The non/fictionLab is an RMIT research centre for scholars, writers and creative practitioners. We experiment with contemporary realities through story, dialogue, poetics and partnerships.

We foster collaborative research projects in partnership with fellow scholars and artists, and with industries and communities, local and international. We provide support for emerging researchers and a growing community of research students.

non/fictionLab helps create events, projects, programs and public presentations that feature a diverse range of local and international writers, artists and academics.

Governance of the non/fictionLab in the School of Media and Communication involves co-directors, a committee of ‘core’ members, and an advisory board.

The non/fictionLab has adopted a co-directorship model for managing and running its activities. The current co-directors are Professor David Carlin and Dr Michelle Aung Thin. Previous directors include Lab co-founder Associate Professor Francesca Rendle-Short, and Associate Professor Adrian Miles.

There is a committee that meets a minimum of twice yearly that provides academic oversight and input into the activities of non/ficitionLab. Membership of this committee is made up of the group’s core academic members. Core members are those who meet the University’s definition of research active (a minimum of two HDR completions, research income, and publications).

The advisory board provides an external view of non/ficitionLab’s activities. They meet with the group directors and representatives of the group (core, associate, and HDR members) twice yearly, and provide feedback, commentary, and suggestions in response to what the group has done, and proposes to do.

In addition the membership of non/ficitionLab is made up of HDR and staff members. This is the largest group within the non/fictionLab and much of the administrative activities of the group’s co-directors is about facilitating and nurturing their participation in lab activities, and in identifying ways that the lab can contribute to their current research interests and practices.