Rate My Professor Petra Perolini

Dr. Petra Perolini is a Senior Lecturer in the Queensland College of Art and Design at Griffith University. She serves as Program Director for the Bachelor of Design and the Bachelor of Design and Business programs, and as Major Convenor for Interior and Spatial Design. She is also the Creative Director of LiveSpace. Prior to her academic appointment at Griffith University, Dr. Perolini worked for twenty years as an Interior Architect and Urban Designer in Australia and Europe. Her teaching includes convening the course Communication Strategies in Interior Design (2658QCA).

Dr. Perolini's research and scholarship focus on design pedagogy, interiority in interior design, sustainable and socially responsible design processes, innovative housing models addressing social exclusion and affordability crises, urban climate adaptation, speculative design for livable cities, and transdisciplinary work-integrated learning (WIL) in design education. Her key publications include 'Interior Spaces and the Layers of Meaning' (2011, Design Principles & Practices: An International Journal, 73 citations); 'Interior Environments: The Space of Interiority' (2014, Zoontechnica, 22 citations); 'Home Eco-Nomy: Dwelling, Destruction and Design' (2012, Design Philosophy Papers, with T. Fry, 3 citations); 'The Role Innovative Housing Models Play in the Struggle Against Social Exclusion in Cities: The Brisbane Common Ground Model' (2015, Social Inclusion, 6 citations); 'Enhancing the Student Learning Experience through Engagement with Community: A Transdisciplinary and Collaborative Approach to WIL' (2020, with N. Hay, 1 citation); 'Futuring Design: Transforming Interior Design using Design Futures Theory' (2020, 3 citations); 'Unraveling the Threads of Home Design: Navigating Unsustainability in Modernity' (2024, The International Journal of Design in Society); and 'Speculative Design and Interiority: Reimagining the Interior for Livable Cities' (2024). She delivered the keynote speech 'Beyond the Housing Crisis: Rethinking Australia’s Housing System after Covid' at the SPACE International Conference 2022. In 2024, Dr. Perolini was part of a team awarded a Griffith University Research and Innovation Integrated Support (GURIIS) grant totaling $318,214 for the Inclusive Futures DESIGNLAB. Her work has accumulated 127 citations on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 4.