Sonia Roitman presenting at the Indonesia Council Open Conference 2023 next week
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Sonia Roitman presenting at the Indonesia Council Open Conference 2023 next week

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

New book on COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities by former UQ|UP colleagues – sign up for the launch!
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New book on COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities by former UQ|UP colleagues – sign up for the launch!

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

Sonia Roitman on Inside Indonesia discussing the social impacts of Indonesia’s new capital development
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Sonia Roitman on Inside Indonesia discussing the social impacts of Indonesia’s new capital development

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

UQ|UP members receive UQ seed funding to study Nusantara’s social impact
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UQ|UP members receive UQ seed funding to study Nusantara’s social impact

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

Congratulations, Dr Gillian Cornish!
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Congratulations, Dr Gillian Cornish!

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

Graduation Day, Congratulations!
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Graduation Day, Congratulations!

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