Cecilia brings together expertise in systems thinking, participatory design, care systems, and human factors/ergonomics, enabling her to support and collaborate with Doctoral Researchers across a wide range of interdisciplinary areas.

Current Supervision

  • Barbara Foiato Hein Machado (Primary Supervisor) – Advocacy for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Patients in Healthcare (Barbara's Profile)
  • Yuhui Mowdy (Secondary Supervisor, with Business School) – Intersectionality in the Design and Delivery of Digital Mental Health Services for Disadvantaged Populations

Cecilia welcomes applications from prospective doctoral researchers interested in:

  • Transforming health and care systems, with a particular focus on vulnerable or marginalised communities
  • Participatory systems approaches, especially those addressing power asymmetries and creative civic engagement
  • Pedagogies of systemic design
  • Theories of change as a means to build and sustain systemic learning capabilities