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RMIT Centre for Urban Research

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9925 2272

Address: 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.cur.org.au

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25.01.2022 As Australia re-opens, the bars, cafes and restaurants that give life to our streets face a tough ask: stay open and stay afloat with just a fraction of the customers. Here are four proven ways to quickly reconfigure street space our streets to rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus. We might even find them nice enough to keep...

25.01.2022 As COVID-19 restrictions gradually ease, how can we keep our much loved bars and restaurants afloat given the patron limits? CUR's Thami Croeser speaks to The Age about how eateries could turn their streets, car parks and footpaths into open-air cafes...an idea we might just like enough to keep.

25.01.2022 Interested in a career in sustainability and urban planning? Find out what studying Global Studies, Sustainability & Urban Planning will look like in 2020 on June 10. Presented by Associate Professor Andrew Butt, Associate Professor Paul Battersby and members of industry, this webinar is designed for enterprising forward-thinkers who want to actively shape the future of their industries.

24.01.2022 Australian cities are increasingly becoming concrete jungles as trees and canopy coverage disappear. Street by street, we need a kind of campaign to make people aware of why greenery is important right there in their backyard, says CUR's Marco Amati.

24.01.2022 Stop. Breathe. Think. Connect. Act. Lauren Rickards of RMIT Centre for Urban Research was joined by Fleur Watson from RMIT Design Hub Gallery and Ollie Cotsaf...tis last month for a conversation on how to move forward with hope and humanity following the devastating bushfires. These insights are just as relevant now given our current situation and our connectedness is more important than ever. Watch the full discussion via the link below and remember to switch off your lights for Earth Hour Australia at 8.30pm tonight! https://www.facebook.com/2244417905679596/videos/318982719059716/

23.01.2022 Congratulations to Billie Giles-Corti and Belen Zapata Diomedi who will be leading a new UK Medical Research Council and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded project with urban experts from the University of Cambridge. The new project will examine the links between the built environment, transport and other health-behaviour to develop computer models that can better inform urban and transport planning policy and practice in Australia and the UK. Read more here https://bit.ly/2ZC1as7

23.01.2022 How can we enhance and maintain biodiversity in the city through design? How can we better protect our green infrastructure? And could turning roads into parks be the renewal our cities need? RMIT Centre for Urban Research's Holly Kirk, Sarah Bekessy, Joe Hurley, Marco Amati and Thami Croeser answer these key questions in the latest edition of Cities People Love.

23.01.2022 "But before we ask, 'how to bring the buzz back into Melbourne', isn’t now the time to ask the more fundamental question what function does a CBD serve and for whom? Especially in a post-COVID world with increased worker flexibility and amid a climate emergency." - Rachel Iampolski and Andrew Butt in The Fifth Estate

22.01.2022 As families embrace the joys of walking and cycling in their neighbourhoods, how can we use the shake-up from coronavirus as an opportunity to keep this going for our own and our childrens health?

22.01.2022 Are our heritage laws failing Indigenous Australians? And could we do more to protect their sacred sites? Libby Porter speaks to ABC News on Victoria's sacred tree fight.

21.01.2022 This Sunday is International Women's Day 2020. Meet some of RMIT University's talented urban researchers shaping how we live in our cities and with nature. https://bit.ly/32SZUk0 #WomenOfRMIT #IWD2020

21.01.2022 Launched today at RMIT Universitys signature research and innovation event, #EFI2020, the Australian Urban Observatory, a new groundbreaking digital platform is set to transform how we map liveability in major cities across the country, in an Australian first.

21.01.2022 Launched today at RMIT University's signature research and innovation event, #EFI2020, the Australian Urban Observatory, a new groundbreaking digital platform is set to transform how we map liveability in major cities across the country, in an Australian first.

21.01.2022 This Sunday is International Womens Day 2020. Meet some of RMIT Universitys talented urban researchers shaping how we live in our cities and with nature. https://bit.ly/32SZUk0 #WomenOfRMIT #IWD2020

21.01.2022 What can Melburnians learn about their suburb thanks to coronavirus? CURs Melanie Davern speaks to Jemimah Clegg from Domain

20.01.2022 For #WorldEnvironmentDay, we asked Dr Matthew Selinske to share some of the simple ways we can individually and collectively help boost biodiversity in our own backyards and beyond #ForNature

20.01.2022 New research by CURs Thami Croeser shows Melbourne has lost thousands of city trees to development...just at a time when we need them more than ever

20.01.2022 If youre someone who lives, works and/or studies, or is part of the local government in the inner Melbourne council areas of Melbourne city, Maribyrnong, Stonnington, Port Philip and Yarra, we want your opinions and experiences of governments engaging with the community on urban development processes by completing a short (10-12 minute) survey. The survey is part of an international research project examining citizens use of the Internet and social media to engage in urban development processes, and city governments efforts to engage and respond to citizens through these channels.

19.01.2022 Theres increasing pressure to allow Victorian AFL fans to go to matches in limited numbers, the way other states are doing. But experts are already warning of one big problem in doing that - and thats getting to the game itself. #9News

19.01.2022 Live from RMIT - Living in a Climate or Change: Shaping Cities to Adapt to Uncertain Futures #SLF2020

18.01.2022 Food grown on Melbournes fringe has helped us weather the coronavirus pandemic, but planning experts warn that urban sprawl is eating into productive farmland on the periphery of Australias cities, leaving the nation ill-prepared for future crises

17.01.2022 In areas of metropolitan Melbourne with lots of higher-density housing developments, car parking provision is a common cause of local disputes and appeals against planning proposals. But how much car parking do new apartments really need?

16.01.2022 There's increasing pressure to allow Victorian AFL fans to go to matches in limited numbers, the way other states are doing. But experts are already warning of one big problem in doing that - and that's getting to the game itself. #9News

15.01.2022 As COVID-19 restrictions ease, many of us are moving around by cycling. But we need more pop-up bike lanes beyond the Melbourne CBD to cope with new commuting habits shows new @RMIT_CUR modelling https://bit.ly/2Mlg7XF #WorldBicycleDay #JustRide

15.01.2022 For those of you who can't make it, we're live-streaming Living in a climate of change: Shaping cities to adapt to uncertain futures here on Facebook at 5:30pm. Don't forget to send any questions you want the panel to ask via www.sli.do using the code #9433 #SLF2020

14.01.2022 What role do libraries have in the 21st century in shaping our national narrative? Dr Jodie Boyd explains why the representation of cultural diversity in our libraries is crucial in telling Australias history. Read the story here: https://bit.ly/32kARWH

14.01.2022 New research by CUR's Thami Croeser shows Melbourne has lost thousands of city trees to development...just at a time when we need them more than ever

14.01.2022 "The reason weve lost the mantle of most liveable city is because weve lost the art of replicating the cherished inner-neighbourhoods of Melbourne."

12.01.2022 $40 Coles Myer gift voucher for participating in an interview (one per household). The University of Adelaide and RMIT University's HEET project is recruiting ...participants who are owners and renters in the city of Burnside and Adelaide Hills council and have recently renovated their homes (or want to). CALL- 08 8313 2987 or EMAIL - [email protected] or COMPLETE a short survey here https://rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3UdWeeRmNHSx8ih We can offer non face to face arrangements if required and all COVID-safe procedures will be followed. More information - https://cur.org.au/p/housing-energy-efficiency-transitions/ See more

12.01.2022 Australian cities have been snubbed in walkability rankings, but this should come as no surprise says Billie Giles-Corti in Domain today. Being lauded for liveability has made Melbourne complacent, but all cities in Australia are repeating the same mistakes which harms both walkability and liveability.

11.01.2022 For those of you who cant make it, were live-streaming Living in a climate of change: Shaping cities to adapt to uncertain futures here on Facebook at 5:30pm. Dont forget to send any questions you want the panel to ask via www.sli.do using the code #9433 #SLF2020

11.01.2022 Victoria is home to Australias most liveable regional cities Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong according to new RMIT University research that for the first time maps health and liveability across the countrys 21 largest cities.

11.01.2022 Interested in starting a career or upskilling in Property, Sustainable Building or Urban Planning & Environment? Join us on Wednesday 28th October at 5:30pm for RMIT Postgrad Month: What's Next in Sustainable Cities. Meet your future lecturers, learn about your course options, and get your questions about studying at RMIT answered - from career outcomes to industry partnerships.

10.01.2022 The need for public housing is greater than ever before Australia has a shortfall of at least 433,000 dwellings. Using public land for public housing is a no-brainer. But the Victorian government is preparing to sell over 2,646 hectares of land.

10.01.2022 Join RMIT University and the Urban Futures Capability Platform for two fantastic Active Transport webinars on Wednesday 3rd June. These webinars bring together the international research and practitioner community in transport impact assessment. The webinars will be run at two session times on Wednesday 3rd June. Visit the CUR website for more information - https://cur.org.au/events/

10.01.2022 The RMIT Centre for Urban Research is delighted to announce the appointment of urban health expert Associate Professor Hannah Badland to the role of Deputy Director Hannah is a leading academic in the healthy liveable cities space focusing on how the built environment is connected to health, wellbeing and inequities in adults and children internationally.

10.01.2022 The adversities of COVID-19 have no doubt changed the way we think about our environments. "Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future" is the theme of World Teacher’s Day today a fitting theme for a challenging year. To recognise #WTD2020, our teachers from the RMIT Sustainable Urban Planning and Environments and Society programs discuss how urban, regional and environmental planning can respond to the post-pandemic challenges that lie ahead.

09.01.2022 As AFL fans across the country get excited for the return of footy tomorrow night, there is still an air of nervous anticipation as to what lies ahead. How do we enjoy our national sport in a time of COVID-19? Our experts discuss how well be watching and supporting our clubs this AFL season.

08.01.2022 Australia’s economic recovery from COVID-19 has been better than predicted, so what can we expect from this year’s Federal Budget? RMIT academics, including Chris De Gruyter, Andrew Butt and Wendy Steele, share their expert view on where the cash can be splashed for the greatest benefit #auspol #climatechange #economy

08.01.2022 Victorian governments have wasted two decades of opportunities to address the states housing crisis, selling surplus public land that could have been used for 11,000 public housing units, new CUR analysis reveals.

07.01.2022 Councils often ignore residents on social media. How can digital platforms ensure they have a say in planning?

06.01.2022 A new paper by RMIT and University of Queensland researchers published today in Nature Climate Change identifies climate change as an escalating threat to how universities produce research, urging all institutions to start putting together climate risk plans that address the issue.

06.01.2022 Victoria is home to Australia's most liveable regional cities Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong according to new RMIT University research that for the first time maps health and liveability across the countrys 21 largest cities.

05.01.2022 How is COVID-19 impacting housing affordability stress? A new research grant funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) led by Ralph Horne, Nicola Willand, Louise Dorignon and Dr Bhavna Middha is investigating how households are coping with the consequences of coronavirus

05.01.2022 We are witnessing changes in the ways we use our cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The liveability of our local neighbourhoods has never been more important, writes CUR's Melanie Davern, Billie Giles-Corti, Hannah Badland, Lucy Gunn

05.01.2022 What can Melburnians learn about their suburb thanks to coronavirus? CUR's Melanie Davern speaks to Jemimah Clegg from Domain

04.01.2022 How dense should our cities be? RMIT University urban experts Billie Giles-Corti and Thami Croeser say Australia is more than capable of shouldering a population boom in our cities and regions if we get the planning right.

03.01.2022 In this coronavirus war, governments should take inspiration from the past and again implement rent control, says Liam Davies .

03.01.2022 Would you prefer to walk 5 minutes to get to work, once this is all over? Creating new co-working office spaces in our suburbs could enable the majority of Melburnians to ride or walk to work, helping manage risk post COVID-19, finds new research by CUR's Thami Croeser.

02.01.2022 We are delighted to announce two exciting PhD scholarship opportunities with Distinguished Professor Billie Giles-Corti and Dr Belen Zapata Diomedi. These PhDs form part of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) / UK Research and Innovation project ‘Joining Impact models of transport with spatial measures of the Built Environment’ (JIBE). The PhD candidate will join the international research team located in Australia. Scholarship information and application... details are below: PhD Scholarship in Health and Environmental Impacts of Urban Liveability https://lnkd.in/dUTdtGG PhD Scholarship in Computer Science in Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation https://lnkd.in/dXxkcTT You can learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/g79vQym

02.01.2022 Lessons from Vancouver: Transport success and new mobility agenda with Gordon Price. Send us your questions via Slido using the code #G935

02.01.2022 How can we bring back nature and endangered species like this growling grass frog into our cities and urban spaces? Today on #WorldEnvironmentDay, RMIT ecologists share seven ways local governments around the country can boost biodiversity.

02.01.2022 New research led by University of Tasmania with Melanie Davern from RMIT University and Deakin University aims to step up walkability in rural and regional areas, delivering an innovative smart online tool to support and encourage Australians to get active.

02.01.2022 Speaker announcement! Our special bushfire charity screening of BARAKA on Sat 29 Feb will be followed by a discussion on how to move forward with hope and human...ity. We'll be joined by: _Fleur Watson, Curator at RMIT Design Hub Gallery and Industry Fellow, School of Architecture & Urban Design. _Lauren Rickards, a co-leader of the Climate Change and Resilience research program of the RMIT Centre for Urban Research. _Ollie Cotsaftis, a post-disciplinary and speculative designer whose practice sits at the intersection of the human evolution, the built environment and the realm of creative biotechnologies. 100% of ticket sales donated to Wildlife Victoria. Tickets via our event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1205907079615178/

01.01.2022 If you're someone who lives, works and/or studies, or is part of the local government in the inner Melbourne council areas of Melbourne city, Maribyrnong, Stonnington, Port Philip and Yarra, we want your opinions and experiences of governments engaging with the community on urban development processes by completing a short (10-12 minute) survey. The survey is part of an international research project examining citizens use of the Internet and social media to engage in urban development processes, and city governments efforts to engage and respond to citizens through these channels.

01.01.2022 A huge congratulations to RMIT University's Libby Porter and David Kelly for being among Conversation's leading thinkers in 2020 examining what has been a life changing year and what comes next to rebuilding a fairer Australia. The new book of essays is out today!