Nominate an outstanding student planner today The Minister’s Town Planning Prize, run by the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, has changed. This year we’re seeking submissions for two awards: the Minister’s Planning Award 2019, previously the Minister’s Town Planning Prize and a new award, the Woman in Planning Award 2019, which will be … Continue reading
The Department of Architecture, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, at National University of Cuyo (Argentina) held an Open Lecture to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Argentina. UQ|UP Sonia Roitman was the guest speaker, presenting on ‘Urban policies and the Sustainable Development Goals in Mendoza’. She discussed the UN Framework for the … Continue reading
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman delivered a guest lecture to students of final year of Architecture at the National University of Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. The lecture provided an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular the ‘Urban Goal’ (SDG11: To achieve inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements’). Students discussed the … Continue reading
Special Issue: Transportation Research: Part A (TR-A) Transport, Gender, Culture Research on gender issues in urban transportation planning is paramount because more than half of the world’s population now lives in cities, women make up half of the general population, and gender crosscuts all other ‘vulnerable group’ considerations. Issues of transport equity, inclusion, and justice … Continue reading
West End’s Montague Rd is heavily congested, but there’s disagreement among residents about how it should be fixed. Currently, council’s long-term plan is to widen the whole of Montague to four lanes, but this would cost millions of dollars, will make the neighbourhood less pedestrian-friendly, and will probably encourage even more people to drive. Cr … Continue reading
In this presentation, I will present the Special Issue in Urban Studies, which I am co-editing with my colleague Dr Matthew Hayes on the topic of transnational gentrification and the case study of diaspora Jews’ second homes in Israel and their effects on Jerusalem. In our introduction piece, Hayes and I argue that the picture … Continue reading
UQ Chancellor Mr Peter Varghese was a guest speaker this week in PLAN7612 (Global South Cities), coordinated by Sonia Roitman. Mr Varghese participated for a second year in a Q&A session on International Development and shared his personal view on international development, international relations and the role of Australia with postgraduate students from Urban Planning, … Continue reading
Forty UQ|UP students and staff joined the Organisation of Planning Students (OOPS) for a night of insight into the various roles women play in planning and its related industries. Across the built environment industry, women play a vital role in our planning system. This evening involved speakers discussing personal career journeys and development, as well … Continue reading
The UQ Placemaking Summit 2018 was held on Tuesday, 27 November. The full report is available here https://uq.placeagency.org.au/2019/02/22/future-suburbs-for-a-new-world-city-placemaking-summit1/ Continue reading
This presentation examines the positive and fast change created by Kalijawi, a community-based organisation formed by women who live in informal settlements in Yogyakarta, Indonesia since its creation in 2012. These women (and their families) are ‘deprived’ (Marcuse, 2009) and marginalised citizens who live in urban areas prone to floods that lack basic services and … Continue reading
Ecovillages and tiny houses: can planners keep up with the wave of positive change in the housing landscape? Ecovillages are collaboratively designed communities that encourage sharing of communal spaces, resources and activities. Tiny houses are… tiny stand alone houses. While they both are outside the current planning toolkit, planners are encouraged to get ready for … Continue reading
The application process for the RC21-IJURR Doctoral School in Urban Studies is now open. This year the School will take place in Delhi, India, in September 2019 before the RC21 Conference on the theme of “In and Beyond the City:Emerging Ontologies, Persistent Challenges and Hopeful Futures”. The School is funded by IJURR and RC21 and is … Continue reading
The Faculty of Science at the University of Queensland announced the Finalists for the Faculty of Science Awards 2018. Congratulations to Laura Harvey, UQ|UP student (Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning) – finalist in the ‘Future Superstars – Undergraduate student’ category. Well done Laura! PLAN3200/7200 ‘Exploring development complexities’, the UQ Indonesia field trip course team … Continue reading
SOAC 2019 will be held in Perth, WA, in December 2019. The call for abstract submissions is now open. For more information visit the conference website. UQ|UP is traditionally represented at SOAC. Continue reading
Internal migration trends in China are well documented, but existing studies rely almost exclusively on period measures applied to cross-sectional data. In this seminar, Dr Bernard will adopt a cohort perspective to analyse migration levels and patterns and reasons for moving in China. She will apply a series of newly developed cohort measures to nationally … Continue reading
It is our great pleasure to announce the launch of our research paper series entitled: UQ|UP Research Paper (ISSN 2651-916X online). The series will publish research produced jointly by our staff and students. The papers will be freely accessible online. The fisrt paper in the series explores current and emerging church trends in Brisbane, Australia, … Continue reading
There was a lot to see and do across Brisbane this New Year’s Eve with a stunning fireworks display along the Brisbane River! A spectacular light show set the night alight from barges at South Bank, Eagle Street Pier and Portside Wharf. Enjoy the rest of our sunny summer and spend time exploring Brisbane. Continue reading
Dr Bettina Bluemling is joins us from Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She is also visiting professor at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China. Her research focuses on the governance of regional social-ecological systems in developing countries and transition economies. She looks at how policies developed on a global and national scale are reconfigured by … Continue reading
The Research Committee 21 on the Sociology of Urban and Regional Development will have its next conference in Delhi in September 2019. The Call for Papers is now open. There are more than 40 panels! UQ|UP’s Johanna Brugman and Sonia Roitman will chair Panel 32 entitled ‘The inclusive and exclusive character of land access in … Continue reading
It is our pleasure to announce that Stephanie Wyeth will be joining us in 2019. She will be UQ|UP’s Professional Planner in Residence for two years, taking over from Warren Rowe. Stephanie is one of Queensland’s leading social planners with more than 20 years experience across government, NGO, academic and private sectors. She applies her … Continue reading