Nina Hansopaheluwakan Edward is an Associate Professor in Design at the University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning. She teaches interaction design and visual communication units in the Bachelor of Design and Master of Interaction Design and Electronic Arts. Nina is passionate about the exploration and influence of digital interactive design, social design, semiotics, visual communication, human-centred, service design and interdisciplinary.

For over 18 years, Nina has taught in Visual Communication and Digital Interactive Design areas across Australia, the United Kingdom and Indonesia. Throughout her academic experience, she has held various leadership roles including Postgraduate Taught Director, Programme Leader, Global Collaboration Coordinator, International Short Course Program Director, Study Abroad Coordinator and Faculty Graduate Exhibition Coordinator. Nina is the Managing Editor for an international peer-reviewed journal, Information Design Journal published by John Benjamins Publishing, based in Amsterdam. She is also appointed as an External Examiner for BA (Hons) Digital Media at Coventry University in the UK, Egypt, Singapore and Malaysia.