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
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
Planning students in the 2020 Urban Design Studio coordinated by Dr. Sebastien Darchen developed a regeneration plan for Salisbury, through background research, site investigations and consultation with local residents and business owners. The final report prepared by Mario Shllaku and Julia Randle-Miller at Ethos Urban and UQ|UP’s Dr. Sebastien Darchen is available for download below. … Continue reading
Urban planning and cultural policies often neglect electronic dance music (EDM). Now the pandemic is forcing the EDM world to come up with new strategies to survive. Read the full story in Sebastien Darchen in The Conversation. Continue reading
To address densification challenges in West End, Kurilpa Futures, a local community association, is taking on board planning solutions proposed by UQ|UP students in the advanced planning studio PLAN-MAKING coordinated by Dr. Sebastien Darchen. Read the full story in the Westneder: westender.com.au/uq-students-plan-west-end-with-a-human-face Continue reading
“Electronic Cities: Music, Policies and Spaces in the 21st Century” is a welcome contribution to the ‘urban turn’ in popular music studies. It moves beyond the analysis of styles and venues, setting musical practice within complex networks of policy, economic history and metropolitan politics. These fascinating case studies take us beyond the self-proclaimed ‘capitals’ of … Continue reading
The Companion to Public Space (Routledge), edited by Vikas Mehta and Danilo Palazzo, draws together an outstanding multidisciplinary collection of specially commissioned chapters that offer the state of the art in the intellectual discourse, scholarship, research, and principles of understanding in the construction of public space. UQ|UP team members have contributed two chapters: Chapter 14: … Continue reading