BIO

Issiah B. Burckhardt does Technical Philosophy: an approach to the design and audit of decision-making systems for safety and risk. His multidisciplinary work’s primary objectives are to contribute to solving 'wicked problems' through meta-science. 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Student Access and Inclusion Advisor
    Deakin University, Disability Resource Centre, Geelong, Australia13 Aug 2025 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director of Research & Development
    Genius.Tools, Education Innovation, South Yarra, Australia2019 - present
  • Technical Philosopher
    Blacklight Voodoo Publishing, Consulting, Melbourne, Australia2012 - present

DEGREES

  • Master of Education (Leadership & Management) with Distinction, Higher Education Assessment
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia1 Oct 2020 - 9 Nov 2021
  • Master of Media with Distinction
    RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia1 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2019
  • Diploma of Training, Design and Development, (TAE50216) (Vocational Education & Training)
    RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia2019 - 2020
  • Foundation Science Degree Broadcast Media Technology
    Ravensbourne University London, London, United Kingdom2007 - 2009

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning & Teaching)
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia2020 - 2021

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • German
    Can understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Education assessment and evaluation
  • Education policy, sociology and philosophy
  • Risk engineering
  • Decision making
  • Human rights and justice issues (excl. law)
  • Legal ethics
  • Terrorism
  • Communications engineering
  • Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Applied ethics

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Education

AREAS OF EXPERTISE