Director, Melbourne School of Design
Urban Design Champions
Professor Dan Hill is the director of Melbourne School of Design, the graduate school in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. A designer and urbanist, Dan's previous leadership roles include the Swedish government’s innovation agency Vinnova in Stockholm, Arup in London and Sydney, Fabrica in Treviso, the Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA in Helsinki, and the UK's Future Cities Catapult and BBC in London.
Dan is also a visiting professor of practice and advisory board member at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Practice and a founder member of the Council on Urban Initiatives. Dan was one of the inaugural design advocates for the Mayor of London and a Trustee of Participatory City Foundation. He is on the editorial board of the Future Observatory Journal and She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. He is the author of the books Dark Matter and Trojan Horses: A strategic design playbook (Strelka Press, 2012) and Designing missions (Vinnova, 2022).