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PhD (University of Alberta), Master of Arts (York University), Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Practice in Visual Culture (York University), Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology), Bachelor's of Interior Design (University of Manitoba)
Dr Janice Rieger is Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering at Queensland University of Technology. She is a Program Leader in Ecologies of Justice with the Tier 1 Centre for Justice, and Chief Investigator with the Design Lab at QUT. Janice has served as a faculty member at the University of Calgary, (Calgary, Canada), York University (Toronto, Canada), Mount Royal University (Calgary, Canada), and the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada). She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Hasselt (Hasselt, Belgium) and L’Université Catholique de Lille (Lille, France). Dr Rieger was recently elected to the National Council for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) and appointed as a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts & Sciences (QAAS). Janice is also a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy (UK) and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous).
Dr Rieger is an award-winning researcher, educator, curator and designer with expertise in inclusive design and disability research. She has been advocating for people with disabilities for over twenty-five years and has been awarded an International Universal Design Award (IAUD), 2 Australian Good Design Awards, a National MAGNA Award (Australia), a Mayor’s Access Recognition Award, and a State-level disability award for her leadership in promoting inclusion globally. She has held appointments to international design juries, disability congress committees, scientific advisory boards, and was recently invited to be the first international member of the European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD-DfA). Dr Rieger’s work in creating cultures of inclusion has led to code, policy, curriculum and legislative changes in Australia, North America and Europe.
Janice is currently a Principal Research Fellow with the Australian Research Council (ARC). She was also a Fellow of the Canadian Federation of University Women, and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellow. She is an expert reviewer for the ARC, TEQSA and has created a national certificate program in accessible housing design (CSAHD) in Canada.
Janice’s research and teaching encompasses issues related to spatial justice and creating cultures of inclusion, and has six broad themes:
- Spatial Justice & Ableism
- Diversity & Inclusion Policies and Programs
- Co-design for Health, Wellbeing & Social Inclusion with people with disabilities
- Post-Qualitative Methodologies and Relational Ontologies
- Museum, Gallery and Curatorial Studies
- History and Theory of Spatiality & Material Culture
Janice’s work has been published in a range of international peer reviewed journals and books, she has created many NTRO’s with international partners, and has presented at a number of international conferences, inclusive of Keynotes. She has received national and international competitive grants, fellowships, contracts, consultancies and scholarships to conduct research in this area and has received over 1 million in funding. Janice has been creating cultures of inclusion since 1994 (specifically with the museum, gallery and cultural sector) and continues with this research program today
- PhD, Department of Human Ecology (Material Culture), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2013-2016
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (GCAP), QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2016
- Doctoral School, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Hosted at Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014
- MA, Master of Arts, Department of Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2000-2002
- Graduate Diploma, Curatorial Studies in Visual Culture, Department of Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2000-2002
- Post Secondary Teaching Practicum, CST, Centre of Support for Teaching, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2000-2002
- BID, Bachelor of Interior Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1994 -1998
- BA, Bachelor of Arts, (prerequisite years) Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1992-1994, 1999-2000
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2021-present
- Faculty Research Ethics Advisor, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science, 2021-present
- Associate Professor, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2020-2021
- Senior Lecturer, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2017-2020
- Lecturer, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2015-2017
- Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Architecture and Arts, UHasselt, Hasselt, Belgium, 2018-2019
- Researcher in Residence, QUT Design Lab, 2019
- Faculty and School Research Ethics Advisor, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2017-2021
- University Ethics Committee Representative, University Human Research Ethics Committee (UHREC), 2017-present
- Chief Investigator, QUT Centre for Justice, Brisbane, Australia, 2019-present
- Program Leader and Chief Investigator, QUT Design Lab, Brisbane, Australia, 2016-present
- Postgraduate Studies Coordinator, Interior Design, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2016-2017
- Lecturer, Mount Royal University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design, Calgary, Canada, 2013-2015
- Co-Developer and Co-ordinator, National Certificate Program, CSAHD Canadian Specialist in Accessible Housing Design, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada, 2012-2015
- Lecturer, Mount Royal University, Faculty of Continuing Education, Calgary, Canada, 2014-2015
- Lecturer, University of Calgary Faculty of Arts, Department of Communication and Culture, Calgary, Canada, 2013
- Lecturer, Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design & Art History, Calgary, Canada, 2010-2013
- Assistant Professor, (Term-Certain), Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design & Art History, Calgary, Canada, 2009-2010
- Instructor, Mount Royal College Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design & Art History, Calgary, Canada, 2006-2009
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Keynotes
Rieger, Janice, (2019) ‘Doing Dis/ordered Mappings: A New Method for Analysing Embodied and Relational Research’, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Conference (Juried Keynote) Brisbane, Australia, May 4-6.
Rieger, Janice and Allana Bianchi (QLD Government), (2019) ‘Invisible disabilities and self-disclosure in the workplace’, Government Summit of Diversity and Inclusion, Sydney, Australia, August 6-8.
Rieger, Janice with Jasmien Herssens, Design for All Europe (DfA) Lecture, The Cube, P Block, GP- QUT, Brisbane, Australia, April 10, 2019.
Rieger, Janice (2018) Keynote Speaker: Disability Action Week, “Cultures of Inclusion: International Case Studies”, invited by the Public Service Commission of the Queensland Government, Brisbane, QLD, Sept 14. Peer-reviewed Conference Presentations
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- Fellow of Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Elected to National Council in Canberra for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA)
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- The Evolution of Disability Arts in AustraliaCAT 1 - Australian Competitive GrantARC SR200200003
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Appointed to Scientific Advisory Board, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, AHFE, USA
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Commonwealth of Australia, National Expert Accessor, TEQSA
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- EU Commission Erasmus Grant for international research with the Faculty of Architecture & Arts, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Visiting Fellowship, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Awarded Nationally Competitive Fellowship from the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Fellowship, part of the United Nations (ECOSOC), Graduate Women International and UNESCO, Ottawa, Canada
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowship Award (13% success rate nationally)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Government of Alberta (State Award), Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Award, Government of Alberta, Canada 2015 (1 state-wide individual annual award out of over 4 million people)
- Rieger, J., Hadley, B., Barron, S., Boulton, S. & Parker, C. (2023). Codesigning Access: A New Approach to Cultures of Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. In A. Cachia (Ed.), Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation (pp. 183–195). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234404
- Rieger, J. & Iantkow, M. (2022). The forgotten sustainability: A socially conscious, paradigmatic shift in design. In I. Prochner & T. Antoniuk (Eds.), Situating Design in Alberta (pp. 143–167). University of Alberta Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202959
- Hadley, B., Rieger, J., Ellis, K. & Paterson, E. (2022). Cultural safety as a foundation for allyship in disability arts. Disability & Society. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230850
- Rieger, J., Kessler, C. & Strickfaden, M. (2022). Doing Dis/ordered Mappings: Shapes of Inclusive Spaces in Museums. Space and Culture, 25(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130609
- Rieger, J., Devlieger, P., Van Assche, K. & Strickfaden, M. (2022). Doing Embodied Mapping/s: Becoming-With in Qualitative Inquiry. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236053
- Rieger, J. & Rolfe, A. (2021). Breaking Barriers: Educating Design Students about Inclusive Design through an Authentic Learning Framework. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 40(2), 359–373. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207345
- Hadley, B. & Rieger, J. (2021). Co-designing choice: objectivity, aesthetics and agency in audio-description. Museum Management and Curatorship, 36(2), 189–203. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208101
- Rieger, J., Herssens, J. & Strickfaden, M. (2020). Spatialising differently through ability and techné. CoDesign, 16(2), 135–151. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122315
- Rieger, J., (2020). Moving Beyond Visitor and Usability Studies: Co-designing Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, 167–172. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199678
- Rieger, J., (2020). Right to Participate: Co-designing Disability Policies in Australia. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper, 1–4. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208220
- Title
- Co-creating Cultures of Inclusion: Redefining Access to Cultural Heritage
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE230100912
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- Title
- The Evolution of Disability Arts in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200200003
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Codesigning sensory spaces for neurodiverse children: A model for inclusive play spaces
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