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PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professor Thea Blackler (PhD) is Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, and a Professor in the School of Design, at Queensland University of Technology. Her research interests cover the areas of intuitive interaction (in which she is one of the world leaders), older people and technology and design for dementia, and novel technologies for active play for young children. She has attracted and worked with external partners in government, community and industry on various projects and has had three Australian Research Council grants. She has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers, been invited to give presentations internationally and is the recipient of several awards, including a 2018 ig-nobel
Projects (Chief investigator)
- Design of a Hospital Burrow to Treat Sarcoptic Mange in Wombats
- Development of Non-invasive Methods and Systems for the Assessment of Hive Health
Projects
Additional information
- Research
- Publications
- Editing - book, conference proceedings and journal issue
- Reviewer - high impact journals and conferences
- Session chair - international conferences
- Teaching and research leadership - Discipline Leader
- Undergraduate Teaching
- HDR Supervision
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- I was awarded a 2018 Ig-nobel prize (http://www.improbable.com/ig/) for my paper ¿Life is too short to RTFM¿. Just ten of these prizes are awarded worldwide, based on around 9000 nominations each year. The prize raises public awareness and understanding of research and is given to authors who have published something unexpected or quirky which will make people interested and make them think. QUT Media estimate a global reach of more than 300 million:http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-09-14/nobody-reads-the-instructions-ig-nobel-prize-study-shows/10242560https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australian-research-into-why-no-one-reads-manuals-wins-anti-nobel-prize
- Blackler, A. & Miller, E. (2021). How to be a Design Academic: From Learning to Leading. CRC Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210004
- Blackler, A., Swann, L., Chamorro-Koc, M., Mohotti, W., Balasubramaniam, T. & Nayak, R. (2021). Can We Define Design? Analyzing Twenty Years of Debate on a Large Email Discussion List. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 7(1), 41–70. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209947
- Fels, D., Blackler, A. & Niedderer, K. (2021). Does bouncy equal happy? Comparing user's interpretations of emotions conveyed by one designed moving object based on the soma-semiotic framework. Applied Ergonomics, 96. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211580
- Cook, D., Blackler, A., McGree, J. & Hauxwell, C. (2021). Thermal Impacts of Apicultural Practice and Products on the Honey Bee Colony. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114(2), 538–546. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208884
- Desselle, M., Ibanez Arricivita, I., Blackler, A. & Woodruff, M. (2021). Transform the uniform: designing fashion for the hospital of the future. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 14(2), 232–242. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210064
- Reddy, G., Blackler, A., Popovic, V., Thompson, M. & Mahar, D. (2020). The effects of redundancy in user-interface design on older users. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 137. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197616
- Blackler, A., (2019). Intuitive interaction: Research and application. CRC Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117563
- Lawry, S., Popovic, V., Blackler, A. & Thompson, H. (2019). Age, familiarity, and intuitive use: An empirical investigation. Applied Ergonomics, 74, 74–84. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121456
- Desai, S., Blackler, A. & Popovic, V. (2019). Children's embodied intuitive interaction - Design aspects of embodiment. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 21, 89–103. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130724
- Chamorro-Koc, M., Moyle, G., Stephens, M., Blackler, A., Desai, S. & Swann, L. (2019). Using technology to enhance and encourage dance-based exercise. Heliyon, 5(3), 1–28. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125672
- Title
- Brain cancer Rehabilitation, Assessment, Intervention of Survivor Needs
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRFBC000016
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Framing and Enabling Children's Active Play using Novel Technology
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP200100723
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Facilitating Intuitive Interaction with Complex Devices for Older Users
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0877964
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Design; Design Innovation; Intuitive Interaction; Usability; Intutive Use
- Sustaining Children¿s Engagement in Active Play Using Novel Technologies
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Linda Knight, Dr Nicole Vickery - Designing Elements of Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interactions for Young Children¿s Active Play
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Peta Wyeth, Dr Nicole Vickery, Dr Bernd Ploderer - The application of tangible embodied and embedded interaction in facilitating intergenerational active play
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Nicole Vickery, Dr Bernd Ploderer - Interaction design technologies for children to learn safe behaviour in natural emergency situations
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jeremy Kerr - AESTHETICS OF PROSTHETICS: A FASHION SENSIBILITY IN PROSTHETIC LEG CUSTOMISATION
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Mia Woodruff, Dr Levi Swann
- An Examination of Pollination Products and Practice in Australian Apiculture (2022)
- Everyday Objects as Living Things: The Application of Transactional Analysis to Understand and Design Product-Person Relationships (2022)
- What Role Does Communication Technology Have in Redefining Loneliness in Ageing? (2022)
- Engagement With Digital Health Technologies (2019)
- Design for Older Users: The Importance of the Human-Technology Relationship (2018)
- Elderly Chinese Immigrants' Adaptation to Their Host Country: Food Experience as a Mediator (2018)
- Investigating Older Adults' Web Information Searching Behaviour (2018)
- Assessment of Airport Service Performance: A Passenger-centred Model (2017)
- Embodied Intuitive Interaction in Children (2017)
- The Influence of Naturally Mapped Control Interfaces for Video Games on the Player Experience and Intuitive Interaction (2017)