Architect and researcher
Juror
Dr Shaneen Fantin is a generous leader with unique skills in architecture, project management, community engagement and research. Shaneen is passionate about social justice in architecture, sustainable and appropriate development and has dedicated her career to understanding the relationship of culture, design and architecture with First Nations peoples.
Shaneen has over 25 years of experience on a broad range of community, health, and housing projects in Australia and the Pacific, and she continues to advocate for sustainable design solutions and culturally and socially inclusive outcomes for the whole community. Shaneen is co-chair of the First Nations Advisory Committee for the Australian Institute of Architects and a member of the Queensland Urban Design and Places Panel. She is also an adjunct associate professor at the University of Queensland and James Cook University where she continues to influence through teaching and research.