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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Lisa Grocott is a design researcher who thrives on collaborating with interdisciplinary teams on individual and cultural transformation projects. After a decade at Parsons in New York, she currently leads the Future of Work and Learning research program in the Emerging Technologies Lab at Monash University. In the US she worked with Grit, Belonging and Mindset researchers, in Australia she has collaborated with academic and industry partners in the learning sciences, education, organizational change and other creative methodologists. Lisa’s translational research is regularly published and has been awarded more than $2.5 million in funding. She was recently a CI on the ARC-funded Innovative Learning Environments and Teach Change linkage grant (ILETC) with collaborators at the University of Melbourne and is currently working on a book on Design for Transformative Learning for Routledge’s Design for Social Responsibility series.
The Future of Work and Learning research program responds to the call for continuous learning, unlearning and reskilling through designing encounters and environments that are playful, welcoming, mindful and adaptive. Co-creating with educators, learners, workers and leaders, our applied research works with future-focused methodologies to unsettle out-of-date mental models, shift learning mindsets and envisage never-before-seen work practices and learning processes. Lisa is also currently the Director of WonderLab, a diverse interdisciplinary learning community within the Emerging Technologies Lab and the home for design and ethnography PhD candidates from five continents with a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds.
Previously, Lisa has had decades of leadership experience including roles as the Dean of Academic Initiatives at Parsons in New York, Head of Design at Monash and Post-graduate Research Director at RMIT in Melbourne. Lisa was born and raised in Aotearoa, New Zealand with whakapapa to Ngāti Kahungunu on her mother’s side and Pākeha from Waikato on her father’s side. The indigenous and interdisciplinary lessons of her undergraduate education underpin the integrative, pluralistic and relational orientation of her co-creative, participatory research and practice.
Education/Academic qualification
Design, Masters, RMIT University
Award Date: 1 Nov 2000
Design, PhD, RMIT University
Award Date: 31 Oct 2000
Fine Arts, Masters, RMIT University
Award Date: 30 Nov 1997
Design and American Studies, Bachelors, The University of Canterbury
Award Date: 1 Nov 1991
Research area keywords
- Design Research
- Play and Pedagogy
- Transformative learning
- Behaviour Change
- Games
- Practice-based research
- Interdisciplinary Research
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Innovative learning environments and teacher change
Imms, W., Grocott, L. H., Hattie, J. A., Kvan, T., Clark, D. J., Cleveland, B., newton, C. & fisher, K.
Education Directorate (Australian Capital Territory)
30/07/15 → 1/07/20
Project: Research
Research output
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Chasing curiosity: inquiry-led practice in communication design
Grocott, L., Oct 2020, One and many mirrors: perspectives on graphic design education. Wood, L. & Haylock, B. (eds.). UK: Occasional Papers, p. 136-147 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Teaching Intrapersonal development, improving interpersonal and intercultural skill sets: the transforming mindsets studio
Grocott, L. & McEntee, K., 2019, Public Interest Design Education Guidebook. Abendroth, L. M. & Bell, B. (eds.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Routledge, p. 141-146 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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The becoming of a designer: An affective pedagogical approach to modelling and scaffolding risk-taking
Grocott, L., McEntee, K., Coleman, K. & Manix, R., 2019, In : Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education. 18, 1, p. 99-112 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Designerly ways of researching: 'Figuring' the practice of research
Grocott, L. & Korsmeyer, H., 2018, Associations: Creative Practice and Research. Oliver, J. (ed.). Carlton, Vic, Australia: Melbourne University Publishing, p. 170-174 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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The Contribution of Design in Interdisciplinary Collaborations: A Framework for Amplifying Project-Grounded Research
Grocott, L. & Sosa, R., 2018, Associations: Creative Practice and Research. Oliver, J. (ed.). Carlton, Vic, Australia: Melbourne University Publishing, p. 35-52 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review