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Associate Professor Leigh-Anne Hepburn
Head of Design
Phone
+61 2 8627 0099
Address
G04 - Wilkinson Building
The University of Sydney
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Member of Sydney Policy Lab
Member of the Brain and Mind Centre
Dr Leigh-Anne Hepburn is an associate professor and design researcher in design, with a focus on design-enabled collaboration to inform and influence meaningful change. Her work utilises co-design and participatory approaches at the intersections of industry, academia and community, co-designing new models of transdisciplinary collaboration across communities, organisations, health, and government.
Transdisciplinary Collaboration; Co-Design; Design Innovation; Participatory Design; Ethics;
Design for Resilience; Design for health and care; Design for Change; Design for policy; Transformation Design; Collaborative Creativity; Social Design; Social Impact; Design Theory and Culture; Ethics of Participation.
Dr Leigh-Anne Hepburn teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate design programs, and currently supervises PhD candidates, Honours and Masters capstone students.
- 2024 University of Sydney Strategic Education Grant
- 2022 Brown Equity Prize receipient
Design Lab
| Project title | Research student |
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| Designing transdisciplinary systems, environments and thinking for radical innovation. | Tim COOK |
| A Design Led Approach to Generating Value in Non profit Organisations | Natalia GULBRANSEN-DIAZ |
| Identifying Suitable Tactile Graphics Design for Visually Impaired Children | Anqi RONG |
Publications
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Books
- Tomitsch, M., Borthwick, M., Ahmadpour, N., Cooper, C., Frawley, J., Hepburn, L., Kocaballi, A., Loke, L., Nunez Pacheco, C., Straker, K. (2021). Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat - Revised edition. Amsterdam: BIS publishing.
Book Chapters
- Hepburn, L. (2022). Designing beyond Tokenism: Transdisciplinary Collaboration within the Academy. In Sarah Morton (Eds.), Designing Interventions to Address Complex Societal Issues, (pp. 182-195). New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis). [More Information]
- Hepburn, L. (2022). Designing innovation for health. The role of problem framing in Uganda. In Sarah Morton (Eds.), Designing Interventions to Address Complex Societal Issues, (pp. 70-83). New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis).
Journals
- Boston, M., Bernie, D., Brogden, L., Forster, A., Galbrun, L., Hepburn, L., Lawanson, T., Morkel, J. (2024). Community resilience: A multidisciplinary exploration for inclusive strategies and scalable solutions. Resilient Cities and Structures, 3(1), 114-130. [More Information]
- Brogden, L., Bernie, D., Boston, M., Forster, A., Galbrun, L., Hepburn, L., Lawanson, T., Morkel, J. (2022). A learning design framework for community resilience: International and transdisciplinary perspectives on a boundary object. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 3, 1-8. [More Information]
- Hepburn, L., Borthwick, M., Kerr, J., Vasnev, A. (2022). A strategic framework for delivering ongoing feedback at scale. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(5), 742-754. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Cook, T., Hepburn, L. (2024). Reframing radical innovation in pursuit of sustainable futures. DRS2024: Boston, Online: Design Research Society.
- Hepburn, L., Ulas, E., Cabrera, D., Cooper, C., Gough, P., Grace, K., Hespanhol, L., Hoggenmueller, M., Hu, W., Ijaz, K., Meron, Y., Pinilla Palacios, A., Parker, C., Sosa Medina, R., Tekmen Araci, Y., Watts, J., Wu, B., Zafeirakopoulos, M., Lulham, R. (2024). Speculative design positions on future liveable cities. DRS2024: Boston, Online: Design Research Society. [More Information]
- Tsekleves, E., de Souza Libânio, C., Yongsi, B., Hepburn, L., Bofylatos, S., Montalvan Lume, J., Meza, X., Hwee Ling, P. (2022). Linking human and planetary health. DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society International Conference, London: Design Research Society. [More Information]
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2024
- Boston, M., Bernie, D., Brogden, L., Forster, A., Galbrun, L., Hepburn, L., Lawanson, T., Morkel, J. (2024). Community resilience: A multidisciplinary exploration for inclusive strategies and scalable solutions. Resilient Cities and Structures, 3(1), 114-130. [More Information]
- Cook, T., Hepburn, L. (2024). Reframing radical innovation in pursuit of sustainable futures. DRS2024: Boston, Online: Design Research Society.
- Hepburn, L., Ulas, E., Cabrera, D., Cooper, C., Gough, P., Grace, K., Hespanhol, L., Hoggenmueller, M., Hu, W., Ijaz, K., Meron, Y., Pinilla Palacios, A., Parker, C., Sosa Medina, R., Tekmen Araci, Y., Watts, J., Wu, B., Zafeirakopoulos, M., Lulham, R. (2024). Speculative design positions on future liveable cities. DRS2024: Boston, Online: Design Research Society. [More Information]
2022
- Brogden, L., Bernie, D., Boston, M., Forster, A., Galbrun, L., Hepburn, L., Lawanson, T., Morkel, J. (2022). A learning design framework for community resilience: International and transdisciplinary perspectives on a boundary object. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 3, 1-8. [More Information]
- Hepburn, L., Borthwick, M., Kerr, J., Vasnev, A. (2022). A strategic framework for delivering ongoing feedback at scale. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(5), 742-754. [More Information]
- Hepburn, L. (2022). Designing beyond Tokenism: Transdisciplinary Collaboration within the Academy. In Sarah Morton (Eds.), Designing Interventions to Address Complex Societal Issues, (pp. 182-195). New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis). [More Information]
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2021
- Tomitsch, M., Borthwick, M., Ahmadpour, N., Cooper, C., Frawley, J., Hepburn, L., Kocaballi, A., Loke, L., Nunez Pacheco, C., Straker, K. (2021). Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat - Revised edition. Amsterdam: BIS publishing.
- Ahmadpour, N., Sra, M., Ishii, H., Maes, P., Kim, R., Sun Kong, D., Vujic, A., Cooper, C., Ramirez Figueroa, C., Hepburn, L., Gough, P., et al (2021). Speculating on Biodesign in the Future Home. 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021), New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [More Information]
- Hepburn, L., Borthwick, M. (2021). Synchronicity in the Online Design Studio: A Study of Two Cases. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal is a research journal, 26(4).
2020
- Gough, P., Pschetz, L., Ahmadpour, N., Hepburn, L., Cooper, C., Ramirez Figueroa, C., Catts, O. (2020). The Nature of Biodesigned Systems : Directions for HCI. 2020 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2020), Eindhoven: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [More Information]
2019
- Tulloch, A., Tara, F., Hepburn, L. (2019). Ethics by Design: Exploring Experiences of Harmony and Dissonance. The Design Journal, 22(sup1), 401-416. [More Information]
- Hepburn, L. (2019). Liberating Design Learning: Exploring Impact beyond the Institution. 13th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD), Dundee: EAD.
2018
- Hepburn, L., Jaatun, E. (2018). Language of Pain: Merging multiple voices for improved chronic pain management. Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting, Dundee: Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Hepburn, L., Jaatun, E. (2018). Making sense of data: Translating complexity for improved chronic pain management. 20th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2018, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
- Chute, C., Rooney, L., Buchanan, B., Smailes, A., Hepburn, L. (2018). Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates. Global Health 2018, Greece: Global Health 2018.
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2016
- Hepburn, L. (2016). "I've become a cross-disciplinary interpreter": Experiences of open learning within a multi-disciplinary collaborative design context. Open Design for E-very-thing, Cumulus Conference, Hong Kong: Open Design for E-very-thing, Cumulus Conference.
- Fremantle, C., Gulari, M., Fairburn, S., Hepburn, L., Valentine, G., Meagher, L. (2016). Impact by Design: Evaluating knowledge exchange as a lens for evaluating the wider impacts of a design-led business support programme. Academic Design Management Institute Conference, Boston: Academic Design Management Institute Conference.
- Hepburn, L. (2016). Towards a Theory of Produced Design Space. Academic Design Management Institute Conference, Boston: Academic Design Management Institute Conference.
2015
- Hepburn, L. (2015). Director of Change or Director of Drivel: The role of Self, Entrepreneurship and Design in a PhD Journey. Design PhD Conference, Lancaster: Design PhD Conference.
- Fremantle, C., Hamilton, A., Hepburn, L., Sands, J. (2015). Immersing the artist and designer in the needs of the clinician: evolving the brief for distraction and stress reduction in a new Child Protection Unit. Design 4 Health Conference, Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
- Hepburn, L. (2015). Recipes for Co-Creation in the Food Sector. International Conference on Food Design, New York: International Conference on Food Design.
2014
- Hepburn, L. (2014). Space, Participation and Human-Centeredness – A Lefebvrian Approach. Movements in Human-Centredness, Esna: Summer School of the Estonian Academy of Arts and Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Selected Grants
2024
- Housing Health and Inequality, Hepburn L, Sydney Policy Lab/Sydney Policy Lab Major Research Project Seed Funding
2021
- Equity Prize: Brown, Hepburn L, DVC Research/Equity Prize: Brown
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Selected grants
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2018 |
Network for Change Design for Health Project Scoping, Uganda Global Challenges Research Fund (UK) |
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AR & VR for Wellbeing Knowledge Exchange Visit, China Newton Fund (UK) |
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2017 |
Rethinking Food Innovation Knowledge Exchange Visit, Turkey Newton Fund (UK) |
INTERNATIONAL LINKS
Uganda
- Makerere University School of Public Health
- Collaborative links in Design for Health Projects