Amanda is working with Dr Hannah Badland in contextualising city ‘liveability’ within a low to middle income country (LMIC) perspective.
Her research interests include liveability, child-friendly cities, participatory geographic information systems, and the associations between the built environment and child health inequities.
Ms Alderton is a current PhD student at RMIT and received a Bachelor of Arts and Honours in history from the University of California, Berkeley. She has a background in secondary education and worked as a secondary social studies teacher in the United States.