Alethea Blackler

Professor Alethea Blackler (PhD) is a Professor of Industrial Design and Associate Director of QUT Design Lab at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Her principle area of research interest is intuitive interaction, in which she is one of the world leaders. She pioneered the first empirical work in the field, and has published extensively on intuitive interaction. She has led a prestigious Australian Research Council Discovery project on Facilitating Intuitive Interaction...See more

Professor Alethea Blackler (PhD) is a Professor of Industrial Design and Associate Director of QUT Design Lab at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Her principle area of research interest is intuitive interaction, in which she is one of the world leaders. She pioneered the first empirical work in the field, and has published extensively on intuitive interaction. She has led a prestigious Australian Research Council Discovery project on Facilitating Intuitive Interaction for Older People. As a passionate advocate for users of all types of products, interfaces and systems, she is continuing work on developing design methodology for intuitive interaction as well as applying intuitive interaction into other areas, such as video gaming, children, navigation and expertise. She has been invited to give presentations internationally and is the recipient of several awards (a.blackler@qut.edu.au). See less