Todd Robinson

Robinson's 2019 doctorate titled 'Soma Poiesis: An exploration of the redirective potential of somatic experiences in fashion' was a practice-based exploration of embodiment in fashion. The research investigated the processes of sartorial embodiment in fashion by undertaking close readings of micro-corporeal movements of the dressed body using digital technology. Current research encompasses publication across both non-traditional research outcomes as well as scholarly publishing with a focus on the development of practice oriented methods, approaches and frameworks for the exploration of embodied experience.

n 2024, he was a Eureka Finalist for CLOAK, a social-impact research project on Queer visibility in STEM, fashion and photography, undertaken with colleagues from UTS and the University of Sydney. In 2022, he was a Research Fellow at the Museum of Arts and Applied Sciences, Sydney, developing Futuring Weather: Thinking, Making and Wearing through the Powerhouse Collection, a project exploring fashion and weather. More recently he guest-edited a special issue of Critical Studies in Men's Fashion titled Atmospheres. Current projects involve an Artist-in-Residence at the Sydney Nano Institute, University of Sydney,  investigating the intersections of fashion, textiles, and nanoscience. He is also co-curating a public exhibition at UTS gallery exploring shifting ontologies of fashion archives along with an international symposium March-April 2026.