Thomas Fischer - Short Bio

Thomas Fischer is a digital and industrial design educator and researcher with a background in cybernetics. He is a Professor at the School of Design at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China. Thomas holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Kassel, a Ph.D. in Architecture and Design from RMIT University and a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity from Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the Design Research Society, a Fellow of the Cybernetics Society, a Certified Talent of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, and a recipient of the American Society for Cybernetics' Warren McCulloch Award. Thomas has taught Interactive Systems Design and Industrial and Product Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for over ten years, and Architecture and Industrial Design at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University for ten years. He was a visiting academic at National Cheng Kung University and at Humboldt University. His academic research is focused on design computing, design cybernetics, design geometry, and digital media. He is the Chief Design Officer of the technology start-up company anabrid. Together with Christiane M. Herr, Thomas has edited the book "Design Cybernetics: Navigating the New" published by Springer in 2019.