Congratulations to the planning team! In awarding this fund (nearly $50,000), the Faculty noted that our application clearly showed UQ|UP’s commitment to high-quality teaching during the difficult and unexpected circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. While we were more than willing to take on additional duties to achieve this, this had an impact on our …
The development of global metrics for evaluating university research performance has been accompanied by increasing attention to key performance metrics for individual disciplines. This paper examines research performance metrics for Australian planning academics. It addresses questions related to programs, staff, publications, and citations. The main findings are the following: Wide gender gaps exist in Australian …
New article in The Conversation by UQ|UP team: Australian cities are crying out for better planning, but the research funding is missing Authors Dorina Pojani Jaime Olvera-Garcia Jason Byrne Neil Sipe Read the full article in The Conversation. Excerpt The Australian Research Council (ARC) provided only A$31.7 million for 91 urban and regional planning research …
Earlier today, the Oceania Urban Morphology Network (OUMN) held the 2024 Urban Morphology Symposium. Hosted by the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University, Western Australia, this half-day event, sponsored by the Perth Urban Research Lab (PURL), provided a platform for delving into the future of urban form. In alignment with the … Continue reading
A smelly problem is confronting residents of a Deception Bay street. Their garbage is piling up because the road is too narrow for the trucks meant to collect it. They claim it’s a design flaw, but council is turning blame back on locals. 7News interviews UQ|UP’s Dorina Pojani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNLGp4FzG1A Continue reading
Brisbane’s media scene has been abuzz with talk of ‘Robin Hood planning,’ thanks to the recent spotlight on a UQ|UP team (Yuzhen Lin, Dorina Pojani, Jonathan Corcoran). This media blitz signifies more than just publicity for UQ|UP – it’s a shift in public consciousness, recognizing the profound impact of urban design on community life. Read … Continue reading
Before 1990, in the communist era, the bicycle was the preferred means of transport in Tirana. A growth in car usage during the post-communist transition created a unique challenge to redevelop cycling as a viable alternative. Now, Tirana is on a path to becoming a cycling city once again. On the 4th of May 2024, Iden Petraj, … Continue reading
The shift from motorcycles to cars is rapidly accelerating in Vietnam – traditionally, a motorcycle-oriented country. Given high levels of pollution, a switch to e-cars as opposed to conventional cars is seen as a lesser evil. This study examines the intention to switch to e-cars among riders of conventional and electric motorcycles. The empirical data … Continue reading
This week a delegation from KONEKSI (Australia-Indonesia partnership) and DFAT (Australia Government) visited the site locations of the joint research project in Semarang, Indonesia, conducted by UQ, UNDIP (Universitas Diponegoro), Brisbane City Council and Semarang Local government. The project aims to assess the social, environmental and spatial impacts of flood infrastructure in Semarang, using a … Continue reading
Worldwide, the gender gap in urban cycling is considerable, with most cyclists being young to middle-aged men. In the current study, we first capture the suite of cycling barriers facing women before empirically investigating whether and how much three natural barriers (inclement weather, hilliness, and darkness) impact female users of bikesharing systems. For the analysis, … Continue reading