RAA Intern from the University of Tasmania | Hananeh Shojaee Pour

Hananeh Shojaee Pour is a PhD researcher at the University of Tasmania, working at the intersection of architecture and online media. Her research looks at how architectural practices communicate their work and position themselves through online social platforms.

As part of her internship with the Regional Architecture Association, she is working on a project to better understand the landscape of regional architectural practice across Australia, involving building a national dataset of practices beyond existing RAA members, mapping where they are located, what kinds of work they do, and the communities they serve.

The project also looks at broader structural questions such as how “regional” is defined across different systems, and how factors like graduate pathways, employment, and access to resources shape practice in regional areas.

The aim is to support RAA’s advocacy, membership strategies, and future research through a clearer, evidence-based picture of the sector.

The internship is funded by the Federal Government, enabling PhD students to integrate into industry and conduct research on behalf of industry partners, in this case RAA.