Dr. Natalia Radywyl
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College: School of Design
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Department: School of Design
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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natalia.radywyl@rmit.edu.au
About
Dr. Natalia Radywyl is a researcher and designer whose work has focused on the role of policy in serving the public good, particularly by redesigning social services, public spaces, and civic institutions to ensure they're more equitable, inclusive, and can adopt progressive remits.
Natalia’s 15 years of design expertise encompass service design, placemaking, systemic design, and strategic design. She has led design research practices at top design and innovation consultancies in New York City and Melbourne, with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies and government to non-profit organisations and the community sector.
She joined RMIT in September 2024 as a Vice Chancellor's Principal Research Fellow in Regenerative Futures and Associate Professor in the School of Design, College of Design and Social Context, Melbourne. Her fellowship examines how academics, designers, and funders can best partner for regenerative impact, with the aim of developing evidence-based models and tools that support effective collaboration through translational design.
Academic positions
- Vice Chancellor's Principal Research Fellow
- RMIT
- School of Design, College of Design and Social Context
- , Australia
- 30 Sep 2024 – Present
- Adjunct Faculty
- School of Visual Arts
- Design for Social Innovation MFA
- New York, United States
- 2018 – 2021
- Research Associate
- University of Melbourne
- Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2013 – 2012
- Adjunct Fellow
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Institute for Social Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2011 – 2013
- Honorary Research Fellow
- University of Melbourne
- School of Culture and Communication
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2010 – 2010
- Research Assistant
- RMIT University
- School of Design and Social Context
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2009 – 2009
- Course Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor
- University of Melbourne
- School of Culture and Communications
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2004 – 2009
Non-academic positions
- Head of Research
- Today Design
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2022 – 2024
- Head of Research
- Public Policy Lab
- New York City, USA
- 2021 – 2022
- Research and Evaluation Director
- Public Policy Lab
- New York City, USA
- 2019 – 2021
- Senior Design Researcher
- Fjord/Accenture
- New York City, USA
- 2014 – 2018
- Research Fellow
- Project for Public Spaces
- New York City, USA
- 2012 – 2014
- Account Manager
- Hall and Partners | Open Mind
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2010 – 2011
Teaching interests
2016-2023: Guest teacher
- Stanford University (Stanford), Parsons School of Design (New York City), The School for Visual Arts (New York City)
- Invited to teach curricula relating to ethnography, design research and service design in graduate programs: Needfinding for Systems Change (dSchool, Stanford University); Transdisciplinary Design (Parsons School of Design); Strategic Design and Business Development (Parsons School of Design); and Design Research (School for Visual Arts).
2018-2021: Adjunct faculty
- School of Visual Arts (New York City)
- Teaching a core thesis project course in the Design for Social Innovation MFA with content including human-centered design, design research, and social innovation project planning.
2004-09: Lecturer and course coordinator
- University of Melbourne (Melbourne)
- Designed and taught courses in cultural studies and media and communications, including: City Cultures; Media Futures and New Technologies; Lifestyle and Consumer Culture; and Media Policy.
Research interests
Natalia's fellowship examines how academics, designers, and funders can best partner for regenerative impact, with the aim of developing evidence-based models and tools that support effective collaboration through translational design.
