Dr Katja Fleischmann is a senior digital media design educator and design researcher at the School of Creative Arts at James Cook University (Australia). Her international experience gained while working in the UK, USA and Germany as designer and design educator informs a variety of research interests which include design futures; design thinking as a tool for economic, public and social innovation; multi- and trans-disciplinary design processes and design pedagogy with particular focus on the future of design education. She has extensive experience in curriculum development and has received recognition for her work from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Her work as researcher has been published in a variety of forums.