Associate Professor Kurt Seemann
PhD, UNSW, Australia; BSc/Dip.Ed (Hons), UNSW, Australia
Biography
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Expert and Extensive Leadership in Creative, Multi-discipline Research Sector having led as Lead Chief Investigator over $5.8 Mill across all Cat 1, 2, 3 & 4 grants:
1) Exec Manager: NGO: Creative Design, technology and Housing Education in remote Aboriginal Communities, NT. 1987-1998
2) National Core Program Leader: DKCRC 2003-2010 for Sustainable Desert Settlements
3) Founding Centre Director, Centre for Design Innovation, 2013-2018
Interests:
1) Creative and Applied Design and Technology that engages rural and remote communities
2) Nexus between Creative Practice and Design Innovation
3) Expert in cross-cultural and indigenous creative innovation capability development education.
Kurt is a member of the World Society for Ekistics whose charter restricts membership to 400 worldwide, while also a board member for DATTA Victoria. He has won numerous nominations, awards and extensive peer recognition.
Research interests
Technacy; Technology Education and curriculum; Rural and Remote Communities; Research mentorship and leadership development
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
PhD topics and outlines
How Children develop their design led innovation/STEM capabilities K-12: I have a background in research realted to abstraction and spatial inferential reasiong for K-12 edcuation.
Regional and rural education research: I am keen to suport a PhD applicants interested in regional and rural education, especially if also linked to innovation capability development
Smart Citizens 4 Smart Cities: How humans are entangled in the world they make; from products to human settllements, the smart citizen is a new field of interest.
Honours
Available to supervise honours students.
Fields of Research
- Comparative And Cross-cultural Education - 130302
- Regional Analysis And Development - 120505
Teaching areas
Innovation;Technology Education;Culture and Education;Research Methods
Awards
- 2011, National, State Thinker: Thinker on-hand/Thinker online, Design and Technology Teachers Association of Victoria
- 2010, National, State Thinker: Thinker on-hand/Thinker online, Design and Technology Teachers Association of Victoria
- 1998, Other, ACM: Australian Competent Manager Accrediation, AIM: Australian Institute of Management
Professional memberships
- 2014 - 2018: Chair, Centre for Design Innovation, Australia
- 2017 - 2018: Chair, SUHREC (Acting), Australia
- 2017 - 2018: Board Member, Academic Senate (Swinburne University), Australia
- 2017 - 2027: Editor, Ekistics and the new habitat: the problems and science of human settlements, International
- 2014 - 2021: Chair, SHESC Ethics Chair, Australia
- 2019 - 2020: Committee Member, Stream Leader: Smart Cities Research Institute, Australia
- 2010 - 2013: Board Member, Jagun Aboriginal Ages Care Services Pty Ltd (Coffs Habour City Council Appointment) , Australia
- 2017 - 2020: Committee Member, Australian Council for International Development: Research Development Impact (peer elected), Australia
- 2017 - 2018: Board Member, Australian Living Lab Innovation Network (ALLIN), Australia
- 2014 - 2020: Board Member, Design and Technology Teachers Association of Australia, Australia
- 2018 - 2020: Committee Member, Bachelor of Fashion Design Course Advisory Committee - Holmesglen, Select Country/Region
- 2010 - 2011: Expert Witness, Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Australia
- 2009 - 2012: Honorary Member, Design and Technology Teachers Association of Victoria, Australia
- 2012 (current): Life Member, Design and Technology Teachers Association of Victoria, Australia
- 2014 - 2020: Senior Member, Design and Technology teachers Association of Australia, Australia
Publications
Also published as: Seemann, Kurt; Seemann, K.; Seemann, Kurt W.; Seemann, Kurt Walter
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2019: Victorian Teachers use of an Integrated Digital Resources: Stage One - Strategic Thinking & Co-Design *; VIC Department of Education and Training
- 2017: Early prototyping of automotive mobility apps and services around health, wellbeing, safety forhuman-computer interactions with autonomous cars *; Gerenwa GmbH
- 2017: Telescope Stage 2: Parasite Image Recognition, Filter enhancement, Visualisation of Design *; All Farm Animal Health Trust FS
- 2017: Visualising Community Experiences: Boroondara Customer Journey Mapping Co-design Research Project *; Boroondara City Council
- 2016: Shaping Change Stage *; Besen Foundation
- 2016: Telescope: service and industrial design stage *; GRETALS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
- 2016: Waste Management and Wellbeing in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities *; Waste Aid
- 2015: The Dusted Community (Phase 2) *; Slater and Gordon Asbestos Research Fund
- 2013: Indigenous Participation in a Low-Carbon Economy *; ARC Linkage Projects Scheme
- 2012: Modelling the benefits of Swarm Planning: a dynamic way of planning for future adaptation to climate change impacts *; Rubicon Research Grant
* Chief Investigator
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