Design Thinking Pedagogy (PDF)

Cara Wrigley is a professor of design innovation at The University of Queensland and director of the Design Innovation Research Lab (DiLab). Cara leads a team of design researchers on projects spanning education, health care, science, business, and defence, crossing interdisciplinary boundaries. Cara has published extensively on the application and adoption of design, which has been disseminated through a number of books, including Design Innovation and Integration (2021, BIS Publishers, co-authored with Karla Straker and Erez Nusem), Design Innovation for Health and Medicine (2020, Palgrave Macmillan, co-authored with Karla Straker and Erez Nusem), and Affected: Emotionally Engaging Customers in the Digital Age (2018, Wiley, co-authored with Karla Straker). Cara has more than 60 refereed papers in outlets such Design Issues, Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Policy, California Management Review, ASAIO Journal, and Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. She is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Design, Business & Society. Cara holds extensive experience in curriculum development and delivery. During her time at The University of Sydney she developed and delivered a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Design Innovation (2018), rolled out a university-wide Design Major (2018), and launched the Master of Design Innovation and Strategic Design (2019) program. She is passionate about providing positive student and supervisor experiences and has presented at a number of universities on the topic of academic development and PhD supervision. She has advised colleagues and higher degree students on developing efficient and successful ways to collaborate, building professional networks, and working with industry partners.