A/Prof Katja Fleischmann ~ Associate Professor

Associate Professor for Design and Innovation

Dr Katja Fleischmann is an experienced academic, researcher and designer with extensive knowledge of global and national issues driving the design profession. Having worked in the US, Europe and UK as interactive media designer and design educator and now Australia, she is well placed to contribute to the discourse around global movements in the design industry.

Her research centres around two often interlinking areas, the role of design in social, public and economic innovation, and the future of design education. Katja works currently on several research projects which include a study on the extent to which design-led innovation can drive change in the society towards a Circular Economy; a collaborative study on building economic development in Northern Australia through creative industries; and research on the transition of design education (studio-based learning) to an online learning environment.

Current CV available from: 

https://jamescook.academia.edu/KatjaFleischmann/CurriculumVitae

https://www.slideshare.net/DrKatjaFleischmann/cv-katja-fleischmannjan20192

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katja-fleischmann-6418555a/

 

Teaching

• NM1014: Design Foundation (Level 1; TSV)
• NM3410: Design Lab I (Level 3; CNS & TSV)

Interests

Research

• Design-led innovation; Design for social, public and economic change; Keywords: Circular Economy; Co-creation, Design Thinking, Service Design and Innovation, Experience Design
• Community and industry engagement; Keywords: Creative industries, creative economy and regional development
• Design education for the 21st century; Keywords: design pedagogy, employability, collaborative practice, Work-Integrated Learning, blended learning, online design education

Teaching

• Service Design and Design Thinking
• Digital Design
• Experience Design
• Design Research

Experience

• 2017 to present - Research Fellow, Cairns Institute (Cairns)
• 2015 to present - Associate Professor Design and Innovation, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2007 to present - Head of Discipline of Media Design, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2010 to 2014 - Senior Lecturer in Media Design, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 2007 to 2009 - Lecturer in Media Design,, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia)
• 1999 to 2007 - Professor for Print and Media Design, University of Applied Sciences (Berlin, Germany)
• 1993 to 2006 - Designer for print and interactive media, Berlin, London, New York
• 1997 to 1998 - Assistant Professor for Design, The City University New York (New York, USA)
• 1996 to 1997 - Sessional Lecturer in Design, University of Miami (Miami, USA)

Research Disciplines

• Design Practice and Management (1203)
• Curriculum and Pedagogy (1302)
• Policy and Administration (1605)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Curriculum (9303)

Awards

• 2018 - Supervisory panel of the year, JCU (awarded to staff who excelled Higher Degree Research supervision) Prof Ryan Daniel and A/Prof Katja Fleischmann
• 2014 - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT), Australian Government.
• 2014 - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, JCU.
• 2010 - Research Excellence Award: The Most Promising Early Career Researcher, JCU.
• 2009 - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).
• 2009 - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, JCU.
• 1997 - Award of Academic Merit, University of Miami.
• 1997 - Who’s Who Award. Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges
• 1996 - Winner of Annual Report Cover Competition, Institute of International Education, USA.
• 1995 - Junior Talent of the Year, Art Directors Club Germany.
• 1993 - Vincent Steer Award (highest award of commendation), Society of Typographic Designers, UK.

Memberships

• 2013 - Special Interest Group Work Integrated Learning (SIG WIL), JCU Teaching and Learning Academy (leadership group).
• 2012 - Design Research Society (DRS)
• 2012 - DIA - Australian Design Institute
• 2010 - Member of the JCU Teaching and Learning Academy, JCU Teaching Scholar

Other

• 2007 to 2014 - External reviewer for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority; member of the accreditation and monitoring panel for the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), Bachelor of Creative Technologies; New Zealand
• 1995 to 1997 - Fulbright Scholarship. Participant in the Fulbright Program

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Journal Articles

• Daniel R, Fleischmann K and Welters R (2018) Creativity in the 'Torrid' zone: policy, creative industries and the vision for Northern Australia. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 24 (4). pp. 451-465
• Fleischmann K and Mann R (2018) Women on walls: the female subject in modern graffiti art. eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 17 (2). pp. 83-109
• Fleischmann K (2018) Design evolution and innovation for tropical liveable cities: towards a circular economy. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 17 (1). pp. 60-73
• Fleischmann K (in press) Online design education: searching for a middle ground. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education,
• Welters R, Daniel R and Fleischmann K (2018) Creative industries in a regional city: how much work is lost to rivals based elsewhere? Local Economy, 33 (1). pp. 63-84
• Daniel R, Fleischmann K and Welters R (2017) Professional development in the creative industries: methods and insights from regional practitioners. Australian Journal of Career Development, 26 (3). pp. 113-123
• Fleischmann K, Welters R and Daniel R (2017) Creative industries and regional economic development: can a creative industries hub spark new ways to grow an regional economy? Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 3 (2). pp. 217-242
• Fleischmann K, Daniel R and Welters R (2017) Developing a regional economy through creative industries: innovation capacity in a regional Australian city. Creative Industries Journal, 10 (2). pp. 119-138
• Fleischmann K and Ariel E (2016) Gamification in science education: gamifying learning of microscopic processes in the laboratory. Contemporary Educational Technology, 7 (2). pp. 138-159
• Fleischmann K, Hielscher S and Merritt T (2016) Making things in Fab Labs: a case study on sustainability and co-creation. Digital Creativity, 27 (2). pp. 113-131

Book Chapters

• Fleischmann K (2016) Peer assessment: a learning opportunity for students in the creative arts. In: Assessing Learning in Higher Education. Libri Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 109-132

Conference Papers

• Daniel R, Fleischmann K and Welters R (2015) Regional economic development through creative industries: Townsville as a key centre for the Northern Australia vision. Proceedings of the Developing Northern Australia Conference 2015. In: Developing Northern Australia Conference 2015: economically, socially, sustainably, 20-22 July 2015, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 59+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Katja Fleischmann from 2008 onwards.

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Current

• Investigating the gap Between University and Industry for Information Technology Graduates in Regional and Metropolitan Australia, and Evaluating what could be done by both Universities and Industry to Bridge this Gap (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Visual World-Building: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Concept Design in Fantasy Role Playing Games. (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Cambodia everyday life: through the eyes of a journeying photographer (2015, Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Service-learning in design education (2016, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Photography in higher education and industry in Australia: a mixed methods study to explain the alignment between the sectors (2014, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Between intentionality and reception: the politics of curatorial intervention (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Fleischmann, K. (2014) Distant Collaboration - Social Media. James Cook University

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