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Christiaan Willems FHEA FIML FAIEA

Academic & Consultant, Queensland University of Technology

A Fellow of the both the Higher Education Academy FHEA and the Institute of Managers and Leaders FIML, Dr. Christiaan WILLEMS has an extensive and uniquely diverse career in the performing arts, music, television, tertiary education, research, and corporate communication. His performance work has been seen 'from the outback to the Opera House' and his award-winning television work has been broadcast internationally.

Dr Willems's presentation as a Higher Education Leader at the international EduTECH Congress 2016 on the topic: ‘Keeping It Human - Change & Challenge in Online Learning & Teaching’ is indicative of his international standing in higher education leadership.

As a former Teaching Transformation Fellow at QUT, a researcher in online learning & teaching; a Lecturer in Design and Performance for Stage & Screen, and a specialist in non-verbal communication, Christiaan has applied his unique suite of creative industries skills and qualifications simultaneously to the arts; tertiary education, and corporate contexts.
Christiaan is a former President of the Queensland Arts Council and Deputy Chair of Regional Arts Australia (RAA), and is currently Director of Higher Education at the Performing Arts Conservatory.

Experience

  • 2000–present
    Director, ArtsMedia Consultants
  • 2015–2016
    Director of Education, The Performing Arts Conservatory
  • 2010–2015
    Board Director, Artslink Queensland Arts Council
  • 2014–2015
    Deputy Chair, Regional Arts Australia
  • 2014–2015
    Multimedia Project Manager, StepUp Enquiry Project, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2014–2015
    President, Artslink Queensland Arts Council
  • 2012–2014
    Manager, Redelivery - online Teaching & Learning initiative, Queensland University of Technology

Education

  • 2009 
    QUT, Doctor of Creative Industries
  • 1997 
    QUT, Master of Arts (Research)

Publications

  • 2015
    The 'Gourmet' Sausage Factory: Keeping it Human, Journal of Learning Design
  • 2014
    The Stylised Version of You, eBook (Apple, Amazon, Google Books, Kobo)
  • 2010
    But What Makes It Doctoral?, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences