Kate Bishop

Dr Kate Bishop's principal area of design and research interest is children, youth and environments. She is currently Senior Lecturer in the Landscape Architecture Program; Director of the Built Environment Interdisciplinary Learning (BEIL) initiative, Faculty of Built Environment; and Convenor of the new interdisciplinary Children and Youth Research Network (CYRN) at UNSW. She has extensive experience as a design consultant with a particular interest in environments for children with special needs; the design of paediatric and adolescent health care facilities; and participatory methodologies in design and research with children and young people. She holds a PhD from the University of Sydney in Environment-Behaviour research (Topic: The role of the physical environment of hospital settings in children's well-being, from their perspectives); a BA from the University of Sydney (Major: Anthropology)and a BA (Vis) from Sydney College of the Arts (Major: Jewellery and Object Design).