My Expertise
Social Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Technology Ethics
Fields of Research (FoR)
Design, Other built environment and design, Art history, theory and criticismBiography
Belinda J Dunstan is a Senior Lecturer in the UNSW Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, and is the Principal Lead for the the UNSW Creative Robotics Lab. Motivated by curiosity and care for how technology will shape human activity in the future, her multidisciplinary research practice spans the disciplines of fine art, design, architecture, education and social robotics to engage in ‘critical-futuring’.
In 2024, Belinda authored and...view more
Belinda J Dunstan is a Senior Lecturer in the UNSW Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, and is the Principal Lead for the the UNSW Creative Robotics Lab. Motivated by curiosity and care for how technology will shape human activity in the future, her multidisciplinary research practice spans the disciplines of fine art, design, architecture, education and social robotics to engage in ‘critical-futuring’.
In 2024, Belinda authored and designed Australia's first minor in Social Robotics for the Bachelor of Design. She is also the Course Convenor for Interior Architecture: Critical Perspectives and for Computational Design: Human-Machine Interaction. Belinda’s research focuses on the appearance design, movement planning and future cultural implications of social robots. Her current research interests are in social robot morphology, technology ethics and cultural robotics. Recently, Belinda was the lead editor of Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and their Emergent Cultural Ecologies (Springer, 2023).
My Grants
UNSW ADA Early Career Researcher Development Fund (2025)
UNSW Built Environment Seed Funding (2025)
UNSW Built Environment Early Career Research Grant (2021)
CoBuild 4.0 in collaboration with Landom NSW (2018)
UNSW Faculty Travel Grant (2015)
UNSW Faculty Travel Grant (2014)
Australian Postgraduate Award (2014–2017)
UNSW Isenberg Award for Excellence in Sculpture (2013)
My Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, UNSW Australia Art & Design, Creative Robotics Lab
Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), UNSW Australia Art & Design
Bachelor of Art Education, UNSW Australia Art & Design
My Awards
The Society of Interior Designers Australia (SIDA) Foundation International Travel Award for UNSW Interior Architecture (2025)
UNSW Scientia Education Academy Exemplary Teaching Practice Award (2024)
UNSW Faculty of the Built Environment Dean’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Sessional Staff) (2015)
UNSW CATEI Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance (2016: S1)
UNSW CATEI Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance (2015: S1, S2)
UNSW CATEI Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance (2014: S1, S2)
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Social Robotics
Robot Morphology
Technology Ethics
Responsive Architectural Environments
Interior Architecture Critical Theory
My Engagement
[TED talk profile]: TEDx UNSW: https://medium.com/@tedxunsw/meet-belinda-dunstan-4ea2f6b95410
[Interview]: UNSW Newsroom, ‘Social robotics can help us move towards a more inclusive society’: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/art-architecture-design/social-robotics-can-help-us-move-towards-more-inclusive-society
[Podcast Interview]: OPENSCR Podcast, Episode 2- Cultural Robotics, Technology Ethics and Human-Machine Interaction: https://opensrcpodcast.podbean.com/e/dr-belinda-dunstan-episode-2-cultural-robotics-technology-ethics-and-human-machine-interactions/
[Panel Moderator]: Sydney Writer’s Festival, Technology Panel: Keeping Tech in Check- https://www.swf.org.au/festivals/festival-2022/keeping-tech-in-check/
[Radio]: Interview with John Stanley 2GB: https://www.2gb.com/podcast/could-a-robot-work-as-the-family-pet/
[Interview Panel Recording]: AI in Legal Practice Summit 2018: AI Law, Robot Personalities, Ethics, Regulation & Risk Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb6hylYxvv0&t=1615s
[Interview Panel Recording]: Panel discussion at Goethe-Institut Australia, on Humans and IA: https://youtu.be/o9G-gUz3rqw
[Interview Panel Link]: VIVID Sydney: Art Meets Artificial Intelligence: https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/belinda-dunstan/20204
[Weblink]: Sydney Design Week: FEMUFACTURE, Exhibition and Panel Discussion: https://jpf.org.au/events/femufacture/
[Weblink] Sparkfest 2020 Tech Talk: Internet of Things: https://www.evensi.com/tech-talks-internet-rhodes-nsw-shoreline-drive-30/382957371
[Print]: Interview with MUAH: Social Robotics and Collaboration: https://mwah.live/blog/social-robots-collaboration-and-therapy
[Print]: Interview with Create Digital for Engineers Australia: https://medium.com/@tedxunsw/meet-belinda-dunstan-4ea2f6b95410
[Weblink] ANAT SALON :: Emotionally Engaging the Machine: https://events.humanitix.com.au/copy-of-anat-salon-sydney-emotionally-engaging-the-machine
[Workshop]: Rising Sun Motorcycle Workshop: https://www.risingsunworkshop.com/blog/2016/12/13/digital-fabrication-and-rapid-prototyping-with-belinda-dunstan-1
Contact
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7894-5077