Principal Research Consultant at Human Constellation, Dr Faye Miller is an internationally recognized and experienced researcher, specialist editor, speaker and published author.

Dr Miller leads and collaborates on both academic and industry research projects at the intersections of social and ethical aspects of science and technology, information experience, social sustainability and regeneration, mental health, knowledge management and transdisciplinary research methods.

Dr Miller has considerable expertise in qualitative research methods, particularly grounded theory, digital ethnography and narrative analysis. She has a long-held personal interest in understanding the role of knowledge in social-ecological systems. After experiencing and surviving a series of geological disasters in her youth, she began writing nonfiction and fiction about the importance of human relations and socio-cultural dimensions of sustainability.

During her PhD at Queensland University of Technology completed in 2014, Dr Miller developed a transdisciplinary knowledge ecosystems model for research innovation.

Her peer-reviewed research—books, journal articles, media and creative works—have impacted through high citations and applications across areas such as higher education, information science, knowledge management, software engineering, internet communication, mental health and wellbeing, social policy and career development. She has led and partnered on many projects with multiple universities and organizations including Reddit, Twitter, CSIRO, International Documentary Association, the Australian National University and Harvard University.

Her latest book is Producing Shared Understanding for Digital and Social Innovation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).

Current research interests and projects