Julian O'Shea
- Communication
- Creativity / Innovation
- Engineering
- Media
Dr Julian O’Shea is an award-winning designer, academic and video storyteller. He is a digital creator and his videos about design, cities and interesting places around Australia reach millions of people each month. He was named the Australian YouTube Breakout Creator of the Year.
He has been named one of Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers for his work designing humanitarian technologies with disadvantaged communities in Australia and abroad. He has a passion for inclusive innovation, and is an inventor with a PhD and numerous patents in sustainable vehicle design.
He is an adventure traveller who has visited over 150 countries and holds two Guinness World Records including for a 4,800km rail journey across China. He was the Expedition Leader of the SolarTuk project – sponsored by Australian Geographic – which involved the design of a solar powered tuk tuk that his team drove across Australia from Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef.
His innovative outreach and education work has seen him named Young Australian of the Year for South Australia and a Pride of Australia Medal.
- Hidden Design and Innovation
- New Media and Storytelling in the TikTok Era
- How to Communicate Technical Topics
- Social Impact Business and Design
- Unknown Melbourne
It was such a pleasure to work with you. Congrats on a stellar panel. Thank you for helming it so brilliantly. The feedback was so positive and the session so popular! I really hope to work with you again in the future.
We collaborated through the course Global Entrepreneurship, where [Julian O’Shea] delivered educational content and case studies around international entrepreneurship. It was a great addition to the course, and I look forward to having them involved in the future… [his] expertise, passion, and commitment to supporting international students, migrants and refugees is clear and they are making real impact through their work… and I’m pleased to give it my highest support.