Fanke Peng

Research Interests

Public Health and Health Services Social design Virtual and mixed reality Virtual Reality and Related Simulation Human-computer interaction Industrial and product design Service design Design Innovation Interaction and experience design Creativity Digital health Digital heritage Environmentally sustainable transport activities Sustainable design

Teaching Strengths

Systemic Design
Co-design
Design Thinking
Human Centred Design

APrf Fanke Peng

Enterprise Fellow

School of Art and Design

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Deputy Director of Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments
Co-Director Design for Health and Wellbeing
Academic Lead (Research) School of Arts and Design
Lead Chief Investigator - ARC Discovery Project DP260104009
Chief Investigator - NHMRC Partnership Project ID2044107
 
Fanke is a social design expert and enterprise fellow in the College of Creatives Arts, Design and Humanities, Adelaide University.
 
An award-winning educator, accomplished researcher, and experienced postgraduate supervisor, Fanke is passionate about design-led innovation. Her work centres on transdisciplinary, design-led research and teaching that foregrounds the critical role of design in helping society navigate rapid technological change and global uncertainty. She collaborates with academic, industry, and government partners in applied research contexts, bringing design into dialogue with emerging technologies, social innovation, health and wellbeing, cultural studies, anthropology, and sociology. In recognition of her contributions to higher education, she was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in 2020.
 
Fanke leads research on social design, and is the lead chief investigator on the ARC Discovery project investigating “Fostering Social Inclusion and Building Social Capital: The Role of Australian Neighbourhood and Community Houses and Centres” (2025-2028). She is also a chief investigator on the NHMRC Partnership project “Spark: A Community Co-design Model to Fight Loneliness”. She has led 22 projects with 35 industrial partners. Her research leadership is demonstrated through sustained achievements in securing competitive national and international grants worth over AUD 3 million, including those from the Australian Research Council (ARC), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Creative Australia, and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as well as multiple industry-funded projects—reflecting the collaborative and practice-based nature of the creative disciplines. In recognition of her significant and sustained commitment to advancing research, her leadership in initiating innovative research directions, and her successful delivery of major projects of national and international significance and impact, alongside her strong record in supervising and mentoring staff and HDR candidates, she was awarded the Excellence in Research Award (2025) by the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.

Invited Honorary Professor, Wuhan University of Technology, 2024-current.

Year Citation
2025 Peng, F., & Neville, S. (2025). Designing intergenerational play space: a scoping review. Design for Health, online(2), 1-18.
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2025 Peng, F., Neville, S., Maher, C., Du, T., Windsor, T. D., & Eckert, M. (2025). Intergenerational arts programs for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities: a scoping review. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, online, 1-22.
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2025 Peng, F., Little, K., & Liu, L. (2025). Human-centred design (HCD) in enhancing dementia care through assistive technologies: a scoping review. Digital, 5(4, article no. 51), 1-22.
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2024 Dooley, K., Peng, F., Neville, S., & McKibbin, J. (2024). Mind the gap: a scoping review of skills gaps for graduates in the creative industries. Arts And Humanities In Higher Education, 23(4), 330-349.
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2024 Zhang, R., Peng, F., & Gwilt, I. (2024). Exploring the role of immersive technology in digitally representing contemporary crafts within hybrid museum exhibitions: a scoping review. Digital Creativity, 35(4), 355-377.
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2024 Zhang, R., & Peng, F. (2024). Connection: digitally representing Australian Aboriginal art through the immersive virtual museum exhibition. Arts, 13(1), 1-14.
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2024 Corsini, N., Dorman, F., Scott, J., Wright, A., Turnbull, D., Williams, C., . . . Eckert, M. (2024). A project co-created with the community to mitigate loneliness in midlife women. FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, 12(1425641), 8 pages.
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2023 Peng, F., Kueh, C., & Sendas Mehves, C. (2023). Design pedagogy in a time of change: applying virtual flipped classroom in design higher education. Journal of Design, Business and Society, 9(1), 41-56.
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2022 Peng, F., Altieri, B., Hutchinson, T., Harris, A. J., & McLean, D. (2022). Design for social innovation: a systemic design approach in creative higher education toward sustainability. Sustainability, 14(13, article no. 8075), 1-20.
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2022 Peng, F., & Kueh, C. (2022). Integration of design thinking with cultural intelligence in higher education for a socially complex environment. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 41(2), 341-354.
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2021 Peng, F., & Zhao, N. (2021). Intercultural study of older Chinese immigrants' social connection and active ageing in Australia. Fashion Practice, 13(1), 128-146.
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2020 Jani, R., Byrne, R., Love, P., Agarwal, C., Peng, F., Yew, Y. W., . . . Naumovski, N. (2020). The environmental and bitter taste endophenotype determinants of picky eating in Australian school-aged children 7-12 years - a cross-sectional pilot study protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), 1-14.
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2020 Peng, F., Chow, L., & Tran, N. (2020). Service design thinking for social good. Fusion Journal, (18), 71-82.
2018 Peng, F. (2018). Wearable memory for healthy ageing: share life narratives and make your memory visible. Axon: Creative Explorations, 8(2), 1-11.
2018 Peng, F. (2018). WEARABLE MEMORY FOR HEALTHY AGEING: Share life narratives and make your memory visible. Axon, 8(2), 87-94.
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2014 An, N., Li, Q., & Peng, F. (2014). Application of 3D printing technology in women's corset production. Journal of Textile Research, 35(4), 154-159.
2014 Vecchi, A., Peng, F., & Al Sayegh, M. (2014). Assessing the applicability of a sizing framework into online fashion retail. International Journal of Advanced Information Science and Technology (IJAIST), 3(9), 95-103.
2014 Peng, F., & Al Sayegh, M. (2014). Personalised virtual fitting for fashion. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 5(4), 233-240.
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2012 Peng, F., Sweeney, D., & Delamore, P. (2012). Digital innovation in fashion: how to 'capture' the user experience in 3D body scanning. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (IJIEM), 3(4), 233-240.
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Year Citation
2024 Zhang, R., & Peng, F. (2024). An exploration of digital representation of Australian Aboriginal art in museums for immersive engagement. In J. Nichols, & B. Mehra (Eds.), Source details - Title: Data Curation and Information Systems Design from Australasia: Implications for Cataloguing of Vernacular Knowledge in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Vol. 54, pp. 125-136). UK: Emerald Publishing Limited.
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2024 Peng, F. (2024). Speculative visions: design-led research and transdisciplinary collaboration for probable futures. In A. Pepe (Ed.), Source details - Title: Beyond Broken: Different Systems for Different Futures (pp. 64-71). Australia: (MOD) University of South Australia.
2024 Mckibbin, J., Peng, F., & Hope, C. (2024). We want to play too: co-design of a public intergenerational play space and service for improved mental health for older adults in the Australian Capital Territory. In K. Niedderer (Ed.), Source details - Title: Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing: Co-Design, Interventions and Policy (pp. 237-255). US: Routledge.
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2024 Zabar, M., Peng, F., Davis, A., Kueh, C., & Gwilt, I. (2024). Co-design for sustainable youth mental health in Australia. In K. Niedderer (Ed.), Source details - Title: Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing: Co-Design, Interventions and Policy (pp. 37-49). Routledge.
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2023 Kueh, C., Durrant, G., Peng, F., Ely, P., & Bionat, J. F. (2023). Transforming complexity: a human-centred design approach to engage young people in the Philippines with dialogues about HIV service delivery. In A. M. Pfannstiel (Ed.), Source details - Title: Human-Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation: Development, Innovation, Change (pp. 243-264). Switzerland: Springer.
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2022 Kueh, C., Peng, F., Ely, P., & Durrant, G. (2022). A speculation for the future of service design in healthcare: looking through the lens of a speculative service design framework. In M. Pfannstiel, N. Brehmer, & C. Rasche (Eds.), Source details - Title: Service Design Practices for Healthcare Innovation: Paradigms, Principles, Prospects (pp. 115-133). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2022 Peng, F. (2022). Design thinking: from empathy to evaluation. In D. Herath, & D. St-Onge (Eds.), Source details - Title: Foundations of Robotics: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Python and ROS (pp. 63-81). Singapore: Springer.
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2021 Scharoun, L., Peng, F., Hills, D., Liu, J. H., Montana-Hoyos, C., & Sung, V. (2021). Conclusions, Overview, and Recommendations. In Cross Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing (pp. 160-168).
2021 Peng, F., Hao, L., & Recoche, K. (2021). Case Study: Cross-Cultural Design Workshops for Healthy Ageing in China. In Cross Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing (pp. 73-100).
2020 Scharoun, L., Montana-Hoyos, C., & Peng, F. (2020). Approaching Social Design Challenges through Multidisciplinary Collaboration. In Cross Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing (pp. 17-34).
2020 Peng, F., Hao, L., & Recoche, K. (2020). Case Study: Cross-Cultural Design Workshops for Healthy Ageing in China. In Cross Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing (pp. 73-100).
2020 Scharoun, L., Montana Hoyos, C., & Peng, F. (2020). Approaching social design challenges through multi-disciplinary collaboration. In L. Scharoun, D. Hills, C. Montana-Hoyos, F. Peng, & V. Sung (Eds.), Source details - Title: Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing (pp. 36-52). UK: Intellect Books.
2020 Peng, F., Hao, L., & Recoche, K. (2020). Case study: cross-cultural design workshops for healthy ageing in China. In L. Scharoun, D. Hills, C. Montana-Hoyos, F. Peng, & V. Sung (Eds.), Source details - Title: Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing (pp. 92-109). UK: Intellect.
2019 Zou, Y., & Peng, F. (2019). Key opinion leaders' influences in the Chinese fashion market. In N. Kalbaska, T. Sádaba, F. Cominelli, & L. Cantoni (Eds.), Source details - Title: Fashion Communication in the Digital Age (pp. 118-132). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2017 Peng, F., An, N., & Vecchi, A. (2017). Cross-cultural study of online user behavior in fashion e-commerce: a comparison of Britain and China. In A. Vecchi (Ed.), Source details - Title: Advanced Fashion Technology and Operations Management (pp. 277-293). US: IGI Global.
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2017 Vecchi, A., Peng, F., & Al Sayegh, M. (2017). Size recommendations in online fashion retail: opportunities and challenges. In A. Vecchi (Ed.), Source details - Title: Advanced Fashion Technology and Operations Management (pp. 348-362). US: IGI Global.
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2017 Peng, F., An, N., & Vecchi, A. (2017). Cross-cultural study of online user behavior in fashion e-commerce: A comparison of Britain and China. In Mobile Commerce Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications (Vol. 3, pp. 1163-1178). IGI Global.
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2016 Vecchi, A., Peng, F., Al Sayegh, M., & Hamilton, S. (2016). Enhancing online fashion retail: the quest for the perfect fit. In C. Machado, & J. Davim (Eds.), Source details - Title: Technological Challenges and Management: Matching Human and Business Needs (pp. 125-144). US: CRC Press.
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2016 Peng, F., Vecchi, A., Al Sayegh, M., & Hamilton, S. (2016). How to use sizing technology and fashion metadata to improve the user experience for online fashion retail. In A. Vecchi, & C. Buckley (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Research on Global Fashion Management and Merchandising (pp. 261-279). US: IGI Global.

Year Citation
2022 Rui, Z., Peng, F., & Gwilt, I. (2022). Immersive technologies for improving visitors' digital experience in contemporary crafts exhibitions. In 2022 ACUADS Conference: Public Pedagogy: Forms of togetherness (pp. 1-18). Australia: Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.
2022 Zou, Y., & Peng, F. (2022). Simultaneously monitoring system design for infants' temperature: a Human-Centred Design (HCD) in fashion practice. In M. M. Soares, E. Rosenzweig, & A. Marcus (Eds.), Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design Thinking and Practice in Contemporary and Emerging Technologies. HCII 2022 Vol. 13323 LNCS (pp. 467-481). Switzerland: Springer.
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2020 Peng, F. (2020). Design as a meta-mode of inquiry for advancing social innovation: problem-based learning in service design pedagogy. In L. Sanderson, & S. Stone (Eds.), Teaching - Learning - Research: Design and Environments (pp. 157-166). UK: Architecture Media Politics Society.
2017 Peng, F., & Scharoun, L. (2017). Fostering creative competency and value between China and Australia via multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural design workshops. In Proceedings of the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools Conference ACUADS 2017 (pp. 1-11). Australia: Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools.
2016 Scharoun, L., Peng, F., & Turner, B. (2016). Global creative competency: multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural workshops as a means to strengthen work-ready skills for honours students in creative arts & design. In Proceedings, Australian Council of University Design and Art Schools Conference (pp. 1-10). Australia: ACUADS.
2014 Peng, F., & Al Sayegh, M. (2014). Personalised Size Recommendation for Online Fashion. In Z. Anišić, & C. Forza (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization in Central Europe (MCP-CE 2014) (pp. 157-161). Serbia: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences.
  • Neighbourhood and Community Houses and Centres (NCHCs) and Social Inclusion, ARC Discovery Project DP260104009, 2026 - 31/12/2028
  • Spark: A community co-design model to fight loneliness, NHMRC Partnership Project ID2044107, 2025-2027
  • Leveraging human centred design to develop a model of care for older people with Post COVID Condition, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, 12/04/2024 - 31/05/2026
  • Human-Centered Design for Athletes: Advancing 3D Football Boot Innovation, DOHGO 34 Pty Ltd, 02/03/2025 - 01/03/2026
  • Skills SA: Building Capability Projects Skills Gaps in the Advertising and Design Sector, SA Minister for Education, Training and Skills, 28/07/2022 - 01/05/2023

Courses I teach

  • GRAP 3010 Product Design Studio 5 (Usability) (2025)
  • GRAP 3010 Product Design Studio 5 (Usability) (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor 111021 - Improving wellbeing through intergenerational virtual travel and experiences Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Beck Stewart
2025 Principal Supervisor Framework for scaling a network of design and distributed manufacturing ecosystems to deliver appropriate Assistive Technology in low and middle income countries Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ray Mines
2024 Principal Supervisor A Novel Approach to Codesign for Sustainable Youth Mental Health in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Mady Zabar
2024 Principal Supervisor Co-creation: Optimizing and developing an interactive Virtual rality education tool for training residential aged care facilities staff in dementia care. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Yan Wang
2023 Principal Supervisor Co-design an assistive tool to support effective communication between primary school teachers, classroom assistants, and students with autism spectrum disorder Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Amanda Jane Kelly

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