We are pleased to share some excellent news. Five staff promotions and confirmations have been announced within our community: Congratulations everyone for these very well-deserved outcomes! Continue reading
Tag Archives: Elin Charles-Edwards
UQ|UP experts have their say on the QLD housing crisis
The Queensland Government met with stakeholders at a housing summit in Brisbane to discuss possible solutions to the State’s housing affordability crisis. Members of UQ|UP, including Stephanie Wyeth, Dorina Pojani, Thomas Sigler and Elin Charles-Edwards, have weighed in with what they’d like to see in the plan. Read the UQ Media story: https://stories.uq.edu.au/news/2022/uq-experts-have-say-on-qld-housing-crisis/amp-index.html Continue reading
New article by UQ|UP team on communal living published in Australian Planner
Ecovillages and cohousing are types of intentional community living arrangements that bring positive social, ecological and economic solutions to challenges of housing affordability, social breakdown and ecological over consumption. They are fast attracting interest among planners, governments, developers, the media and the public. Yet what was the population and characteristics of these compared to other … Continue reading
Radio debate with UQ|UP team: Should we be scared of a Big Australia?
UQ demographer Dr Elin Charles-Edwards and UQ urban planner Laurel Johnson joined a lively panel of four experts to consider the future of south east Queensland in a ‘Big Australia’. Topics included the nature and location of population growth, sharing space, transport, social disadvantage, jobs, decentralisation and others. Listen to the podcast on ABC radio’s … Continue reading
Recent promotions in planning and human geography
Some happy news for the UQ planning and human geography community. Three members of staff have been successful in recent promotion rounds from level B (Lecturer) to level C (Senior Lecturer): Dr Elin Charles-Edwards Dr Dorina Pojani Dr Thomas Sigler Well done and congratulations to all on these thoroughly well-deserved promotions. Continue reading