I joined the School of Geography and Sustainable Communities at UOW in 2016, after being Professor and Director of the Centre of Urban and Regional Studies and Head of Discipline (Geography and Environmental Studies) at the University of Newcastle, NSW. As an urban political geographer, I have worked with colleagues across economic, cultural and social geography as well as in sociology, planning, political science and international relations, and with practitioners and policy makers in state and local governments. I have been a visiting fellow at National University of Ireland (Maynooth), UBC (Vancouver), Trinity College (Dublin) and at the universities of Glasgow, Durham. Bristol and Sheffield. In 2016 I was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. In 2019 I was awarded the MacDonald Holmes Medal (Geographical Society of NSW) (distinguished contribution in the field of geographical education in Australia).
I am an urban political geographer. My major interests revolve, broadly, around critical studies of urban governance, its changing geographies, material practices and politics, and the differential implications for urban places, communities, subjectivities and power. My work draws broadly on post-structural political economy approaches that seek to combine critical and generative orientations.
One major theme of my work has been analysis of the changing geographies and practices of neoliberalised urban governance. Resisting universalized accounts, I have unpacked urban neoliberalism as a political project that is contingently performed and unevenly reproduced in diverse contexts. Empirically, I have developed this analysis through explorations of competitive urbanism, the private governance of urban neighbourhoods and, most recently, urban regeneration.
A second theme of my research centres on the strategic role of cities in climate and energy governance. I have explored the evolution of the urban governance of carbon in Australian cities—across an array of state and non-state actors and multiple scales—teasing out its modes, practices, and political implications. In related work on urban energy transitions, I have traced how these transitions are being assembled, configuring and reconfiguring urban political interests as they unfold.
My most recent work on the governance of ‘smart’ cities’ involves both empirical analysis of 'actually existing' smart city governance, as well as thinking critically and generatively about the urban politics of ‘smart cities', their promise and their peril.
Year | Title |
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2022 |
Published In
Urban Geography
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2022 |
Published In
Digital Geography and Society
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2022 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
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2022 |
Published In
Social and Cultural Geography
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2022 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2021 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
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2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
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2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
|
2021 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2021 |
Published In
Geoforum
|
2020 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2020 |
Published In
Housing Studies
|
2020 |
Published In
Digital Geography and Society
|
2019 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2019 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2019 |
Published In
Journal of Transport and Health
|
2019 |
Published In
Community Development
|
2019 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2019 |
Published In
Political Geography
|
2018 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2018 |
Published In
Cultural Geographies
|
2018 |
Published In
The AAG Review of Books
|
2018 |
Published In
Energy research and social science
|
2018 |
Published In
Australian Planner
|
2018 |
Published In
Area
|
2017 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2017 |
Published In
Territory, Politics, Governance
|
2016 |
Published In
Geography Compass
|
2016 |
Published In
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
|
2016 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2016 |
Published In
Political Geography
|
2015 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2015 |
Published In
Australian Journal of Public Administration
|
2015 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2015 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2014 |
Published In
Geoforum
|
2014 |
Published In
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
|
2014 |
Published In
Cities
|
2013 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2012 |
Published In
Antipode: a radical journal of geography
|
2012 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2012 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2011 |
Published In
Dialogues in Human Geography
|
2011 |
Published In
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
|
2011 |
Published In
Dialogues in Human Geography
|
2011 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2010 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2010 |
Published In
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES
|
2009 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2009 |
Published In
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
|
2009 |
Published In
Political Geography
|
2008 |
Published In
Built Environment
|
2007 |
Published In
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
|
2007 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2006 |
Published In
GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
|
2005 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2005 |
Published In
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES
|
2005 |
Published In
Space and Polity
|
2004 |
Published In
URBAN STUDIES
|
2004 |
Published In
Australian Geographical Studies
|
2004 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2004 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2003 |
Published In
Journal of Urban Affairs
|
2002 |
Published In
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER
|
2002 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2001 |
Published In
Australian Geographical Studies
|
2001 |
Published In
European Planning Studies
|
2001 |
Published In
EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
|
2001 |
Published In
European Planning Studies
|
2001 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2000 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
1999 |
Published In
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
|
1998 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
1997 |
Published In
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
|
1997 |
Published In
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
|
1996 |
Published In
International Journal of Heritage Studies
|
1996 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
1996 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
1996 |
Published In
Acta Geographica Lovaniensia
|
1995 |
Published In
Australian Geographical Studies
|
1994 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
1993 |
Published In
URBAN STUDIES
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Year | Title |
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2018 |
Publisher
Routledge
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Year | Title |
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2021 |
Published In
Global Urbanism: Knowledge, Power and the City
Publisher
: Routledge
|
2018 |
Published In
Community Livability: Issues and Approaches to Sustaining the Well-Being of People and Communities, Second Edition
Publisher
: Routledge
|
2018 |
Published In
Rethinking Urban Transitions: Politics in the Low Carbon City
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
URBAN REGENERATION IN AUSTRALIA: POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROJECTS OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN CHANGE
Publisher
: ROUTLEDGE
|
2018 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation
Publisher
: Routledge
|
2018 |
Published In
Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation
Publisher
: Taylor & Francis
|
2018 |
Published In
Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation
|
2018 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
URBAN REGENERATION IN AUSTRALIA: POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROJECTS OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN CHANGE
Publisher
: ROUTLEDGE
|
2016 |
Published In
Cities of the World: Regional Patterns and Urban Environments
Publisher
Lanham, United States
|
2016 |
Published In
Retrofitting Cities: Priorities, Governance and Experimentation
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2016 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
|
2016 |
Published In
Actor Networks of Planning: Exploring the Influence of Actor Network Theory
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2016 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
|
2016 |
Published In
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography
Publisher
Don Mills, Canada
|
2014 |
Published In
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Publisher
Dordrecht, Netherlands
|
2014 |
Published In
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Publisher
Dordrecht, Netherlands
|
2014 |
Published In
Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment
Publisher
|
2014 |
Published In
Making Space: Property Development and Urban Planning
|
2014 |
Published In
Making Space: Property Development and Urban Planning
|
2014 |
Published In
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN SPATIALLY INTEGRATED SOCIAL SCIENCE
Publisher
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD
|
2014 |
Published In
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN SPATIALLY INTEGRATED SOCIAL SCIENCE
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
|
2014 |
Published In
Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Spatially Integrated Social Science
Publisher
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
|
2014 |
Published In
Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment
Publisher
Farnham, United Kindom
|
2013 |
Published In
Geographies of the Super-Rich
Publisher
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
|
2013 |
Published In
Geographies of the Super-Rich
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
|
2012 |
Published In
Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development
Publisher
Lanham, United States
|
2010 |
Published In
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography
Publisher
Don Mills, Canada
|
2007 |
Published In
Urban 45: New Ideas for Australia's Cities
Publisher
Melbourne, Australia
|
2005 |
Published In
Embodied Geographies: Spaces, bodies and rites of passage
|
Year | Title |
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2020 |
Published In
JOURNAL OF PLANNING LITERATURE
|
2019 |
Published In
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH
|
2013 |
Published In
State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings
|
2009 |
Published In
State of Australian Cities Conference 2009: Refereed Proceedings
|
2007 |
Published In
Proceedings of the ARCRNSISS Methodology, Tools and Techniques and Spatial Theory Paradigm Forums Workshop
|
2007 | |
2007 |
Published In
Proceedings of the ARCRNSISS Methodology, Tools and Techniques and Spatial Theory Paradigm Forums Workshop
|
2007 |
Published In
Proceedings of the ARCRNSISS Methodology, Tools and Techniques and Spatial Theory Paradigm Forums Workshop
|
2003 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
Year | Title |
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2022 | |
2021 | |
2021 | |
2021 | |
2021 |
Year | Title |
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2022 - 2024 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
2020 - 2023 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
2015 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
Beneficiary | Quantification | Description |
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Evidence | Description |
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Degree | Research Title | Advisee | |
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Doctor of Philosophy | Sharing Cities: New Strategies for Communal Sharing | Santala, Inka | |
Doctor of Philosophy | Making Things, Producing Culture, Housing People? Competing Visions of Industrial Land Use in the Contemporary City | Lyons, Craig | |
Doctor of Philosophy | The Tiny House: Political Ecologies of Household Water, Energy and Food Practices | Penfold, Hilton | |
Doctor of Philosophy | From experimentations to collaborative governance: The role and implications of experimentations in shaping Australian smart cities | Santala, Ville |
I am an urban political geographer. My major interests revolve, broadly, around critical studies of urban governance, its changing geographies, material practices and politics, and the differential implications for urban places, communities, subjectivities and power. My work draws broadly on post-structural political economy approaches that seek to combine critical and generative orientations.
One major theme of my work has been analysis of the changing geographies and practices of neoliberalised urban governance. Resisting universalized accounts, I have unpacked urban neoliberalism as a political project that is contingently performed and unevenly reproduced in diverse contexts. Empirically, I have developed this analysis through explorations of competitive urbanism, the private governance of urban neighbourhoods and, most recently, urban regeneration.
A second theme of my research centres on the strategic role of cities in climate and energy governance. I have explored the evolution of the urban governance of carbon in Australian cities—across an array of state and non-state actors and multiple scales—teasing out its modes, practices, and political implications. In related work on urban energy transitions, I have traced how these transitions are being assembled, configuring and reconfiguring urban political interests as they unfold.
My most recent work on the governance of ‘smart’ cities’ involves both empirical analysis of 'actually existing' smart city governance, as well as thinking critically and generatively about the urban politics of ‘smart cities', their promise and their peril.
Year | Title |
---|---|
2022 |
Published In
Urban Geography
|
2022 |
Published In
Digital Geography and Society
|
2022 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2022 |
Published In
Social and Cultural Geography
|
2022 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2021 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
|
2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2021 |
Published In
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
|
2021 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2021 |
Published In
Geoforum
|
2020 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2020 |
Published In
Housing Studies
|
2020 |
Published In
Digital Geography and Society
|
2019 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2019 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2019 |
Published In
Journal of Transport and Health
|
2019 |
Published In
Community Development
|
2019 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2019 |
Published In
Political Geography
|
2018 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2018 |
Published In
Cultural Geographies
|
2018 |
Published In
The AAG Review of Books
|
2018 |
Published In
Energy research and social science
|
2018 |
Published In
Australian Planner
|
2018 |
Published In
Area
|
2017 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2017 |
Published In
Territory, Politics, Governance
|
2016 |
Published In
Geography Compass
|
2016 |
Published In
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
|
2016 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2016 |
Published In
Political Geography
|
2015 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2015 |
Published In
Australian Journal of Public Administration
|
2015 |
Published In
Progress in Human Geography
|
2015 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2014 |
Published In
Geoforum
|
2014 |
Published In
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
|
2014 |
Published In
Cities
|
2013 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2012 |
Published In
Antipode: a radical journal of geography
|
2012 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2012 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2011 |
Published In
Dialogues in Human Geography
|
2011 |
Published In
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
|
2011 |
Published In
Dialogues in Human Geography
|
2011 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2010 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2010 |
Published In
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES
|
2009 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2009 |
Published In
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
|
2009 |
Published In
Political Geography
|
2008 |
Published In
Built Environment
|
2007 |
Published In
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
|
2007 |
Published In
Urban Policy and Research
|
2006 |
Published In
GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
|
2005 |
Published In
Geographical Research
|
2005 |
Published In
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES
|
2005 |
Published In
Space and Polity
|
2004 |
Published In
URBAN STUDIES
|
2004 |
Published In
Australian Geographical Studies
|
2004 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2004 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2003 |
Published In
Journal of Urban Affairs
|
2002 |
Published In
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER
|
2002 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
2001 |
Published In
Australian Geographical Studies
|
2001 |
Published In
European Planning Studies
|
2001 |
Published In
EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
|
2001 |
Published In
European Planning Studies
|
2001 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
2000 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
1999 |
Published In
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
|
1998 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
1997 |
Published In
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
|
1997 |
Published In
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
|
1996 |
Published In
International Journal of Heritage Studies
|
1996 |
Published In
Environment and Planning A
|
1996 |
Published In
Australian Geographer
|
1996 |
Published In
Acta Geographica Lovaniensia
|
1995 |
Published In
Australian Geographical Studies
|
1994 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
1993 |
Published In
URBAN STUDIES
|
Year | Title |
---|---|
2018 |
Publisher
Routledge
|
Year | Title |
---|---|
2021 |
Published In
Global Urbanism: Knowledge, Power and the City
Publisher
: Routledge
|
2018 |
Published In
Community Livability: Issues and Approaches to Sustaining the Well-Being of People and Communities, Second Edition
Publisher
: Routledge
|
2018 |
Published In
Rethinking Urban Transitions: Politics in the Low Carbon City
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
URBAN REGENERATION IN AUSTRALIA: POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROJECTS OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN CHANGE
Publisher
: ROUTLEDGE
|
2018 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation
Publisher
: Routledge
|
2018 |
Published In
Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation
Publisher
: Taylor & Francis
|
2018 |
Published In
Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics and Urban Innovation
|
2018 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2018 |
Published In
URBAN REGENERATION IN AUSTRALIA: POLICIES, PROCESSES AND PROJECTS OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN CHANGE
Publisher
: ROUTLEDGE
|
2016 |
Published In
Cities of the World: Regional Patterns and Urban Environments
Publisher
Lanham, United States
|
2016 |
Published In
Retrofitting Cities: Priorities, Governance and Experimentation
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2016 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
|
2016 |
Published In
Actor Networks of Planning: Exploring the Influence of Actor Network Theory
Publisher
Abingdon, United Kingdom
|
2016 |
Published In
Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change
|
2016 |
Published In
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography
Publisher
Don Mills, Canada
|
2014 |
Published In
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Publisher
Dordrecht, Netherlands
|
2014 |
Published In
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Publisher
Dordrecht, Netherlands
|
2014 |
Published In
Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment
Publisher
|
2014 |
Published In
Making Space: Property Development and Urban Planning
|
2014 |
Published In
Making Space: Property Development and Urban Planning
|
2014 |
Published In
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN SPATIALLY INTEGRATED SOCIAL SCIENCE
Publisher
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD
|
2014 |
Published In
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN SPATIALLY INTEGRATED SOCIAL SCIENCE
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
|
2014 |
Published In
Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Spatially Integrated Social Science
Publisher
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
|
2014 |
Published In
Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment
Publisher
Farnham, United Kindom
|
2013 |
Published In
Geographies of the Super-Rich
Publisher
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
|
2013 |
Published In
Geographies of the Super-Rich
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
|
2012 |
Published In
Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development
Publisher
Lanham, United States
|
2010 |
Published In
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography
Publisher
Don Mills, Canada
|
2007 |
Published In
Urban 45: New Ideas for Australia's Cities
Publisher
Melbourne, Australia
|
2005 |
Published In
Embodied Geographies: Spaces, bodies and rites of passage
|
Year | Title |
---|---|
2020 |
Published In
JOURNAL OF PLANNING LITERATURE
|
2019 |
Published In
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH
|
2013 |
Published In
State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings
|
2009 |
Published In
State of Australian Cities Conference 2009: Refereed Proceedings
|
2007 |
Published In
Proceedings of the ARCRNSISS Methodology, Tools and Techniques and Spatial Theory Paradigm Forums Workshop
|
2007 | |
2007 |
Published In
Proceedings of the ARCRNSISS Methodology, Tools and Techniques and Spatial Theory Paradigm Forums Workshop
|
2007 |
Published In
Proceedings of the ARCRNSISS Methodology, Tools and Techniques and Spatial Theory Paradigm Forums Workshop
|
2003 |
Published In
Urban Studies
|
Year | Title |
---|---|
2022 | |
2021 | |
2021 | |
2021 | |
2021 |
Year | Title |
---|---|
2022 - 2024 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
2020 - 2023 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
2015 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
Beneficiary | Quantification | Description |
---|
Evidence | Description |
---|
Degree | Research Title | Advisee | |
---|---|---|---|
Doctor of Philosophy | Sharing Cities: New Strategies for Communal Sharing | Santala, Inka | |
Doctor of Philosophy | Making Things, Producing Culture, Housing People? Competing Visions of Industrial Land Use in the Contemporary City | Lyons, Craig | |
Doctor of Philosophy | The Tiny House: Political Ecologies of Household Water, Energy and Food Practices | Penfold, Hilton | |
Doctor of Philosophy | From experimentations to collaborative governance: The role and implications of experimentations in shaping Australian smart cities | Santala, Ville |