The Robert Garland Treseder Fellowship was established in 2016 through a generous donation from the Creative Futures Foundation, originating from alumnus Dr. Robert Treseder. This Fellowship enables artists, business innovators, designers, policy leaders, start-ups, architects, and scholars dedicated to the development and promotion of design-based innovation to visit Melbourne.
Purpose and Selection Criteria
The Treseder Fellowship provides funding to bring in respected, esteemed, or emerging practitioners and/or academics to stimulate discussion, engagement, education and research about future design practice (NB: this is an expanded idea of design, across all disciplines). It typically has an emphasis on emerging innovation, applied research and practice, and connection to industry, government, and community.
Applications addressing the following Designing Futures Impact Agendas (Climate action, First Nations, Healthy places, Social justice, Future practice) will be favourably received.
Planning and Hosting
There is a formal EOI process, although please be aware that there may be a queue on previously agreed applications. Ensure that you prepare and discuss your plans well in advance with Dan Hill, Director MSD and Academic Lead for the Fellowship.
Hosting a Fellow does require significant time commitment, in terms of planning, communications, developing partnerships and arranging events, and hosting during the visit, so do ensure that the Fellow can really help advance a meaningful agenda for you and the Faculty.
Fellows are hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) and may collaborate across the University or with external not-for-profit organisations.
Possible activities include:
- public lectures, seminars, or symposia,
- exhibitions (with MSD Gallery approval),
- teaching engagements and guest reviews,
- participation in ABP major events (e.g. Dean’s Lecture Series, Annual ABP Symposium, MSDx, design intensives).
The document here includes further detail about the process of applying for a Treseder Fellowship.
Previous Fellows
2017 Greg Lynn
2018 Adam Peacock
2019 Christian Bason
2020 Philippe Block
2022 Jenny Wu
2023 Indy Johar
2024 Philippe Rahm and Sarah Ichioka
2025 Mio Tsuneyama and Rasmus Nørgaard
2026 Alison Page and Martino Tattara
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