Flavia comes to Swinburne after a varied teaching career at Deakin and Melbourne Universities and Temple University’s Rome Campus. While living and working in Rome she developed her expertise on the city and its 2000 + years of history, particularly in the architecture and urban planning of the Italian Fascist period. Her areas of research include: exhibitions, architectural ephemera, spatial practice, architecture as an integral element of urban space, the political uses of the Classical tradition, manifestations of fascist and anti-fascist ideology in monuments and public space. She has just finished a biography of Italian architect Giuseppe Pagano. Most recently, she has been exploring the use of virtual reality as a method for architectural history. She also conducts action research in the role of design to improve health outcomes. Design studios are used to explore new paradigms for aged care, in particular for people with dementia.
