Being a small society, OOPS strives to bring the very best opportunities and advancements to its members using UQ|UP’s longstanding relationships with industry sponsors and alumni. As of 2020, OOPS began publishing its Connect Newsletter. This provides students with the opportunity to take part in a professional student publication and to work alongside the executive … Continue reading
Two award winning UQ|UP academics make important contributions in a new book on research methods (Methods in Urban Analysis, edited by Scott Baum, Springer). Stephanie Wyeth draws on her considerable experience as an influential city shaper and urban strategist in her Communicating Urban Research chapter. Dr Laurel Johnson‘s extensive experience in applied urban research is … Continue reading
Tigor just completed all the requirements for the award of the Doctor of Philosophy degree at UQ. His thesis, prepared under the supervision of Dr Dorina Pojani and Dr Sebastien Darchen, discussed public space politics in Indonesian cities. Sincere congratulations on this accomplishment from the entire UQ|UP team! The attainment of a PhD is a … Continue reading
The Urban Design Challenge Winter School challenges multidisciplinary teams of planners, architects, engineers and others, to create new urban developments that are more liveable, sustainable, resilient and resource efficient. The challenge takes place over 5 days, comprising information sessions on water, energy, planning, and urban design. In a fast-paced competitive environment, eight teams of four … 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
Join Sebastien Darchen and John Willsteed as they discuss “Electronic Cities” a new edited volume on Electronic Music in Cities Register here: https://avidreader.com.au/events/s%C3%A9bastien-darchen-and-john-willsteed-electronic-cities Continue reading
UQ|UP HDR students are invited to join peers from around the world to reflect on their experiences doing (or attempting to do) field research during a global, but geographically uneven, pandemic. The discussion will build on the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research’s (IJURR) recently published Spotlight on Becoming an Urban Research During a … Continue reading
The 42nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) will take place in Brisbane, between the 8th and 10th December 2021. The conference will use the EasyChair system (https://www.easychair.org/my/conference?conf=atrf2021) and additional information will be made available on the ATRF website (http://atrf.info/) in due course. More information is provided in the Call for Papers below. The transport planning … Continue reading
Our everyday urban lives often entail encountering a familiar stranger – this is someone who we recognise but have never spoken to – a phenomenon known to hold important social benefits. The emergence of large scale big data sources present new and exciting opportunities as well as computational challenges through which we can both capture … Continue reading
Perceived discrimination (PD) in the field of Discourse Analysis is the study of discourse that focuses on the perspectives of the victims of discrimination, exploring what they say and how they say it. This seminar will present the results of a PD study of twelve Spanish speaking immigrants to Brisbane, during semi-structured, co-constructed interviews. Data … Continue reading
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, our willingness to take on additional duties to achieve this, the impact this had on our research, and the potential … Continue reading
Many congratulations to UQ|UP honour’s student Caroline Milne for receiving the Town Planning Thesis prize 2020 on the basis of highest marks in exposition or thesis. This prize ($400) is funded by a donor, UQ|UP Adjunct Prof. John Brannock. The award will be noted on Caroline’s official academic transcript. Thesis title: The Implications of Participatory … Continue reading
Each semester, the Faculty of Science asks our full-time students who achieved a GPA of 6.6 or greater in the previous semester to nominate their most effective teacher. These nominations allow the Faculty to celebrate the outstanding efforts of UQ|UP and other staff to support students through effective teaching. UQ|UP lecturers Stephanie Wyeth and Dorina Pojani … Continue reading
The Australian Cities Research Network is convening the first webinar panel for the new ACRN ‘Speaking Out’ series which focuses on how the urban research community can contribute to addressing issues of gender inequity. Specifically, the ways in which urban research can work to: inform urban policy / practice; contribute to public debate / social movements; … Continue reading
The Australasian Cities Research Network (ACRN) was established in the early 2000s with the aim of promoting, fostering, championing, and disseminating research relevant to Australian cities and regions. This is achieved via the State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference which has been running since 2003. Membership of the ACRN is open to all those engaged … Continue reading
This exploratory study examines the motivations of people who live “car-free” by choice in Brisbane, Australia. The Theory of Planned Behaviour is employed as a guiding framework for the analysis. Unlike the “car-less”, the “car-free” are physically and intellectually able to drive, and have sufficient income to purchase and maintain a car, yet they have … Continue reading
A full PhD scholarship is available as part of the QUEX Institute, a research partnership between The University of Queensland, Australia, and the University of Exeter, UK. The project is on Urban planning and climate change adaptation in Pacific Country cities. The PhD student will be based at UQ, with a research stay at Exeter. … Continue reading
BRTP and MURP Students are invited to participate focus groups on the undergraduate and postgraduate program. These focus groups are part of the Reimagining UQ Planning Project which is seeking your feedback and ideas on how to enhance the academic and student experience in the program. The focus groups are designed and led by students. … Continue reading
A retiring SEES academic is offering a large collection of books in several social sciences disciplines free to staff, postdocs and HDR students in SEES and other Schools. All in good or very good condition, the books are on display from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from this coming Wednesday 7th to Friday 9th April … Continue reading
Ridesharing and the tech companies that enable it have become household names. However, as research has focused on users rather than non-users, much less is known about the latter. Understanding the characteristics, behaviours, and motivations of non-users is quite important too, if the planning goal is to shift urban populations from private cars to ridesharing. … Continue reading