Professor Martin Tomitsch is a design academic with 20 years of experience in teaching design, facilitating workshops, and conducting design research at universities in Vienna, Paris, Beijing, and Sydney. He is a Professor and Head of the Transdisciplinary (TD) School at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The TD School operates at the intersection of creativity and innovation and offers transdisciplinary programs, including the award-winning Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation and postgraduate programs in Data Science & Innovation and Creative Intelligence & Strategic Innovation.

Before joining UTS, Martin was an academic in the Design Lab at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney, where he held various leadership roles, including Program Director for the Bachelor of Design Computing, Head of the Design Department, and Director of Innovation (Education, Enterprise and Engagement).

He has taught courses on interaction design, user experience design, design thinking, creativity, and innovation. His research investigates the interaction between people and future technologies, with a particular focus on citizens and communities, autonomous mobility, and new approaches for responsible innovation.

Martin is founder of several non-profit organisations, including the Austrian Network for Information and Communication Technologies for Development, the global Media Architecture Institute, and the Life-Centred Design Collective.

Martin’s recent books include Designing Tomorrow – Strategic Design Tactics to Change Your Practice, Your Organisation & Your Planetary Impact and Design Think Make Break Repeat which is a handbook of design methods, now available as a revised edition after having sold over 13,000 copies.