Dr Liz Brogden
Senior Lecturer in Design (Built Environment)
School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Researcher biography
Dr Liz Brogden is a Senior Lecturer at the UQ School of Architecture, Design and Planning in Brisbane, Australia. Her research advances climate action in architecture and design by exploring how university and professional education can accelerate sustainability transitions in the built environment.
Liz has extensive experience designing and delivering climate-, resilience-, and sustainability-focused courses from the undergraduate through to the master's level, including interdisciplinary subjects spanning multiple design disciplines. Her teaching and leadership excellence have been recognised with a Faculty Leadership Excellence award at UQ, two Vice-Chancellor Awards at QUT, and, as part of the team that was awarded the overall QS Reimagine Global Education Award in 2021.
A 2022 Churchill Fellow, Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Liz serves on the National Education Committee of the Australian Institute of Architects and as Chair of the Education Committee for its Queensland State Chapter.
Publications
Book Chapters
Brogden, Liz and Volz, Kirsty (2023). Developing climatic design guidelines for Australia’s growing regional centres: proposing an interdisciplinary, place-based methodology. Place-based sustainability: research and design extending pathways for ecological stewardship. (pp. 108-129) edited by Jason Montgomery. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Brogden, Liz and Kennedy, Rosemary (2021). A humanitarian shelter terminology framework. Enhancing disaster preparedness: from humanitarian architecture to community resilience. (pp. 3-22) edited by A. Nuno Martins, Mahmood Fayazi, Faten Kikano and Liliane Hobeica. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819078-4.00001-0
Journal Articles
Forster, Alan, Hepburn, Leigh‐Anne, Brogden, Liz, Boston, Megan, Galbrun, Laurent, Lawanson, Taibat, Morkel, Jolanda and Bernie, Des (2026). Exploring disciplinary perspectives on community resilience. Disasters, 50 (1) e70036, 1-19. doi: 10.1111/disa.70036
Barber, Daniel A. and Brogden, Liz (2024). Shifting narratives for a shifting climate. Architecture Australia, September/October (5) 11, 46-48.
Boston, Megan, Bernie, Desmond, Brogden, Liz, Forster, Alan, Galbrun, Laurent, Hepburn, Leigh-Anne, Lawanson, Taibat and Morkel, Jolanda (2024). Community resilience: a multidisciplinary exploration for inclusive strategies and scalable solutions. Resilient Cities and Structures, 3 (1), 114-130. doi: 10.1016/j.rcns.2024.03.005
Esperdy, Gabrielle, Stead, Naomi, Brogden, Liz, Cuéllar, Gabriel, Hwang, Joyce, Heymann, David, Sutton, Sharon Egretta, López, Monxo, Masoud, Fadi, Hanna E. Morris, Johan Pries, CL Bohannon, Rob Holmes and Thaïsa Way (2022). Field notes on design activism: 3. Places Journal.
Brogden, Liz, Bernie, Desmond, Boston, Megan, Forster, Alan M., Galbrun, Laurent, Hepburn, Leigh-Anne, Lawanson, Taibat and Morkel, Jolanda (2022). A learning design framework for community resilience: international and transdisciplinary perspectives on a boundary object. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 3 100200, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100200
Brophy, Claire, Stewart, Cori, Caldwell, Glenda, Donovan, Jared, Fialho Teixeira, Müge Belek, Dedehayir, Ozgur and Brogden, Liz (2020). Designing an open innovation orchestrator: the case of Australia’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) hub. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ), 4 (1), 16-22. doi: 10.23726/cij.2020.949
Conference Papers
Brogden, Liz and Volz, Kirsty (2021). Searching for “Goldilocks” (Just Right!): Interdisciplinary approaches to defining the regional climate character of cities. Architecture Media Politics Society, New York / Online, 16-18 June 2021. City Tech - CUNY:
Caldwell, Glenda, Donovan, Jared, Teixeira, Müge Fialho Leandro Alves and Brogden, Liz (2019). From open innovation to design-led manufacturing: Cases of Australian art and architecture. Annual Design Research Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3-4 October 2019. Melbourne, Victoria: Monash University Caulfield.
Brogden, Liz (2019). Sustainability, design futuring, and the process of shelter and settlements. 8th I-Rec Conference on Reconstruction and Recovery for Displaced Populations and Refugees, Toronto, Canada, 1-2 June 2017. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International . doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92498-4_1
Brogden, Liz and Kennedy, Rosemary (2018). Building Strong Foundations: a shelter terminology framework for humanitarian architecture. International Conference on Building Resilience, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-16 November 2018. Lisbon, Portugal:
Brogden, Liz (2017). Sustainable futures and the process of shelter and settlement: a design theory perspective. 2017 i-Rec Conference on Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction for Refugees and Displaced Population, Toronto, Canada, 1-2 June. Toronto, ON, Canada:
Newspaper Article
Brogden, Liz, Stead, Naomi, Oldfield, Philip, Knapp, Chris and Reinhardt, Dagmar (2022, 08 01). A watershed moment: architecture education and climate change Architecture Australia 60-61.
Thesis
Brogden, Liz (2020). From product to process and site to system: disaster resilience and humanitarian design in architecture education. PhD Thesis, School of Design , Queensland University of Technology . doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.202988
Design
Research Reports
Brogden, Liz (2025). Architects in a changing climate: collective action, education reform and cultural transformation. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Winston Churchill Trust.
Brogden, Liz (2025). Architects in a changing climate report: fact sheet. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Winston Churchill Trust.
Brogden, Liz and Oldfield, Philip (2025). Beneath the tip of the iceberg: summary report. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Kessler, Charlotte and Brogden, Liz (2024). School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, Curriculum Review Report, Phase 1: Data. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Brogden, Liz, Gonsalves, Kavita, Oldfield, Philip, Kessler, Charlotte, Knapp, Chris, Stead, Naomi, Reinhardt, Dagmar, Engelhardt, Gina and Iftikhar, Naima (2023). Climate action in Australian architectural practice: 2022 industry survey results. West End, QLD Australia: Architecture Climate Futures.
Brogden, Liz, Iftikhar, Naima, Oldfield, Philip, Stead, Naomi, Kessler, Charlotte, Knapp, Chris and Reinhardt, Dagmar (2022). Climate literacy and action in architecture education: Australasian perspectives. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia.
Volz, Kirsty, Kennedy, Rosemary, Brogden, Liz, Bebbington, Jade, Pham, Kieu, Palmer, Jennifer, Christa Pudmenzky, Johnston, Lindy, Zemek, Tonia and Ison, Hannah (2022). Toowoomba Region Design: Warm Temperate Climate Building Design Guidelines. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Toowoomba Regional Council.
Volz, Kirsty, Kennedy, Rosemary, Brogden, Liz and Pham, Kieu (2022). Warm Temperate Climate Study and Design Guidelines: Phase 3 Report: Architectural Responses to the Warm Temperate Climate. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Toowoomba Regional Council.
Pudmensky, Christa, Kennedy, Rosemary, Brogden, Liz, Volz, Kirsty and Pham, Kieu (2021). Warm Temperate Climate Study and Guideline Project: Phase 1 Report: Defining the Warm Temperate. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Toowoomba Regional Council.
Volz, Kirsty, Kennedy, Rosemary, Brogden, Liz and Pham, Kieu (2021). Warm Temperate Climate Study and Design Guidelines: Phase 2 Report: Architectural Responses to the Warm Temperate Climate. Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Toowoomba Regional Council.
Ross Donaldson, Liz Brogden, Jeremy McLeod and Bronwen Holland (2020). C-CAP: Coordinated Climate Action Plan: Report to National Council of The Australian Institute of Architects. Australia: Unpublished.