Davina Jackson M.Arch (UNSW) PhD by Pubs (Kent) is a Sydney-based writer of books, exhibitions, sites and papers on architecture, design, geographical and urban technology themes. A former editor of Architecture Australia and a founder of the smart light city festivals in Sydney and Singapore, she is a visiting scholar with the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture and was the lead editor of the first comprehensive manifesto of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (aka Digital Earth) project. She is also a councillor of The Royal Society of New South Wales (RSNSW) and the Geographical Society of NSW, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Royal Society of Arts and the RSNSW. Her latest book is Australian Architecture: A History (Allen & Unwin, 2022).
Experience
2019–2022
Honorary Academic, University of Kent (Architecture and Planning)
2022–2022
Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge (Architecture)
2013–2018
Visiting Research Fellow, Goldsmiths (Computing), University of London
2006–2015
Director, DCity Pty Ltd
2008–2008
d_city@NICTA project leader, NICTA
2005–2007
NSGlobal Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
1992–2000
Editor, Architecture Australia
Education
2018
University of Kent, PhD by Publications
1997
University of New South Wales, M.Arch (history and theory)
1976
Auckland Technical Institute, Certificate of Journalism
Publications
2022
Australian Architecture: A History, Allen & Unwin
2018
Data Cities: How satellites are transforming architecture and design, Lund Humphries
2017
Douglas Snelling: Pan-Pacific Modern Design and Architecture, Routledge
2015
SuperLux: Smart Light Art, Design and Architecture for Cities, Thames and Hudson
2007
Next Wave: Emerging Talents in Australian Architecture, Thames and Hudson
2006
Pink Fits: Australian Perspectives on Architecture 1993-2006, DCity
2000
Australian Architecture Now, Thames and Hudson
Professional Memberships
Fellow Royal Geographical Society
Fellow Royal Society of Arts
Honorary Life Member International Society for Digital Earth
Member Royal Australian Historical Society
Member Australian Society of Authors
Councillor and Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
Councillor and Member, Georgraphical Society of New South Wales