A full PhD scholarship is available as part of the QUEX Institute, a research partnership between The University of Queensland, Australia, and the University of Exeter, UK. The project is on Urban planning and climate change adaptation in Pacific Country cities. The PhD student will be based at UQ, with a research stay at Exeter. … Continue reading
LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Science) is the peak organisation for research policy in Indonesia. They have recently started a series of seminars to discuss how cities can be improved to benefit their residents. UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman has been invited to share research findings on the role of gated communities in reproducing inequalities in Indonesian cities. … Continue reading
The Faculty of Science Engagement Team has organised a series of online events for prospective students interested in studying a post-graduate degree at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES). The next event is an online seminar for prospective students from Latin America. The seminar will be online via Zoom and will present the … Continue reading
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
Dr Temi Indriati Miranda has completed her PhD degree. Well done, Temi! Her thesis is titled: ‘ Decision-making process used by middle-middle class families to access homeownership in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia‘. Eighteen percent of the Indonesian population is considered urban middle‐middle class. Using the decision‐making process framework for housing access, this research addresses the broad … Continue reading
A new publication about how gendered space is informally managed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The article is titled ‘The politics of gendered space: Social norms and purdah affecting female informal work in Dhaka, Bangladesh’ and is co-authored by Dr Luftun Lata, Dr Peter Walters (School of Social Science, UQ) and Dr Sonia Roitman (UQ|UP). In Bangladesh, … Continue reading
UQ|UP Sonia Roitman was interviewed by the SmartCityLab to discuss the development of gated communities and its consequences. The interview is available in English and Spanish. Continue reading