Associate Professor
Janice Rieger
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Dr Janice Rieger is Associate Professor and an ARC Research Fellow in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering at Queensland University of Technology. She is a Program Leader in Ecologies of Justice with the Tier 1 Centre for Justice, and Chief Investigator with the Design Lab at QUT and the Human Building Interaction (HBI) Research Group. She has received national and international competitive grants, fellowships, contracts, consultancies and scholarships to conduct research in this area and has received over 1.6 million in funding. She has served as a faculty member at the University of Calgary, (Calgary, Canada), York University (Toronto, Canada), Mount Royal University (Calgary, Canada), and the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada). She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Hasselt (Hasselt, Belgium) and L’Université Catholique de Lille (Lille, France). Dr Rieger was recently appointed as a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts & Sciences (QAAS). Janice is also a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy (UK) and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous).Dr Rieger is an award-winning researcher, educator, curator, artist and designer with expertise in co-design, access and inclusive spatial design. Her research, teaching and practice bridge HASS and STEM disciplines to create new synergies. She has been advocating for people with disabilities for over twenty-five years and has been awarded an International Universal Design Award (IAUD), 2 Australian Good Design Awards, a National MAGNA Award (Australia), a Mayor’s Access Recognition Award, and a State-level disability award for her leadership in promoting inclusion globally. She has held appointments to international design juries, disability congress committees, scientific advisory boards, and was recently invited to be the first international member of the European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD-DfA). Dr Rieger’s work in creating cultures of inclusion has led to code, policy, curriculum and legislative changes in Australia, North America and Europe.
Janice is currently a Research Fellow with the Australian Research Council (ARC). She was also a Fellow of the Canadian Federation of University Women, and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellow. She is an expert reviewer for the ARC, TEQSA and has created a national certificate program in accessible housing design (CSAHD) in Canada.
Janice’s research, teaching and practice encompasses issues related to spatial justice and creating cultures of inclusion, and has six broad themes:
- Spatial Justice, Ableism and Ethics in Architecture
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Policies and Programs
- Co-design and Design for All (DfA) for Health, Wellbeing & Social Inclusion
- Post-Qualitative Methodologies & Ecological Systems
- Exhibition Practice, Museum, Gallery and Curatorial Studies
- History and Theory of Architecture, Spatiality & Material Culture
- PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2013-2016
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (GCAP), QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2016
- Doctoral School, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Hosted at Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014
- MA, Master of Arts, Department of Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2000-2002
- Graduate Diploma, Curatorial Studies in Visual Culture, Department of Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2000-2002
- Post Secondary Teaching Practicum, CST, Centre of Support for Teaching, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2000-2002
- BID, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1994 -1998
- BA, Bachelor of Arts, (prerequisite years) Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1992-1994, 1999-2000
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
inclusive design, material/visual culture, architecture & interior architecture, disability, museum & gallery studies, universal design, design education, art & architectural history, design for all, co-design
Research field
Architecture, Curatorial and Related Studies, Design Practice and Management
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Alberta)
- Master of Arts (York University)
- Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Practice in Visual Culture (York University)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor's of Interior Design (University of Manitoba)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional Memberships
- ALTER, European Society for Disability Research, 2014-present
- Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA), 2020-present
- Centre for Universal Design Australia (CUDA), 2016-present
- EIDD-DfA, European Institute for Design and Disability, 2019-present
- AHFE, Scientific Advisory Committee, Design for Inclusion, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, USA, 2020-present
- HERN, Higher Education Research Network, QUT, 2016-present
Teaching
Dr. Janice Rieger has taught, developed and co-ordinated 63 units, and 24 different units at 4 institutions in Canada and Australia over the past 15 years. She has completed a two year Post-secondary Teaching Practicum, a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (GCAP) and is a member of the Higher Education Research Network (HERN), QUT. Janice is a registered expert with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) with the Commonwealth of Australia. She also has an appointment to the University Curriculum Standards Committee (CSC) at QUT and is an Expert Peer Reviewer of Educational Practice (ExPREP) with QALT. Janice has completed curriculum development for several units, national certificates, accredited courses, graduate diplomas and bachelors degrees in Canada and Australia. She has experience with lecturing, studio tutorials, online learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), professional education and blended delivery. Janice is a Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) (UK) and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous) which recognises teaching and learning support in higher education as evaluated against the UK Professional Standards Framework.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED & TAUGHT
- Design Issues
- Impact Lab 3: Planet
- Spatial Histories
- Design in Society
- Design and Sustainability
- Universal Design
- Design Studio 3
- Design Studio 4
- Design I
- Design II
- Design III
- Design (Visual) Communications II
- Construction I
- Colour and Light
- History of Interiors
- History of Modern Art & Architecture I
- History of Modern Art & Architecture 1850 -1920
- History of Modern Art 1850 -1920
- History of Art & Architecture, 1920 to today
- Roads to Modernity
- Modernity
- Accessible Housing Design: Concepts and Art and Ideas
- Case Studies-Field Trip to New York
- Directed Reading Courses
Experience
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2021-present
- Deputy Chair, University Human Research Ethics Commitee (UHREC), 2022-present
- Associate Professor, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2020-2021
- Senior Lecturer, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2017-2020
- Lecturer, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2015-2017
- Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Architecture and Arts, UHasselt, Hasselt, Belgium, 2018-2019
- Researcher in Residence, QUT Design Lab, 2019
- Faculty and School Research Ethics Advisor, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2017-2021
- University Ethics Committee Representative, University Human Research Ethics Committee (UHREC), 2017-present
- Chief Investigator, QUT Centre for Justice, Brisbane, Australia, 2019-present
- Program Leader and Chief Investigator, QUT Design Lab, Brisbane, Australia, 2016-present
- Postgraduate Studies Coordinator, Interior Design, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2016-2017
- Lecturer, Mount Royal University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design, Calgary, Canada, 2013-2015
- Co-Developer and Co-ordinator, National Certificate Program, CSAHD Canadian Specialist in Accessible Housing Design, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada, 2012-2015
- Lecturer, Mount Royal University, Faculty of Continuing Education, Calgary, Canada, 2014-2015
- Lecturer, University of Calgary Faculty of Arts, Department of Communication and Culture, Calgary, Canada, 2013
- Lecturer, Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design & Art History, Calgary, Canada, 2010-2013
- Assistant Professor, (Term-Certain), Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design & Art History, Calgary, Canada, 2009-2010
- Instructor, Mount Royal College Faculty of Arts, Department of Interior Design & Art History, Calgary, Canada, 2006-200
Publications
- Rieger, J., Hadley, B., Barron, S., Boulton, S. & Parker, C. (2023). Codesigning Access: A New Approach to Cultures of Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. In A. Cachia (Ed.), Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation (pp. 183–195). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234404
- Rieger, J. & Iantkow, M. (2022). The forgotten sustainability: A socially conscious, paradigmatic shift in design. In I. Prochner & T. Antoniuk (Eds.), Situating Design in Alberta (pp. 143–167). University of Alberta Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202959
- Hadley, B., Rieger, J., Ellis, K. & Paterson, E. (2024). Cultural safety as a foundation for allyship in disability arts. Disability & Society, 39(1), 213–233. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230850
- Rieger, J., Kessler, C. & Strickfaden, M. (2022). Doing Dis/ordered Mappings: Shapes of Inclusive Spaces in Museums. Space and Culture, 25(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130609
- Rieger, J., Devlieger, P., Van Assche, K. & Strickfaden, M. (2022). Doing Embodied Mapping/s: Becoming-With in Qualitative Inquiry. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236053
- Rieger, J. & Rolfe, A. (2021). Breaking Barriers: Educating Design Students about Inclusive Design through an Authentic Learning Framework. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 40(2), 359–373. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207345
- Hadley, B. & Rieger, J. (2021). Co-designing choice: objectivity, aesthetics and agency in audio-description. Museum Management and Curatorship, 36(2), 189–203. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208101
- Rieger, J., Herssens, J. & Strickfaden, M. (2020). Spatialising differently through ability and techné. CoDesign, 16(2), 135–151. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122315
- Rieger, J., (2020). Moving Beyond Visitor and Usability Studies: Co-designing Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. Advances in Industrial Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Design for Inclusion, Affective and Pleasurable Design, Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Kansei Engineering, and Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering, 167–172. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199678
- Rieger, J., (2020). Right to Participate: Co-designing Disability Policies in Australia. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper, 1–4. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208220
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Janice, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- Fellow of Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Elected to National Council in Canberra for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA)
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- The Evolution of Disability Arts in AustraliaCAT 1 - Australian Competitive GrantARC SR200200003
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Appointed to Scientific Advisory Board, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, AHFE, USA
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Commonwealth of Australia, National Expert Accessor, TEQSA
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- EU Commission Erasmus Grant for international research with the Faculty of Architecture & Arts, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Visiting Fellowship, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Awarded Nationally Competitive Fellowship from the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Fellowship, part of the United Nations (ECOSOC), Graduate Women International and UNESCO, Ottawa, Canada
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Fellowship Award (13% success rate nationally)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Government of Alberta (State Award), Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Award, Government of Alberta, Canada 2015 (1 state-wide individual annual award out of over 4 million people)
Selected research projects
- Title
- Co-creating Cultures of Inclusion: Redefining Access to Cultural Heritage
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE230100912
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- Title
- The Evolution of Disability Arts in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR200200003
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Rachael Haynes, Professor Bree Hadley - PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Jill Franz, Dr Penny Wild - A Critical Understanding of 'Natural Place' as a Cultural Construct Through a Collaborative Moving Image Practice
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Shannon Satherley, Dr Leah King-Smith - Designing communication delivery for accessibility and better care navigation within lower limb orthopaedics
MPhil, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jeremy Kerr - Public toilets and the Right to the City: The role of local government strategy
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Deanna Grant-Smith
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Barriers and Opportunities for Inclusive Design in Indonesia: Implications for the Development of a Culturally Appropriate Inclusive Design Framework (2023)
- Eudaemonic design as an approach to co-creating health and well-being in the built environment: An exemplar case of older adults at home (2023)
- Let me play, too! Co-designing inclusive sensory play spaces in collaboration with neurodiverse and neurotypical children (2023)
- Developing curricula that equip designers with capabilities to enact sustainable futures: A matter of ethos (2022)
- Border Nomads: An Architectural Investigation of Transient Public Urban Place (2021)
- Design Thinking Pedagogy: A Phenomenographic Study of Design Thinking Teaching in the Higher Education Context (2021)
- Enhancing Ecologies of Care for CALD Women through Care-full Creative Engagement (2021)
- Architectural Lifeworld: Exploring Meanings of Spatial Environments for Residents in Dementia Care (2020)