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UQ|UP is part of the leading School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) at the University of Queensland - a university in the world's top 50 and one of Australia's Group of Eight. This is their informal Blog. All UQ|UP staff and HDR students contribute news, opinions, and research papers to this Blog.
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3d ago
‘Bikeability’ is the quantitative assessment of the aggregate influence of natural and built environment features as barriers or facilitators to bicycling. An emerging field, bikeability research incorporates a diversity of factors and approaches, yielding a variety of results. This variability limits both the generalizability of findings and the practical impacts of this research. This study ..read more
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4d ago
In her most recent ABC News interview, UQ|UP’s Dorina Pojani didn’t hold back on the challenges of community consultations in housing developments. While acknowledging the importance of public input, she pointed out a hard truth—long-winded consultation processes driven by NIMBYs are stalling much-needed housing projects, worsening affordability crises in our cities. Her message? We need ..read more
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5d ago
CAUTHE 2025 is in full swing at Brisbane City Hall, bringing together researchers in tourism and hospitality. UQ|UP members and affiliates Frank Zou, Rick Buning, and Dorina Pojani – who are also part of the UQ Micromobility Research Cluster – are diving into the world of e-scooter users. Their latest research, based on survey data ..read more
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1w ago
The article analyses the development and evolution of the punk music scene in Hollywood mostly composed of expatriates coming from different states in the U.S, from L.A.’s outer suburbs and from overseas. Methodologically, I used interviews with the scene’s main participants to document the key bands’ trajectories and to identify elements that facilitated the emergence ..read more
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1w ago
Sonia Roitman was invited to give a lecture for Urban Planning students from the International Master Program on Urban Planning and the International Bachelor in Urban Planning at Universitas Gadjah Mada, in Indonesia. The lecture was well attended, by 40 participants in person and 60 participants via Zoom. It was a great start of the ..read more
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1w ago
Sonia Roitman was invited to present at the Research Seminar on Climate Change Adaptation and floods in Semarang (Indonesia) and Kampala (Uganda). The discussion was hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, at the Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A very lively discussion, including colleagues from the Risks and Disasters Research Center at ..read more
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1w ago
A new episode of the ‘A is for Architecture’ podcast was just released! UQ|UP’s Dorina Pojani speaks to Ambrose Gillick about her book ‘Trophy Cities: A Feminist Perspective on New Capitals‘. They explore how new capital cities – Brasilia, Canberra, Abuja, Sejong, Astana and even Washington DC – are conceived of as totalized projects, dominant visions competing ..read more
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2w ago
Join PRN for a Lunch & Learn event – or Dinner & Breakfast depending on your time-zone – discussing how parking issues are approached internationally. UQ|UP’s Dorina Pojani will talk to Wendy Nash from Get Around Caboolture. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow (4 February) at: 10.30am Brisbane11.30am Syd/Mel/ACT/Hob11.00am Adelaide08.30am Perth RSVP on LinkedIn: https://lu.ma/8mvum78z ..read more
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2w ago
We would like to welcome Bonita Raut, a new PhD student within the Planning Program at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, at UQ. Bonita will be working on a PhD project titled ‘Towards More Inclusive Government Assets Management: A Gender Responsive Design Framework for Government Office Buildings in Indonesia’. She is supervised by ..read more
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2w ago
Once again, inner-city Brisbane homeowners are attempting to block a medium-density housing project in their neighbourhood. UQ|UP’s Dorina Pojani says the inner city is the perfect location for more medium-density housing. Read the ABC News article, by Kenji Sato: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-30/highgate-hill-brisbane-residents-oppose-apartment-development/104873710 ..read more