
Publications by year
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 90 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
- Type
- Editor of a Prestigious Work of Reference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- In 2019, I released the first edited book on intuitive interaction. Due for publication in July 2018, this book project began with a proposal I submitted to CRC Press (Taylor and Francis) in late 2016 for peer review. It was accepted and I spent 2017 writing my chapters and editing contributions from all over the world. I also ran a peer review exercise where I asked authors on each chapter to review others' work. Previous research in this field by myself and others has empirically established understanding of intuitive interaction. However, newer work has started to explore a wider range of contexts, applications, and users, and also to consider issues beyond the objective assessment of intuitive interactions. This volume, the first dedicated to intuitive interaction and including authors from a range of disciplines and contexts, including authors from industry and those working on live projects, explores the most recent research, venturing into new areas not previously discussed in
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- I put in a proposal for a special issue of the journal on Intuitive Interaction. This was accepted and I (and my colleague as second editor), organised and managed peer review, undertook the editing, and also authoring the editorial. The special issue was published in May 2015.
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- QUT hosted this conference here in Brisbane. I was an active member of the organising committee and served as Long Papers Chair, organising reviewing, selection and editing for all 275 long papers submitted. As long paper chair for this conference I was the second editor for the proceedings: Popovic, Vesna, Blackler, Alethea L., Luh, Ding-Bang, Nimkulrat, Nithikul, Kraal, Ben, & Yukari, Nagai (Eds.) (2015) Proceedings of the IASDR Conference 2015: Interplay, 2-5 November. International Association of Societies of Design Research, Brisbane , QLD.
- Blackler A, (2019) Intuitive interaction: Research and application, CRC Press.
- Blackler A, Desai S, McEwan M, Popovic V, Diefenbach S, (2019) Perspectives on the nature of intuitive interaction. In A Blackler, Intuitive interaction: Research and application, CRC Press, pp. 19-39.
- Lawry S, Popovic V, Blackler A, Thompson H, (2019) Age, familiarity, and intuitive use: An empirical investigation, Applied Ergonomics, 74, pp. 74-84.
- Popovic V, Thompson M, Mahar D, Reddy G, Blackler A, (2020) The effects of redundancy in user-interface design on older users, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 137.
- Desai S, Blackler A, Popovic V, (2019) Children's embodied intuitive interaction - Design aspects of embodiment, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 21, pp. 89-103.
- Fels D, Blackler A, Cook D, Foth M, (2019) Ergonomics in apiculture: A case study based on inspecting movable frame hives for healthy bee activities, Heliyon, 5 (7), pp. 1-9.
- Blackler A, Desai S, Swann L, Chamorro-Koc M, Moyle G, Stephens M, (2019) Using technology to enhance and encourage dance-based exercise, Heliyon, 5 (3), pp. 1-28.
- Blackler A, Brophy C, O'Reilly M, Chamorro-Koc M, (2018) Seating in aged care: Physical fit, independence and comfort, Sage Open Medicine, 6, pp. 1-17.
- Blackler A, Gomez R, Popovic V, Thompson H, (2016) Life is too short to RTFM: How users relate to documentation and excess features in consumer products, Interacting with Computers, 28 (1), pp. 27-46.
- Blackler A, Popovic V, Mahar D, (2010) Investigating users' intuitive interaction with complex artefacts, Applied Ergonomics, 41 (1), pp. 72-92.
- Title
- Monitoring intuitive expertise in the context of airport security screening
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP140100221
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Intuitive Expertise; Airport Security; Automated Monitoring
- 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
- Interaction design technologies for children to learn safe behaviour in natural emergency situations
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Marianella Chamorro-Koc - Development of a commercialisation-ready and research framework model as a systematic methodology for facilitating knowledge and technology transfer in ArtScience product and process development
Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dietmar W Hutmacher
- 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)
- Passengers' Intuitive Navigation in Airports (2016)
- The Role of Intuitive Expertise in Airport Security Screening (2016)
- Approaches to designing for older adults' intuitive interaction with complex devices (2012)
- Identifying Familiarity to Facilitate Intuitive Interaction for Older Adults (2012)