Art-based Research for Knowledge Translation
About this webinar: What do we learn when we invite others to make and create? This webinar demonstrates different arts-based research methods to promote knowledge translation. With reference to one line of inquiry as an exemplar – namely, how to promote care – the webinar reveals the complementary value of: found objects; body mapping; collective collage making; and photography. It: presents an overview of arts-based research methods, explaining what they are (and are not) and their purpose; demonstrates how arts-based research might be used to
promote care; clarifies the benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations associated with arts-based research; and invites you to consider how you might incorporate arts-based research in your research to promote knowledge translation.
About the Speakers:
- Professor Ann Dadich is the Deputy Director of the SPHERE Knowledge Translation Platform with expertise in health service management, notably knowledge translation. She holds editorial appointments with several academic journals; she co-convenes the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Health Management and Organisation Special Interest Group; and she serves on the Executive Committee of ACSPRI (the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc.). Additionally, Professor Dadich supervises doctoral candidates and teaches undergraduate units on change management, innovation, creativity, and organisational behaviour.
- Professor Katherine Boydell is a Health Sociologist and an internationally recognised leader in qualitative inquiry and arts-based knowledge translation in mental health. She is a Fellow of the prestigious Australian Social Sciences Academy. She currently serves as founder and lead of the highly innovative, award-winning Arts-based Knowledge Translation (AKT) Lab at BDI, which uses visual, literary and performative methods to create and disseminate research. Professor Boydell is also Director of Knowledge Translation for Maridulu Budyari Gumal, the Sydney Partnership in Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE); an NHMRC advanced health research translation centre. She serves as Executive Editor for the journal Arts & Health.
- Dr Barbara Doran is the lead curator of art-based knowledge translation with the Sydney Partnership in Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE). She brings research to life through collaborative arts–health projects involving scholars, artists, clinicians, and people with lived experience to foster creative, meaningful impact. Based at the transdisciplinary school UTS, she draws on 25+ years’ experience spanning public health, psychology, planning, and the arts. Her work delivers transformational outcomes across academic, community, and industry settings.
- Dr Chloe Watfern is a transdisciplinary researcher with expertise in qualitative inquiry applied across the social sciences, humanities, and creative arts. She is committed to innovative, creative and inclusive approaches. Chloe is an experienced facilitator and educator, engaging community groups, school students and university undergraduates. All Chloe’s work is underpinned by her passion for making the world a better place and tackling the big and interconnected challenges of our time, from social inclusion and mental health to climate change.
- Dr Diane Macdonald is a qualitative researcher who leverages sound business management skills with arts-based enquiry methods to build more resilient and inclusive communities. Diane employs the arts to create knowledge with people marginalised by mental health and disability, uses arts-based strategies to support vulnerable groups and applies the arts to share research knowledge within the broader community.
Date: Wednesday 29 October 2025
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Please register here.