MsMiranda Nieboer

Dr Miranda Nieboer is a researcher in spatial and cultural studies with a background in Architecture and Building Engineering. She has been researching, writing, exhibiting, and lecturing on human inhabitation in extreme environments for more than 20 years. During her PhD research into Antarctic interiors Miranda joined a logistical Antarctic traverse that enabled her to develop an embodied understanding of inhabiting the continent. With an interdisciplinary approach her research builds bridges between different research disciplines that investigate the southernmost continent. Miranda’s work underlines the need for a further spatial and interdisciplinary consideration in Antarctic research. She currently holds a postdoc position (0.2FTE) with the ARC Discovery Funded project Creative Antarctica.

Miranda completed her Bachelor degree in Building Engineering (cum laude) and her Masters degree in Architecture in the Netherlands. Her graduation project located in the sub-Arctic was nominated for the national and international Archiprix (awards for the best architectural graduation project). Miranda worked as a registered architect for various renowned architectural practices and an experimental design studio in the Netherlands. She also taught Architecture, Urban and Interior design at the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven and architecture analysis courses at the Academies of Architecture in Rotterdam and Arnhem. Prior to moving to Tasmania Miranda was senior lecturer and responsible for the development and coordination of a successful 4 year undergraduate course in Architecture at the faculty of Built Environment and Engineering of the University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle. She joined the University of Tasmania to undertake her doctoral research ‘Antarctic Interiors’. This interdisciplinary research project combined perspectives from the field of the ‘Antarctic humanities’, Antarctic science and understandings from interior design and spatial analysis. Her thesis investigated ways in which Antarctica as a geographical and material place can inform a (re)thinking of the concept of ‘the interior’. Miranda continues to develop and work on collaborative and interdisciplinary projects that have their focus on human relationships with glacial environments, especially Antarctica.

Administrative expertise
Miranda has extensive experience in multiple complex and administrative tasks in both academic and industry contexts. As an architect, she co-established the experimental architectural design practice vanHeel + Nieboer architecten. As senior lecturer, she developed and coordinated a successful four-year Bachelor program, units, an international course, and various design studios. In this role, she managed a team of four academics. In grant writing, Miranda successfully applied for competitive scholarships, travel grants, and funding for her Antarctic expedition. In 2017, she was a member of the advisory committee of the international Antarctic HASSEG conference ‘Depths and Surfaces’.

Memberships
Affiliated member of the SCAR Standing Committee on the Humanities & Social Sciences Expert Group (SC-HASSEG)
Affiliated researcher of the 1 Million Year Ice Core Group - Australian Antarctic Division
Member of the Tasmanian Polar Network (TPN), member of the Antarctic Women's Network (AWN)
Registered architect in the Netherlands.