Blog
04 March 2016
Combining water and architecture for sustainable living
Blog
03 March 2016
Improved public transport has long been a high priority among Victorian voters however; the recent announcement of the $1.6 billion project to remove nine level crossings between Caulfield and Dandenong has not been met with the expected enthusiasm.
Blog
03 March 2016
The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010-11 required a momentous recovery undertaking by the City of Christchurch in New Zealand. Five years on, what insight can we glean from the fallout?
Blog
23 February 2016
Tensions are rising in Melbourne over plans to use elevated rail to remove suburban level crossings.
News
15 February 2016
How can we lock liveability into our cities in coming decades? That is one of the questions posed for this week’s Australian Urban Thinkers Campus at RMIT University.
Blog
08 February 2016
Summer brings out the heliophobe in many of us. It’s manageable if you live in a house that stays cool when shut up tight. It helps if you’re physically capable of crossing to the shadier side of a hot street.
Blog
27 January 2016
Globally, there is intense discussion about the future of urban life through the World Urban Campaign.
Blog
22 January 2016
Japan’s experience makes it an interesting example to learn from in the area of aged care.
News
15 January 2016
RMIT researchers have been recognised at the State of Australian Cities Conference (SOAC) for their work exploring problems faced by people living on the urban fringe.
Blog
18 December 2015
Failing to tap the rich local knowledge and diverse expertise of groups with an interest in planning the places most meaningful to them risks a failure of democracy.
Media
09 December 2015
Residents of Australian cities are needed to take part in RMIT University research to better understand residential car parking habits, wants and needs.
News
26 November 2015
For Australian cities to be competitive, productive and economically sustainable, they need to attract the best human talent, Lucy Turnbull has told a conference at RMIT.
News
12 October 2015
RMIT’s academic green team is working to make the University’s ambitious sustainability vision a reality through teaching and research.
Media
28 September 2015
The Centre for Urban Research (CUR) at RMIT University seeks highly capable scholars to undertake PhD studies on urban issues.
News
16 September 2015
RMIT’s Urban Futures Competition showcased the ideas of Victorian High School students surrounding the development of vibrant, liveable cities.
News
20 August 2015
A community resilience model developed by RMIT researchers has exposed an invisible layer of socially vulnerable and disadvantaged people that will be hit hard by climate change.
News
13 July 2015
RMIT University has been awarded more than $1.8million in Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project Grants.
Media
15 June 2015
The Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University seeks highly capable and motivated applicants for a post-doctoral position in Urban Research based at RMIT Europe in Barcelona, Spain.
News
01 May 2015
Ecological gems have been uncovered in Melbourne’s parks during a campaign that involved “citizen scientists” capturing and recording the city’s biodiversity.
News
25 March 2015
The Victorian free public WiFi initiative is an unknown commodity but the potential benefits could be great for all Victorians, according to RMIT researchers.
News
16 March 2015
Wild camels could provide a sustainable resource for drought-affected farmers, according to the winner of this year’s RMIT Green Innovators competition.
News
06 March 2015
RMIT has announced the latest recipients of its Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowships, with 12 outstanding researchers making an impact in fields ranging from sleep disorders to nanotechnology.
News
25 February 2015
Improving how cities work is critical for Australia's future, according to the new director of RMIT's Centre for Urban Research (CUR), Professor Jago Dodson.
News
16 February 2015
An international planning expert has called for academics to engage more deeply with planning practitioners to help improve major urban projects such as Melbourne’s Docklands.
