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Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Peta Mitchell is a Professor of Digital Media in QUT's School of Communication and Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), where she leads the Urban Media and Digital Geographies Research Group. She is Director of Research Training for QUT's Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice. In 2023, Peta was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Australian Research Council's ARC College of Experts.
Peta's research explores the connections among space, place, society, and the digital, focusing on digital and media geographies, digital inclusion, and everyday digital and data cultures. She is author of Cartographic Strategies of Postmodernity (2008) and Contagious Metaphor (2012) and co-author of Imagined Landscapes: Geovisualizing Australian Spatial Narratives (2016). Peta's current and past funded research projects include
- Generative AI and the future of academic writing and publishing (DP250100074) (2025–2028). ARC Discovery Project.
- Promoting low-income parents' digital media literacies (LP240200695) (2025–2028). ARC Linkage Project.
- Advancing digital inclusion in low-income Australian families (LP190100677) (2020–2023). ARC Linkage Project.
- Digital media, location awareness, and the politics of geodata (DP180100174) (2018–2023). ARC Discovery Project—Lead CI.
- RAISE: Rapid analytics interactive scenario explorer toolkit (2016–2019). CRC for Spatial Information (CRCSI)/Frontier SI Rapid Spatial Analytics project.
- Locating science: Mapping ecological themes in Australian film and literature (2012–2014). Inspiring Australia science engagement grant.
- A cultural atlas of Australia: Mediated spaces in film, literature, and theatre (DP110100309) (2011–2013). ARC Discovery Project.
She is also on the editorial boards of a number of journals and book series, including
Her full list of publications can be found here: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Mitchell,_Peta.html