Leighann Ness Wilson
Design • Education • Research
I work at the intersection of design, education and research, exploring what it means to take design seriously in education.
I began my career as a professional designer before retraining as a teacher and working across schools, public programs and initial teacher education. My practice now extends into research, and I am currently completing a PhD investigating how pre-service teachers develop the skills, confidence and motivation to apply design in meaningful, future-focused learning.
CreateEd brings together my research, teaching and design practice, supporting thoughtful, collaborative work that reimagines learning and the ways people engage with design in education
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Recent Projects
Co-Author
Taking Design Seriously in Education
by Nick Kelly, Leighann Ness Wilson, and
Vaughan Huck
PhD Candidate (Final Stages)
Enhancing the Capabilities and Self-efficacy of Australian Pre-service Primary Teachers with Design Thinking
Keynote Speaker
Design and Technologies Teachers Association (DATTA)
Co-Author
How Designers Are Transforming Healthcare
Edited by Evonne Miller, Abbe Winter, Satyan Chari
Chapter Author
NICU Mum to PICU Researcher: A Reflection on Place, People, and the Power of Shared Experience
How Designers Are Transforming Healthcare
Edited by Evonne Miller, Abbe Winter, Satyan Chari
Leighann spoke with Stephen Anderson, host of the Queensland Design and Technologies Teacher Association (DATTA) Bridge Building Podcast, about her regional education and subsequent career working internationally in design, before retraining to become a teacher, and her current research and advocacy focussed on Design and Technologies.
Create Ed Consultant
QUT Design Lab
Design for Impact Summit
Research Assistant
Manufacturing Skills Qld
Pathways to a Trade
Research Assistant
HDR Intern and Research Associate, Health Excellence AcceLerator, PICU Partnership Project
Transforming the Neonatology Experience at RBWH Supervising Work Integrated Learning