberhard FellowshipAcademy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) |
2020 |
Second Place, Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition FinalDeakin University |
2020 |
First Place, Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition FinalDeakin University |
2019 |
Inaugural John Paul Eberhard FellowshipAcademy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) |
2019 |
Second Place, Falling Walls Lab Melbourne CompetitionFalling Walls Lab Melbourne |
2019 |
Creativity And Innovation GrantCreative Futures Pty. Ltd. |
2018 |
Inaugural John Paul Eberhard FellowshipAcademy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) |
2018 |
