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Dr Liz Brogden is a Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning at the UQ School of Architecture, Design and Planning in Brisbane, Australia. Through her research work, she advocates for climate action in architecture and design, focusing on the central role of education in sustainability transitions through university programs and professional education.

Liz has extensive experience designing and implementing university courses focused on climate, resilience and sustainability from undergraduate through to Masters-level programs. These subjects have been developed in architecture programs and through interdisciplinary subjects that span multiple design disciplines. She received two Vice Chancellor Awards at QUT for teaching excellence and was on the winning team for the overall 2021 QS Reimagine Education Global Education Award.

A 2022 Churchill Fellow and Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Liz currently sits on both the Queensland Education Committee for the State Chapter and the National Education Committee for the Australian Institute of Architects. Previously, she has been a committee member for the Institute's national Climate Action and Sustainability Taskforce (CAST) and the Climate Action and Sustainability Committee for its Queensland State Chapter.

Tim O’Rourke's research investigates past and present applications of cross-cultural design across different building types and settings. Such projects often require multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of architectural problems, informed by the histories of buildings and the people who use them. A Discovery Project on healthcare architecture combined different research methods to ask if design can improve the experience and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in hospitals and clinics.

Tim's current research focuses on the design and social histories of Indigenous housing from the 1950s assimilation era to the 2000s. These studies seek to answer questions about design intentions and the origins, development and evaluation of architectural methods that improved public housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. His PhD examined the history and use of Aboriginal building traditions in the Wet Tropics Region of Queensland. He has contributed to a range of research projects related to Indigenous housing, settlements and landscapes. Research topics include self-constructed dwellings and vernacular building technologies, cultural tourism, adaption to climate change and housing sustainability. Results from these studies have been published in technical reports, conference proceedings, journals and book chapters.

Tim is a registered architect, having worked in architectural practices in Brisbane and Sydney, and he maintains an interest in timber construction and joinery. As a sole practitioner, he has designed residential projects and worked on a range of building types for Aboriginal communities. He teaches architectural technology and design and has offered a range of research topics in the Master of Architecture program.

Memberships

Fellow Australian Institute of Architects

Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand

Environmental Design Research Association,