The 5th World Planning Schools Congress will be held in Bali, Indonesia, at the end of August (29 August-2 September 2022) in a hybrid format. It is an exciting opportunity for those able to attend in person after COVID-19!! The program is available here. UQ|UP staff and graduates will be contributing to several sessions: 22 … Continue reading
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Building meaningful relationships with First Nations Peoples – Conference presentation by Sonia Roitman, Jim Walker and Reyna Harrison
This week a UQ|UP team formed by Sonia Roitman, Jim Walker and Reyna Harrison will be presenting at the Development Studies Association conference (DSA Conference 2022). The presentation is on how to build meaningful research relationships with First Nations Peoples in Australia. It provides research findings showing that: a) Meaningful partnerships with First Nations communities … Continue reading
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
Sign up for Sonia Roitman’s forthcoming lecture on bottom-up gender planning at Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman will be presenting at the International Public Lecture on Bottom-up gender planning, organised by the University of Diponegoro, in Semarang, Indonesia on 24 March 2022, 4pm Brisbane time (1pm, Semarang time). The lecture will be a conceptual and empirical discussion on the contribution of community-based female organisations to planning processes in Indonesia. … Continue reading
New article on international studio courses in Journal of Planning Education and Research, by Sonia Roitman and Indonesian colleagues
This article analyses a fieldtrip studio course in Indonesia, organised jointly by The University of Queensland (Australia), the University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia), and other stakeholders including an Indonesian NGO called Arkom Indonesia and a community-based organisation called Kalijawi. The article examines how the course contributes to the development of the skills and knowledge required … Continue reading
UQ|UP staff receive recognition for high quality teaching
We congratulate all UQ|UP members, as well as our colleagues in human geography, who received recognition for their high quality teaching in 2021: SEES. Best in Program for Planning (based on SeCAT scores): Sonia Roitman FoS. Dean’s Commendation for most effective teaching (based on nominations from students who achieved a GPA of 6.6 or more): … Continue reading
Happy World Town Planning Day!
Today, UQ|UP celebrates the amazing planners all the around the world and recognise their continued efforts to help plan, design and deliver better cities and regions! Continue reading