Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Sarah is Director of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, which undertakes critical interdisciplinary and international research into the social, cultural and experiential dimensions of the design, use and futures of new and emerging technologies. She has a joint appointment across the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture and the Faculty of Information Technology.
Her research focuses on emerging intelligent technologies, automation, data, digital futures, safety and design for wellbeing. Current projects investigate autonomous driving vehicles, Mobility as a Service, digital energy futures, self tracking and wearable technologies, smart phone and personal technology futures, digital technology use in everyday life, and health care design.
Sarah is a world leading Design Anthropologist, known for her development of innovative digital, visual and sensory research and dissemination methodologies, which she engages in interdisciplinary projects with design, engineering and creative practice disciplines to engage with contemporary issues and challenges. She has over 20 years experiences of working with academic and industry research partners internationally and frequently gives keynote and public lectures in academic and business environments internationally. She has published numerous academic books, peer referred journal articles and book chapters.
Sarah's research has been funded by national research councils in Australia, UK, Sweden and Spain, and the EU, and through industry partnerships internationally.
Consulting
Sarah consults in her areas of expertise, focused on the social, cultural and experiential dimensions of technology design and use. She has experience of consulting with large companies as well as design, branding and research agencies internationally.
Education/Academic qualification
Social Anthropology , PhD, The University of Kent
Social Anthropology, 1st class BA Hons, The University of Kent
Visual Anthropology , MA, University of Manchester
External positions
Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
2019 → …
International Visiting Professor, Hogskolan i Halmstad (Halmstad University)
2014 → …
Visiting Professor, Loughborough University
2012 → …
Research area keywords
- design anthropology
- emerging technologies
- innovative ethnography
- visual ethnography
- automated decision making
- future mobilities
- future health
- future energy
- future of work
Network
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CitiPowerFHD: Future home demand: Anticipating energy and everyday life trends across three Victorian networks
Strengers, Y., Pink, S., Nicholls, L. & Dahlgren, K.
1/12/21 → 1/12/23
Project: Research
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Net Zero Precincts: an interdisciplinary approach to decarbonising cities
Raven, R., Pink, S., Webb, G., Farrelly, M., Liebman, A., Coxon, S., Graham, P., Quillinan, A. & Martinz, O.
15/06/21 → 14/06/25
Project: Research
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
Thomas, J., Burgess, J., Sellis, T., Horst, H., Lupton, D., Goggin, G., Pink, S., Sanderson, M., Henman, P., Bruns, A., Dan, H., Andrejevic, M., Suzor, N., Potts, J., Parker, C., Leckie, C., Dowse, L., Richardson, M., Schulz, W., Fors, V., de Rijke, M., Puschmann, C., Jurko, I., Stoyanovich, J., Yeung, K. & Pasquale, F.
27/08/20 → 27/08/27
Project: Research
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Workers in transition through automation, digitalisation and robotisation of work
Fyhn, H., Andersen, L., Tondel, G., Søraa, R., Berker, T., Aune, M., Serrano, A., Monteiro, E., Pink, S., Podkalicka, A., Andrejevic, M. & Lanzeni, D.
1/07/20 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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RACE for 2030: Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC)
Beins, D., Liebman, A., Bahrani, B., Leroux, A., Kraal, D., Razzaghi, R., Strengers, Y., Goodwin, S., Pink, S., Rudolph, C., Raven, R., Bergmeir, C., Saunderson, J., Leslie, G., Gangadharan, L., Islam, A., Wang, L. C., Ward, M., Xiao, E., Wallace, M., Tack, G., Stuckey, P., Li, Y., Pan, S., de Nijs, F., Buckingham, E., Denis-Ryan, A., Ens, B., Dargaville, R., Chang, X., Yu, J., White, S., Zlatanov, N., Hyndman, R., Panagiotelis, A. & Athanasopoulos, G.
1/07/20 → 30/06/31
Project: Research
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Digital social work: Conceptualising a hybrid anticipatory practice
Pink, S., Ferguson, H. & Kelly, L., 2022, In: Qualitative Social Work. p. 413-430 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Social work and child protection for a post-pandemic world: the re-making of practice during COVID-19 and its renewal beyond it
Ferguson, H., Kelly, L. & Pink, S., 2022, In: Journal of Social Work Practice. 36, 1, p. 5-24 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus) -
Anthropology in an Uncertain World
Pink, S., 2021, Why the World Needs Anthropologists. 1st ed. Oxon, UK: Routledge, p. 56-70 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Automated and connected? Smartphones and automobility through the global south
Pink, S., Gomes, A., Zilse, R., Lucena, R., Pinto, J., Porto, A., Caminha, C., De Siqueira, G. M. & De Oliveira, M. D., 2021, In: Applied Mobilities. 6, 1, p. 54-70 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Automation, wellbeing and Digital Voice Assistants: Older people and Google devices
Duque, M., Pink, S., Strengers, Y., Martin, R. & Nicholls, L., 2021, In: Convergence. 27, 5, p. 1189–1206 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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2016 The CIOB Award for the Best International Paper
Lingard, H. (Recipient), Pink, Sarah (Recipient), Hayes, J. (Recipient), McDermott, V. (Recipient) & Harley, J. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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IoT (Internet of Things) Awards, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion winner
Strengers, Yolande (Recipient), Pink, Sarah (Recipient), Duque Hurtado, Melisa (Recipient), Martin, R. (Recipient), Nicholls, L. (Recipient), Mortimer, M. (Recipient), Horan, B. (Recipient), Eugene, A. (Recipient) & Thomson, S. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Consultancy
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City of Melbourne (External organisation)
Shanti Sumartojo (Member), Joanne Mihelcic (Member), Nicholas Walton Healey (Member), Bianca Vallentine (Member) & Sarah Pink (Member)
2017Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Consultancy
Press / Media
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The energy costs of staying at home
Kari Dahlgren, Jathan Sadowski, Yolande Strengers, Larissa Nicholls & Sarah Pink
21/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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ABC NEWS: 'Bendigo Health aims to prove hospital patients benefit from design'
Sarah Pink, Melisa Duque, Laurene Vaughan & Shanti Sumartojo
11/08/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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BENDIGO ADVERTISER: 'New Bendigo hospital to host design research in psychiatric unit'
Sarah Pink, Melisa Duque, Laurene Vaughan & Shanti Sumartojo
10/08/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature