Rate My Professor Jillian Walliss

Jillian Walliss is an Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at the Melbourne School of Design within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, where she also holds the position of Associate Dean (Engagement). She possesses a PhD, Master of Design, and Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. Prior to her appointment at the University of Melbourne in 2007, she taught at the University of Tasmania, University of Adelaide, and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. At Melbourne, she served as Graduate Program Coordinator for the Master of Landscape Architecture program from 2007 to 2012 and has taught courses in landscape theory and design studio. Her teaching excellence was recognized with the University of Melbourne's Edward Brown Award in 2011 and a Universitas 21 Fellowship in 2010, which supported international visits to institutions including TU Delft, University of Virginia, University of Edinburgh, and ETH Zurich.

Walliss's research investigates the relationship between theory, culture, and contemporary design practice in landscape architecture, with primary interests in digital technologies and their role in reconceptualizing design and making, as well as evolving notions of civic space in global contexts. She co-authored Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Reconceptualising Design and Making (Routledge, 2016) with Heike Rahmann, and contributed to The Big Asian Book of Landscape Architecture (2020). Other key publications include Transformative Landscapes: Postcolonial Representations of Uluru-Kata Tjuta and Tongariro National Parks (Space and Culture, 2013), The Experimental Nature of Simulation (2016), and Digital Modelling as Interdisciplinary Design Practice: A Focus on Microclimate Simulation (2020). Her earlier scholarship addressed postcolonial representations in national parks and museums in Australia and New Zealand, appearing in journals such as Environment and History, Museum and Society, and Journal of Landscape Architecture. Walliss has led projects such as Book Design With Nature Now (2018-2019) and presented findings at conferences including the Digital Landscape Architecture Conference and CUMULUS. Her work advances pedagogical approaches to digital integration in design education and informs international practice in cultural and performative landscape strategies.