On 4 December, UQ|UP team members Dorina Pojani, Ali Cheshmehzangi and Mubeen Ahmad will join urban scholars and practitioners from around the world at the Global Urban Innovation & Development Symposium (GUIDe), an event organised by Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and Chongqing University (CQU). 🔗 Check out the program below and register to attend online: … Continue reading
UQ|UP, under the leadership of Sébastien Darchen and Sara Alidoust, is playing an active role in organising the upcoming State of Australasian Cities Conference (SOAC), to be held in Brisbane from 9–12 December 2025. The objectives of the conference are as follows: The conference will host around 400 scholars in urban planning including 80 HDR … Continue reading
CAUTHE 2025 is in full swing at Brisbane City Hall, bringing together researchers in tourism and hospitality. UQ|UP members and affiliates Frank Zou, Rick Buning, and Dorina Pojani – who are also part of the UQ Micromobility Research Cluster – are diving into the world of e-scooter users. Their latest research, based on survey data … Continue reading
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
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 UQ|UP community is invited to an upcoming event in Tirana, Albania: Forum for Active Built Environments Research (FABER2024) | 10-11th October 2024 FABER is an annual event dedicated to promote and disseminate knowledge and good practices on sustainable development of urban areas. FABER2024 will explore the intersection of urban planning with artificial intelligence, capitalism, … Continue reading
The TransportCamp Brisbane ‘unconference’, hosted on Friday by the Department of Transport and Main Roads, brought together transport professionals, researchers, and technologists interested in how transport and technology can help improve mobility in urban environments. This is a unique event where the attendees set the agenda and collaborate to determine what are the key topics … 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
All UQ|UP members invited! The agenda is below. The conference starts on 16 March, 9:00 a.m. (CET) / 6:00 pm (AET) and can be joined on both days via this Zoom link. Meeting ID: 982 8657 2524 / Passcode: 473588 Continue reading
On Sunday concluded the 2022 Festival of Landscape Architecture organised by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture. This year’s theme was COUNTRY, recognising that it is critical for all involved in shaping urban environments to join with First Nations people to gain a deeper understanding of Country as we prepare our cities for the complex challenges of … Continue reading