Nicole Kalms is founding director of the Monash University XYX Lab which leads research in Gender and Place. The innovation of Kalms’ research is the examination of digital, experiential, political and material interventions that address the shared struggles of women and girls internationally. Kalms repositions design as a strategic tool for challenging women’s inequity. Her recent research has focused on public transport spaces, gender-sensitive CPTED and the use of participatory co-design to challenge gender-neutral urban policy.