Current Projects
2021
The goal of this rapid assessment project is to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted wet markets in Vietnam, Kenya and the Philippines, specifically on biosecurity reforms and policies.
Current Projects
2021 (ongoing)
This project aims to provide new temperature and consumer data to understand how red meat wastage could be reduced in Australian households.
Current Projects
2021–2022
This project uses a circular economy framing to investigate use and waste in material supply chains to contribute knowledge so that the housing construction sector can reduce, reuse, recycle and recover resources and rely much less on virgin material
Current Projects
2018 (ongoing)
Good city planning produces co-benefits for individual and planetary health and wellbeing
Current Projects
2018 (ongoing)
Gardens for Wildlife Victoria is a participatory research project, involving a network of council and community members pooling their knowledge and skills to engage their communities in wildlife gardening.
Current Projects
2021 (ongoing)
This project explores the intersections between household low carbon retrofit, energy vulnerability and local environments to place ‘natures’ more firmly into discussions and governance of retrofit for energy vulnerable households.
Current Projects
2021–2023
This project will collect qualitative data after the transformation of the Upper Stony Creek, to better understand how urban greening projects impact resident perceptions of wellbeing, especially in disadvantaged areas with a lack of greenspace.
Current Projects
2021 (ongoing)
This is a series of online talks hosted by the People and Environment Program, on the broad theme of people-environment relations.
Current Projects
2020 (ongoing)
People and Place at Minta is a longitudinal study exploring the long-term impacts of place-making and innovation initiatives at Stockland’s Minta Farm estate on residents’ sense of wellbeing and active connections to place.
Current Projects
2020 (ongoing)
The Australian Urban Observatory launched in Feb. 2020. This ground-breaking digital platform is set to transform how we map liveability in Australia. Register now to view FREE liveability indicators across LGAs!
Current Projects
2021 (ongoing)
This project brings together researchers and practitioners planning for equitable health and wellbeing outcomes for all in the context of a changing climate.
Current Projects
2020–2023
Bringing together Australian and UK urban experts to virtually model and test the benefits of transport planning in creating healthier and sustainable cities across both countries.
Current Projects
(ongoing)
Although much is known about walkability, physical activity and health in large cities, new research is needed to understand the unique context of walkability and health in small rural towns.
Current Projects
2020 (ongoing)
Does neighbourhood design make a difference to early childhood development (ECD)? This project connects urban design and planning disciplines with ECD to explore the impacts of where we live on young children and families.
Current Projects
2019 (ongoing)
Researchers and research institutions are increasingly required to demonstrate research impact, but what exactly is research impact and how should we approach it, given the complex challenges the world faces?
Current Projects
2020–2022
This project will make conceptual and methodological advancements required to develop a working approach for onsets. Case studies in urban development and agriculture will highlight how the approach work s in practice.
Current Projects
2020 (ongoing)
The aim of this project is to draw on local and international expertise to develop and disseminate new models and planning guidelines for 21st century municipal markets in Victoria.
Current Projects
2019–2022
In an economic hegemony underwritten by the burning of fossil fuels – the fossil fuel regime – meeting the challenge of climate change will alter patterns of production and consumption and have far-reaching consequences for workers.
Current Projects
2017–2021
A climate change adaptation monitoring, evaluation and reporting tool, designed with and for Victorian local governments.
Current Projects
2019 (ongoing)
The overarching aim of this project is to enhance the resilience of the city and its inhabitants to current and future climate impacts and natural disasters.
Current Projects
2019 (ongoing)
The Climate Change Exchange is a project that is establishing a collaborative climate change research-practice network to meet the knowledge sharing, capacity building, and research needs of various government and policy stakeholders.
Current Projects
2018–2022
The PhD project is informed by an interpretivist theoretical approach, to look at the comparative case studies of Melbourne and Dhaka. The findings will be informed by semi-structured interviews, secondary document analysis, and a literature review.
Current Projects
2019–2023
This project aims to investigate how media technologies can facilitate cross-cultural engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Current Projects
2019 (ongoing)
This research is concerned with the collection, digitisation and use of housing information in Australia.
