Dr Joshua Zeunert (PhD, M.Arch, B.LArch(Hons1), B.Arch, B.Des.St) is a Scientia Associate Professor at UNSW in Sydney in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. Josh is a creative practice researcher and an AILA Registered Landscape Architect.

Motivated by a deep care for the more-than-human world, his multi modal practice explores the dynamics of human activities, landscape impacts, and environmental change over time. Joshua has published four award-winning books including Sydney’s Food Landscapes (2025), Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability: Creating Positive Change through Design (Bloomsbury, London, 2017), lead editor (with Tim Waterman) of the Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food (Routledge, London, 2018), in addition to 50+ book chapters, journal articles and creative and industry research outputs.

Josh has exhibited and curated, including at the Venice Biennial (2023), at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum (2023) and Australian arts icon Bundanon (2022). He has won a range of awards, grants and fellowships in professional practice and academia. He was the first Australian landscape architect to receive a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scholarship (2020-23), the first landscape architect at UNSW into its high performance Scientia Program (2020-28) and the inaugural winner of the Distinguished Creative Researcher Award from The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (2024).

Josh has over 18 years of diverse academic experience at University of New South Wales (UNSW)(2018–), Deakin University (2015–18), Writtle School of Design, U.K. (2012–15) and the University of Adelaide (2010–12), as well as casual academic positions at UNSW (2007–09) and University of South Australia (2010). His academic expertise encompasses scholarly and design research and program management. He has taught over 50 unique subject units in thirteen academic programs including landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, planning, architecture and garden design.

Zeunert possesses high-calibre experience with internationally renown design offices Gossamer (China, remotely, 2018–2021), Taylor Cullity Lethlean (Adelaide/Melbourne, 2010–12), McGregor Coxall (Sydney, 2006–09) and Peter Stutchbury Architecture (Sydney, 2005). He specialises in integrating environmental design, research and strategy into project visions and spatial design practice. His spatial abilities range from the intercontinental to national, to regional planning, strategy and design, to civic and urban design, as well as detailed design and documentation. He was integral in a range of significant international, national and state award-winning projects and lead-consultant roles including Ballast Point Park; Green Square Town Centre Public Domain; Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga; Bowden Urban Village; Adelaide Riverbank; National Gallery Australia; Mildura Waterfront; Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project; and competition-winning entries.

Other career highlights include the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) National Future Leaders Scholarship (2009), the Adelaide Magazine‘s Urban Warrior feature (2008), and having his portrait displayed at the Celebrating Innovators exhibition at Federal Parliament House (2012). He served as AILA NSW President (2019-2020), was a founding member of the award-winning Biocity Design Research Studio (2006-09) and weekly radio show The Plan (2011-12). He has two decades of involvement with landscape architecture professional institutes and is a keynote speaker at international conferences. He regularly contributes to workshops, forums, juries and panels. Zeunert’s multidisciplinary tertiary qualifications span landscape architecture, architecture, built environment design and environmental studies. His PhD was one of the first by Publication in landscape architecture.