Past Projects
2015–2017
How do Melbourne’s green spaces support insect biodiversity and promote ecosystem health?
Past Projects
2015–2017
This research critically investigates tensions and potentialities between risk-based assessments by local governance agencies and innovations by local groups and NGOs.
Past Projects
2017
Bringing together leading national and international child equity researchers to identify potential ways to reduce early developmental inequities in Australian children.
Past Projects
2016–2017
User perspectives in purpose built low energy housing
Past Projects
2017
The Heatwaves, Homes & Health project investigated the impacts of electricity pricing and energy policy on heat vulnerable households.
Past Projects
2016–2017
Australian Policy Online is curating an open access collection of historic urban policy resources in collaboration with University partners.
Past Projects
2016–2017
The Balmoral Fire Connect bring together leaders from community by working in partnership with Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre and CFA to track the flow of information and the changed practice in the community.
Past Projects
2015–2017
This inquiry will develop coherent conceptual frameworks and empirical evidence to guide housing policy reforms that promote Australia’s economic development
Past Projects
2016–2017
Investigating energy and water under-use by households in order to afford utility bill payments which may have adverse effects on health and quality of life.
Past Projects
2016–2017
An analysis of the role and effectiveness of the building and planning system in delivering sustainable cities.
Past Projects
2014–2017
Reflecting the ethical turn in consumption, meat promoted and labeled as ethical, humane and/or sustainable has emerged as an apparent solution to increasing concerns.
Past Projects
2015–2017
This 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
2016–2017
RMIT researchers are trialling ‘smart’ home control devices in 46 households in Victoria and South Australia – to assess the potential of these devices to help manage home electricity consumption.
Past Projects
2016–2017
Developing a regional framework to consider climate change impacts and adaptation options across six regional local governments, led by East Gippsland Shire Council.
Past Projects
2016–2017
Developing an understanding of how social networks influence social resilience to natural disasters and climate change.
Past Projects
2014–2017
Exploring translocality as a different perspective of the climate change-migration nexus.
Past Projects
2016
This research outlines the development of university towns in China, using a case study of the Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Suzhou in China.
Past Projects
2016
This project investigates the success of second cities overseas outlines a future economic vision for Geelong and second cities across Australia.
Past Projects
2015–2016
This project will produce the first Australian analysis of public Wi-Fi use, and the security and legal risks associated with the use patterns of public networks.
Past Projects
2015–2016
This project estimates and maps the price elasticity of housing supply at a local government area level, providing insights into how various factors affect the speed of housing supply responsiveness to market pressures in Australia.
Past Projects
2015–2016
This research examines the transformation of public housing in four federal states: Austria, Germany, Canada and the USA and finds Austria to be a leading example of a sustainable affordable housing industry.
Past Projects
2014–2016
What do office workers in Melbourne look at when going for a walk in the park? This study examines the differences in what men, women and people with different levels of nature appreciation look at in films of walks through Melbourne’s parks.
Past Projects
2015–2016
The Victorian state government has committed to removing 50 level crossings in two terms of office: a faster rate of removal than in any other period in the history of railways in Melbourne.
Past Projects
2015–2016
Community playgroups (CPs) are unique in Australia’s early years education and care environment. This project fills knowledge and policy gaps by appraising the social and economic value of CPs.
