Rate My Professor Eleni Kalantidou

Eleni Kalantidou is a Greek-Australian design psychology theorist, practitioner, strategist, researcher, and teacher at Griffith University. She serves as Associate Professor in the Queensland College of Art and Design, where she also acts as Program Director for the Master of Design. Kalantidou holds a Bachelor degree with Honours in Psychology and a PhD in Architecture. Her academic and professional trajectory includes senior lecturing positions within the creative arts sector, focusing on innovative design education and research.

Her research establishes design psychology as an emerging field through critical synthesis of interdisciplinary theories, applied to practical projects addressing repair practices, community-led behavioural change, adaptation strategies, and social resilience. Kalantidou examines intersections between design psychology, behavioural change, environmental and social injustices, sustainable design, social design, and critical design. She has authored and co-edited key publications, including Introduction to Design Psychology (Routledge, 2025), Design in the Borderlands with Tony Fry (Routledge, 2014), and contributions to Design/Repair: Place, Practice & Community (Springer, 2024). Other significant works encompass Not Going Back to Normal: Designing Psychologies Toward Justice (2021), Handled with Care: Repair and Share as Waste Management Strategies (2015), and Design Interventions to Repair Migrants' Mental Well-Being: The 'Culture in Mind' Healing Space (2018). Her scholarship is evidenced by 177 citations on Google Scholar. In applied contexts, she collaborates as a researcher and consultant with international NGOs, the Queensland Government, and Brisbane City Council. Since 2021, Kalantidou has been Research Lead and social impact evaluator for Testimony Arts, a for-purpose organisation. She received the 2022 Public Engagement Award from the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities for the 'Creative Industries, Social Enterprise, Repair and Restoration' initiative. Her teaching portfolio includes design courses, and she supervises postgraduate students in design futures and related areas.