A new book chapter examines the relationship between water and land in Semarang, Indonesia. This article provides a systems-thinking approach to flood management in Semarang. It is the first output of the KONEKSI project assessing the socio-ecological impacts of flood infrastructure in Semarang. It was written by Ron Johnstone (UQ), Sonia Roitman (UQ) and Idha … Continue reading
Last week we met in Surabaya to discuss how communities are developing climate resilience. In addition to UQ|UP Sonia Roitman and UQ Zane Goebel (School of Languages), the workshop was joined by colleagues from Universitas Indonesia (UI), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) and Institute Technology Surabaya (ITS) who … Continue reading
On Wednesday, the Organisation of Planning Students (OOPS) at UQ had their annual Awards Night. It was a fabulous event showcasing the high-quality outputs produced by Planning students in their courses. The awards show the innovation, critical analysis, creativity and hard work of Planning students. The submissions for each category were assessed by a team … Continue reading
Congratulations to all UQ students who received an award for their academic performance at UQ. The UQ students who yesterday received the PIA Student Awards 2025 were as follows: Congratulations to all students and thank you to all other students who attended the PIA event to support their friends. Continue reading
Today we celebrated the success of the new graduands from Urban and Regional Planning at The University of Queensland. Over 50 students graduated from the following urban planning programs at UQ: Congratulations to all the graduands! Good luck in the new chapter of your lives. We look forward to hearing about your new endeavours and … Continue reading
This week students who are currently doing the course on Community Planning Participation (PLAN3005/7121, coordinated by Sonia Roitman) conducted a field activity exploring the riverbank around West Wend, Toowong and St Lucia. The purpose of the activity is for students to become familiar with the potential locations of the Green Bridge proposed by Brisbane City … Continue reading
A large, primarily historical literature exists on the subject of planning capital cities. Less attention is evident in relation to contemporary challenges and planning in these ‘cities of power’. Recent debates around conceptualising cities and urbanisation tend not to engage with the specificities of political capitals. The presentation examines recent developments and present approaches to … Continue reading
Sonia Roitman was invited to give a lecture for Urban Planning students from the International Master Program on Urban Planning and the International Bachelor in Urban Planning at Universitas Gadjah Mada, in Indonesia. The lecture was well attended, by 40 participants in person and 60 participants via Zoom. It was a great start of the … Continue reading
Sonia Roitman was invited to present at the Research Seminar on Climate Change Adaptation and floods in Semarang (Indonesia) and Kampala (Uganda). The discussion was hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, at the Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A very lively discussion, including colleagues from the Risks and Disasters Research Center at … Continue reading
We would like to welcome Bonita Raut, a new PhD student within the Planning Program at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, at UQ. Bonita will be working on a PhD project titled ‘Towards More Inclusive Government Assets Management: A Gender Responsive Design Framework for Government Office Buildings in Indonesia’. She is supervised by … Continue reading
KONEKSI is a Knowledge Partnership Platform between Australia and Indonesia funded by DFAT (Australian Government). The first group of projects funded by KONEKSI addressed Gender and Climate Change in Indonesia. UQ|UP Sonia Roitman is leading one of these projects, which is conducted in Semarang in partnership with Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP), Brisbane City Council, and Semarang … Continue reading
Last Friday UQ|UP Sonia Roitman was invited as one of the guest speakers for the book launch of ‘Governing Urban Indonesia’ that took place at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This book has been edited by Prof Ed Aspinall and Prof Amalinda Savirani, and published by ISEAS. The book discusses the complexity of managing … Continue reading
With rising urban inequalities worldwide, inclusionary planning instruments can contribute to more just and inclusive cities and societies by making housing accessible to various social groups. Although these instruments have existed for several decades, their implementation has not always been successful. There is a limited understanding of how these instruments contribute to the public good … Continue reading
The African Urbanisms Conference is starting today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference is jointly organised by the University of the Witwatersrand (known as ‘Wits’) and the Technical University Berlin (TUB). The conference theme is ‘Critical Engagements, Transformative Practices, Alternative Futures’. Delegates from all over Africa and other countries outside Africa will be presenting and … Continue reading
Sonia Roitman was invited to give a guest lecture to the students from the Bachelor of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. The lecture was on the impacts of floods for the local communities in three countries of the Global South: Samoa, Uganda and Indonesia. The objective of the … Continue reading
The article examines the situation of international students living in Brisbane during COVID lockdowns, through a social justice lens. Despite the significant economic contribution of tertiary international students towards the Australian economy, they were excluded from government pandemic support. Help provided by other organisations was limited. International students felt undervalued and excluded, facing challenges due … Continue reading
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman was invited to contribute an opinion piece on the role of urban planning to achieve the SDGs. The article argues that urban planning has an strategic role to play to advance in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and Goal 11 (To achieve safe, inclusive, sustainable and resilient cities and human … Continue reading
The chapter written by Sonia Roitman discusses historic and current conditions of urban planning in Indonesia, and how ‘Indonesian Planning’ has contributed to the conceptual and empirical development of what is often called ‘Southern Planning’ (Watson 2016)—the theory and practice of urban planning as it has developed in the Global South. It argues that three … Continue reading
The RC21 Conference has just finished in Santiago de Chile. This is the annual conference of the Research Committee of the Sociology of Urban and Regional Development (International Sociological Association). This year’s conference discussed the dialogue between the Global North and South in urban studies. More than 400 participants attended the conference. Sonia Roitman chaired … Continue reading
UQ|UP Sonia Roitman was invited to give a lecture to the students in the international summer course on Sustainability and Resilience in Spatial Planning. The course is jointly conducted in Semarang, Indonesia, by Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) and the University of Hawai’i. The lecture discussed issues about resilience and GEDSI, with a focus on gender. It … Continue reading
We have completed the 2024 PLAN3200/7200 course on Exploring Development Complexities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This year 29 students from UQ (from urban planning, environmental management, geography and social science, both undergraduate and postgraduate students) and 18 UGM students (from urban planning, undergraduate degree) joined the course. Students work with communities in urban and rural settings … Continue reading
The joint studio course between UQ and UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada) has just started. The course explores the complexities of urban and rural development in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. For two weeks, students from both universities work with communities, supported by Arkom Indonesia, Lingkar and Kalijawi. This year we have 51 students in total: 29 undergraduate and … 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
New publication alert: UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman and Peter Walters write on urban informality in the Global South. This chapter provides an in-depth conceptual discussion on urban informality as a logic of organisation in the Global South that requires overcoming binary conceptual approaches, interwoven with research findings on informality in cities located in the Global South. … Continue reading
Last week the students in the course Community Participation in Planning (PLAN3005/7121) braved the rain and explored the proposed locations of the Green Bridges in West End-Toowong and West End-St Lucia. Students explored the four sites for the proposed locations, and also visited the new site where Monarch Residences are currently being built (former ABC … Continue reading
Are you eager to learn about the complexity of planning and environmental management problems in different socio-economic and cultural situations? Are you also eager to develop your skill sets in field research and engagement with real-world stakeholders? If you are, then join us in Indonesia as part of the Indonesian fieldtrip course, PLAN3200/7200. In the … Continue reading
UQ|UP Sonia Roitman has been discussing with colleagues from urban studies, sociology, architecture and planning at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) the urban growth of Querétaro in Mexico. This city is located in the centre of the country and is experiencing one of the fastest rates of urban expansion in Mexico. The city gets … Continue reading
Sonia Roitman (UQ Planning) will participate next week in the Asia Pacific Cities Summit 2023, organised by Brisbane City Council (BCC). This is the flagship networking event by BCC to discuss urban management. Sonia Roitman will discuss the importance of establishing partnerships between universities and local governments. She will present on behalf of the research … Continue reading
This year, the Indonesia Council Open Conference (ICOC) is hosted by The University of Sydney. The conference will be celebrating the 25 years of the conference and will be held on 26 and 27 September 2023, in person and online. You can access the full program here and register for free. Sonia Roitman will talk … Continue reading
This year the Indonesia Update conference will be on ‘Governing urban Indonesia’. The Indonesia Update is a project at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, that includes an annual conference to discuss issues of governance, politics and economic development in Indonesia. This year’s conference will be in September and it is free … Continue reading
As the 2-week course in Yogyakarta, Indonesia is about to get to a close, students and staff visited the Borobudur and Prambanan temples yesterday. They learned about Buddhism, Hinduism and the mix of religions that makes Indonesia so fascinating. The 23 students from UQ and 18 students from UGM (Universitas Gadja Madah) continue their sharing … Continue reading
The joint studio between UQ and UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada) has started! We are very excited to have resumed this course after the ‘Covid-19 break’. The course is PLAN3200/7200 Understanding development complexities. This is a joint studio course delivered annually between UQ and UGM in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, since 2015. Students from urban planning, geography, environmental … Continue reading
We are very excited to share that we got a new research grant from KONEKSI (Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia – Indonesia). This is a new grant scheme funded by DFAT (Department of Fair and Trade), Australian Government, that aims to strengthen the development of knowledge-based solutions for inclusive and sustainable policies and technologies. After a … Continue reading
The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology will be held next week in Melbourne (25 June – 1 July, Melbourne Convention Centre). The congress will be a big event attended in person and online by researchers from all over the world! Several UQ|UP members will present their work: In addition, Sonia Roitman will chair two … Continue reading
Former UQ|UP colleagues and graduates have just published a book on COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities. The book is titled ‘COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response and implications for urban recovery’. It was edited by Redento Recio (UQ|UP PhD Graduate), Kazi Fattah, Nausheen H. Anwar, Noman Ahmed, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano (UQ|UP … Continue reading
Augustin Bauchot, a UQ|UP PhD student, has just passed the first PhD milestone at UQ. Congratulations, Augustin! His PhD thesis is about urbanisation and climate change adaptation in Suva, Fiji. While Pacific Islands have become symbols of climate change vulnerability worldwide, counter-narratives valorising community resilience and Indigenous knowledge have been pushed forward in Pacific studies. … Continue reading
New article published in Inside Indonesia by UQ|UP Sonia Roitman, Peter Walters (UQ, Sociology), Imam Ardhianto (Anthropology, UI), Rusli Cahyadi (Anthropology, LIPI and UQ|UP Alumni) about the social impacts of the development of the new capital city (Nusantara, also known as IKN -Ibu Kota Nusantara) in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The development of the IKN is … Continue reading
Last week Sonia Roitman was invited to give an online guest lecture to the students in the Master of Urban Planning, at the University of Cuenca, in Ecuador. This is a new master program in one of the oldest universities in the country. Most of the students are currently working in urban planning departments at … Continue reading
Last week UQ students enrolled in PLAN3005/7121 Community participation in Planning did a site visit to the four landing locations of the Green Bridges that will be connecting West End to Toowong and West End to St Lucia in inner city Brisbane. We visited the four sites by the Brisbane River. In the former ABC … Continue reading
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman is working with colleagues from National University of Samoa and UN Women Samoa on a new research project. Pacific Island Countries are urbanising and also face serious threats from climate change. The aim of this project is to understand the role of urban planning in adapting to climate change in urban areas, … Continue reading
Join us for an online public lecture on Friday organised by Rusli Cahyadi from BRIN Indonesia (UQ Graduate). Three researchers will be presenting their work on informal settlements in Pontianak (Yustina Octifanny), Islamic values and urban planning in Banda Aceh (Sylvia Agustina), and the use of public space in kampung in Semarang (Wakhidah Kurniawati). The work is … Continue reading
A team from UQ (Sonia Roitman from Planning and Peter Walters from Social Science) has started a research project in collaboration with BRIN (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, National Research and Innovation Agency) and Universitas Indonesia on the social impacts of the development of Nusantara, the new capital city of Indonesia. Dr Rusli Cahyadi (UQ … Continue reading
As part of our research collaboration between UQ, Universitas Indonesia (UI) and BRIN (Badan Riset dan Inovasi – National Research and Innovation Agency), we will be doing a public lecture at UI. The lecture is titled: ‘Contemporary urban inequalities in the Global South: Reflection on Social Justice, Housing and Planning’. It will be delivered by … Continue reading
The 5th World Planning Schools Congress will be held in Bali, Indonesia, at the end of August (29 August-2 September 2022) in a hybrid format. It is an exciting opportunity for those able to attend in person after COVID-19! The program is available here. UQ|UP staff and graduates will be contributing to several sessions: 22 … Continue reading
This week a UQ|UP team formed by Sonia Roitman, Jim Walker and Reyna Harrison will be presenting at the Development Studies Association conference (DSA Conference 2022). The presentation is on how to build meaningful research relationships with First Nations Peoples in Australia. It provides research findings showing that: a) Meaningful partnerships with First Nations communities … Continue reading
Dr Sonia Roitman (UQ|UP), Dr Peter Walters (Social Science) and Fino Varisti (UQ|UP HDR student) will be working with Indonesian colleagues Dr Rusli Cahayadi (BRIN, Bada Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, and SEES graduate) and Dr Imam Ardhianto (Universitas Indonesia) on a project undertaking a social impact assessment of the relocation of Indonesia’s new capital city … Continue reading
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman will be presenting at the International Public Lecture on Bottom-up gender planning, organised by the University of Diponegoro, in Semarang, Indonesia on 24 March 2022, 4pm Brisbane time (1pm, Semarang time). The lecture will be a conceptual and empirical discussion on the contribution of community-based female organisations to planning processes in Indonesia. … Continue reading
More than 260 participants celebrated the contribution of women to the planning profession this morning in Brisbane. The Women in Planning Breakfast is one of the most popular PIA events of the year. Emma Thomas, the CEO of the Sunshine Coast Council, hosted the event and gave a very inspiring speech illustrating how she has … Continue reading
This article analyses a fieldtrip studio course in Indonesia, organised jointly by The University of Queensland (Australia), the University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia), and other stakeholders including an Indonesian NGO called Arkom Indonesia and a community-based organisation called Kalijawi. The article examines how the course contributes to the development of the skills and knowledge required … Continue reading
Yesterday we celebrated an important milestone. Over 60 students graduated from the Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning, Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning (Honours), Graduate Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning, Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning, Master in Urban and Regional Planning and PhD in Planning. Dr Gillian Cornish, who graduated from … Continue reading
Last week the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA), Queensland branch, celebrated the 35th PIA Queensland Awards for Planning Excellence. UQ|UP staff and students attended the event to celebrate the achievements of the year. We were really excited and proud to see UQ|UP students received two awards. Congratulations! For Planning Research, Rachel Gallagher (PhD student) received … Continue reading
This year’s lecture in the Master of Development Practice (MDP) will be delivered by Prof Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, from ANU. The lecture is entitled ‘ The secret and gendered lives of the underground‘ and will take place on 3 November 2021, 5pm-6pm in the Mitchie Building (9), Room 221, St Lucia Campus. The lecture is intended … Continue reading
Last Friday, UQ|UP participated in a symposium organised by UQ Indigenous Engagement. The purpose of the symposium was to reflect and showcase how Indigenous knowledges are embedded in the teaching curriculum. Jim Walker, from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and member of UQ|UP presented the work he has been leading at the Faculty … Continue reading
Today we heard the sad news of Prof Vanessa Watson’s passing. Vanessa was one of the most influential scholars on urban planning in the Global South. Based at the African Centre for Cities (ACC), University of Cape Town, she has been an inspiration for many of us at UQ|UP over the years. In 2013, the … Continue reading
Ipswich City Council (ICC) is working to transform the Ipswich CBD. Ipswich is located in South East Queensland, 40 kilometres west of Brisbane and has a population of 232,000 inhabitants. It is a heritage city. The local government has started a very ambitious project of renovating the CBD, creating a new precinct to attract new … Continue reading
Next week, UQ and Universitas Indonesia (UI) will jointly host a new webinar as part of the UQ-UI Bilateral Research Forum. This webinar is entitled Sustainable Urbanisation and Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesian Cities. Our overall aim is to foster conversations between UQ and UI researchers working on sustainable cities in Indonesia. The webinar will start with … Continue reading
To close off a great semester, yesterday students in PLAN7612 Global South Cities, coordinated by Dr Sonia Roitman, had a great conversation with UQ Chancellor, Mr Peter Varghese. This lecture has become a regular annual event in the course. Students had the opportunity to meet face to face (and via Zoom for those off shore) … Continue reading
The University of Queensland is hosting this year’s Indonesia Council Open Conference (ICOC 2021) in July. This conference is organised biannually and this is the 11th edition. It is sponsored by the Indonesia Council, the Australian Government and the Australia Indonesia Institute. The conference will take place on 15-16 July 2021 at The University of … Continue reading
LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Science) is the peak organisation for research policy in Indonesia. They have recently started a series of seminars to discuss how cities can be improved to benefit their residents. UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman has been invited to share research findings on the role of gated communities in reproducing inequalities in Indonesian cities. … Continue reading
The Faculty of Science Engagement Team has organised a series of online events for prospective students interested in studying a post-graduate degree at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES). The next event is an online seminar for prospective students from Latin America. The seminar will be online via Zoom and will present the … Continue reading
Face-to-face graduations ceremonies are back at UQ!! Last week we had the graduation of all the Planning Students of the 2020 Class. Congratulations to all! Eight students completed their Doctoral Studies, 32 students completed their Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP), two students completed their Graduate Certificates in Urban and Regional Planning, four students … Continue reading
Since all official graduation ceremonies have been postponed due to COVID, at UQ|UP we decided to mark the end of the year with an Informal Planning Graduation. This semester we have 25 students graduating from the Master in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) and 15 students graduating from the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning … Continue reading
Congratulations to Gillian Cornish who has recently completed her PhD in Planning at UQ. The title of her thesis is ‘Settling into a New Place: Livelihood recovery and belongingness of households forced to relocate in Yangon, Myanmar‘. This thesis examines the recovery process of people who were forced to relocate from central Yangon, Myanmar, to the city’s outskirts … Continue reading
Dr Temi Indriati Miranda has completed her PhD degree. Well done, Temi! Her thesis is titled: ‘ Decision-making process used by middle-middle class families to access homeownership in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia‘. Eighteen percent of the Indonesian population is considered urban middle‐middle class. Using the decision‐making process framework for housing access, this research addresses the broad … Continue reading
A new publication about how gendered space is informally managed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The article is titled ‘The politics of gendered space: Social norms and purdah affecting female informal work in Dhaka, Bangladesh’ and is co-authored by Dr Luftun Lata, Dr Peter Walters (School of Social Science, UQ) and Dr Sonia Roitman (UQ|UP). In Bangladesh, … Continue reading
The new issue of Connect, the newsletter published by the Organisation of Planning Students (OOPS) at UQ, is out! This issue is about Green Space. It discusses issues about green-oriented development, people, planet and profit, and the guidelines for a green design by Brisbane City Council. Congratulations to OOPS for another great issue and well … Continue reading
UQ|UP Sonia Roitman was interviewed by the SmartCityLab to discuss the development of gated communities and its consequences. The interview is available in English and Spanish. Continue reading
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman was invited to participate in the UN-Habitat Global Lectures Series. This is a series of 10 lectures from internationally recognised academics. Dr Roitman’s lecture is entitled “Gated Community Development in our Cities“. Over the last 30 years, Gated Communities (GC) have developed worldwide in cities in the Global North and South. The … Continue reading
The PhD degree from The University of Queensland has been confirmed to Deti Kusmalawati. Congratulations, Dr Kusmalawati! Deti’s thesis is on the governance process for the implementation of a land acquisition plan for infrastructure development in Indonesia. She examined the case of the new international airport in Yogyakarta Province. UQ|UP staff Sonia Roitman and Dorina … Continue reading
The UQ Doctor of Philosophy Degree has been conferred to Mr Rusli Cahyadi. Congratulations Rusli! The PhD thesis is titled: ‘Social Justice and Planning Policy: The provision of sewerage infrastructure in Jakarta, Indonesia’. The thesis analyses the contribution of urban planning to reproducing social injustice in Jakarta, using a sanitation project as case study. It … Continue reading
The University of Gadja Mada (UGM), which is a long-standing partner of UQ|UP is organising a conference on ‘Complexity, design and planning’ in Indonesia. The conference will be held at UGM on 23-24 July 2020. The call for papers is open until 7 February 2020. Continue reading
Very sad news. Our former colleague Greg Brown passed away on 2 January 2020 in California. He was part of the UQ Planning program from 2011 to 2016 when he moved back to the US to become Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences at California Polytechnic State University. … Continue reading
Today over 50 students graduated with degrees in Urban Planning at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES), The University of Queensland. Graduands from the Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning(BRTP), Graduate Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning, Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning, Master of Urban and Regional Planning and PhD in … Continue reading
New Publication: ‘Mobility notes and economic spaces: Links, tensions and planning implications’, by Redento Recio (The University of Melbourne), Sonia Roitman (The University of Queensland) and Iderlina Mateo-Babiano (The University of Melbourne). Published in The Journal of Transport and Land Use (Vol 12, No1). The paper examines how informal trading has become embedded in the … Continue reading
Today five civil society organisations from Queensland participated in panel discussion in PLAN3005/7121 Community planning and participation (coordinated by Sonia Roitman). The session aimed at examining the role of community engagement from the perspective of a diverse array of well established organisations. The speakers and organisations included: – Q Shelter (Fiona … Continue reading
A new publication by UQ|UP staff Sonia Roitman about urban poverty alleviation in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, published in Asia Pacific Viewpoint (doi.org/10.1111/apv.12229) The article examines the actions developed by two community organisations in Indonesia to overcome housing and infrastructure needs. The findings show that some communities working on participatory poverty alleviation strategies still face obstacles to becoming more independent … Continue reading
The RC21 Conference 2019 ‘In and beyond the city’ is currently taking place in Delhi, India. RC21 is the Research Committee on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, of the International Sociological Association (ISA). The conference has brought together over 500 participants from all over the world working on urban studies. It started on Wednesday … Continue reading
RC21-IJURR Doctoral School (coordinated by Claire Colomb (UCL), Sonia Roitman (UQ|UP) and Liza Weinstein (Northeastern University): On Saturday, we were invited into three “bastis” (communities) across Delhi that have been struggling against their eviction and displacement. Thank you to housing rights activist Shakeel Abdul, who made our visits possible and introduced us to these inspiring … Continue reading
The RC21/IJURR Doctoral School has just started in Delhi! This is a two-week programme for PhD students from all over the world to come together to discuss their research projects and the use of several research methods in urban studies. The RC21/IJURR Doctoral School takes place every two years, before the RC21 Conference (Research Committee … Continue reading
UQ and UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada) presented their group work examining the development complexities faced by local communities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as part of the course PLAN3200/7200. Students spend two weeks working with local communities, learning from local experiences and making sense of interrelated factors influencing development. Yesterday the six groups of students presented their … Continue reading
New article on gated communities and income inequality in Indonesia by UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman and Redento Recio. The article examines the relationship between increasing number of gated communities in Indonesian cities and increasing income inequality. It argues that there is a mutual reinforcing relationship between this type of housing and inequality. Jakarta and Yogyakarta are … Continue reading
UQ Indonesia field trip course has just started. Twenty two UQ students from planning, environmental management, GIS, development practice and social sciences and 18 UGM (Universitas Gadja Madah) from planning has just started their annual studio course. The course takes places in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for two weeks. Students work with urban and rural communities on … Continue reading
The Habitat-UNI partnership has just published the Big Blue Book! It is a compilation of the activities done by all partner universities worldwide in relation to urban sustainable development. UQ|UP activities are featured on pages 58 and 59 of the book, briefing about the teaching, research and engagement activities by staff and students. UQ|UP is … Continue reading
Presentation and Panel Discussion The Centre for Policy Futures-UQ and UQ International Development invite you to engage with leading Disaster Risk Management (DRM) practitioners with experience in emergency response, strategic planning and policy advice in Nepal and the broader Indo-Pacific region. Learn more about the importance of DRM in the context of achieving the Sustainable … Continue reading
The UQ|UP course on Exploring Development Complexities (PLAN3200/7200, coordinated by Sonia Roitman, Ron Johnstone and Karen McNamara) has won a major international award for curriculum innovation. The award honours excellence in teaching and design of learning experiences that are accessible, engaging, and effective for all students. It recognises educators who develop and implement courses to help … Continue reading
New housing models and typologies are now offered by the private sector and the government to satisfy new housing demand created by changes in household composition. Single-person households in all age brackets have become significant in many cities around the world. Government and private sector in Mendoza, Argentina are currently discussing new housing models to … Continue reading