Past Projects
2019–2020
This project investigates drivers and processes of change within Australian metropolitan transport systems to identify future options and directions for policy development.
Past Projects
2017–2020
Policy@RMIT (P@R) aims to study and enable collaborations between researchers and policy practitioners in co-producing research that supports evidence-informed policy in addressing major policy and societal issues.
Past Projects
2018–2020
We are working with RMIT scientists and engineers to help water utilities, the Environment Protection Authority and the Victorian Government reduce climate change risks and produce new resources.
Past Projects
2018–2019
The Victorian Government Climate Change Act 2017 has identified seven sectors (or ‘systems’) that are impacted by or have an important influence on the State’s capacity to adapt to climate change.
Past Projects
2018–2019
The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) sought independent expert advice to co-design a long-term state-wide strategic framework to support Victoria’s regions to adapt to climate change.
Past Projects
2017–2019
The project investigates the framings and practices of local governments, community groups and NGOs as they seek to create local adaptation strategies.
Past Projects
2017–2019
We conducted an intensive analysis of over 3000 news media reports, complemented by interviews with key stakeholders from the environmental movement, to explore representations of the Adani controversy
Past Projects
2018–2019
Understanding prevalence and demography of long-term energy hardship via analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics longitudinal dataset.
Past Projects
2018–2019
Qualitative household and industry research focusing on demand management and new energy technologies to inform the design and delivery of Australia’s ‘Future Grid’.
Past Projects
2016–2019
As large scale participants in food provisioning and consumption practices, academic institutions like universities have a crucial part to play in food sustainability transitions
Past Projects
2017–2019
The Work / Life Ecologies Project aims to understand staff and students’ broader lifestyles as part of a work-life ecology, occurring across a range of spaces, both physical and virtual.
Past Projects
2018–2019
Ethnographic household research to inform future electricity pricing strategies an infrastructure planning in Victoria.
Past Projects
2018–2019
The Willum Warrain Aboriginal Gathering Place offers a space, in Hastings, south-east of Melbourne, where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can come together to explore their goals, ideas and identity.
Past Projects
2018–2019
This research project aimed to evaluate the claims of the PHRP and its underlying model in order to establish an accurate evidence base and assess the anticipated impact of the model on public housing residents in Melbourne.
Past Projects
2019
“Living Liveable”, is a short documentary film showcasing the lived experiences of residents in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.
Past Projects
2017–2018
Assessing the spatial implications of Autonomous Vehicles as feeders to railway stations in suburban Melbourne
Past Projects
2017–2018
What’s best for the west? Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 and alternative transport futures for Melbourne’s western suburbs.
Past Projects
2015–2018
This project will be the first Australian investigation of how automated technologies are being incorporated into household practices, and the expectations they promote, sustain and transform.
Past Projects
2016–2018
This study considers the national scale but then focuses on local approaches, reviewing plans and interviewing officials in 13 agencies, to assess how housing are meshed with economic development in strategy formation and monitoring.
Past Projects
2016–2018
A new generation of Bayesian species distribution models will provide improved predictions of species occurrence in the landscape.
Past Projects
2016–2018
Cities are central to achieving sustainability, yet urban redevelopments – often justified as sustainable – have displaced 15 million people. This research asks how we can find socially sustainable paths of urban development.
Past Projects
2016–2018
Examination of the impact of housing and labour market factors, demographics and service availability on rates of homelessness across Australia over the past decade.
Past Projects
2014–2018
This project broadens the research around housing and labour supply by addressing the work incentive implications of rising real house values and the fungibility of assets following mortgage innovation and deregulation.
Past Projects
2016–2018
This project will analyse the innovative role played by the Australian collecting sector in documenting, promoting and managing cultural diversity.
