Research Interests:
- Ecological ways of knowing.
- Agile forms of teaching and learning.
- Design as ecological and social activism.
- Cultural criticism.
Current Research Projects
- Rewilding Learning: Ecological ways of knowing and learning
Courses Taught:
Postgraduate Design: Design Research, Interdisciplinary Design Theories and Interdisciplinary Design Project
Postgraduate Micro-credentials: User Experience and Design Thinking

Recent Work
Stevens, M. (2024, March). Preparing Students for the Future of Work. Presented at the AI and Tech in Education, the Classroom and School Management Conference. Brightstar, Grand Millennium, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Stevens, M. (2023, January). Rewilded learning: Ecological ways of knowing and learning. Workshop presented at the Metamodern in Literature, Art, Education and Indigenous Cosmologies Symposium. Auckland University of Technology & Metamodern Creatives. AUT, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Stevens, M. (2020). Dissolving the walls: An inquiry into nomadic agile learning (PhD thesis). Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/13461