With a background in anthropology and design thinking, Philippa has extensive experience working in the publishing, technology and higher education sectors in Australia and in Europe. After becoming fluent in two languages as an adult she developed a new understanding of the potential of adult learning and a passion for continuing education in a variety of disciplines. Her work in strategy and experience design attempts to integrate her anthropological understanding to speculate or anticipate how people might react to new events, products or services. This approach allows customers and businesses to make informed decisions and imagine change by improving capacity for preferred future states and desirable outcomes. ​Her recent experience in UX design, research and strategy spans clients such as the National Diabetes Services Scheme, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Diabetes Australia, St John Ambulance, Achieve Australia, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Red Cross, icare and LIfe Healthcare. Her work in the university sector spans ANU, University of Genoa, University of Trento, UTS, Macquarie University and Technische Universitaet Berlin. In publishing, she has collaborated extensively with Corriere della Sera, The Economist Group and Domus. Her first book, ‘Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague’, is currently in production with Cambridge University Press.