Future Cities

The Future Cities Research Cluster within MSSI is a whole-of-university research group seeking to investigate and generate best-practice, policy-relevant evidence to understand and effectively respond to the challenges facing urban environments.

To do this, cross-faculty research teams work closely with decision-makers and practitioners to identify and seek solutions to the wide range of complex sustainability-related problems associated with current and future cities, both in Australia and globally.

Our Future Cities Research Cluster engages researchers from across the University who bring interdisciplinary expertise to understanding and responding to the challenges facing urban environments. The Convenors’ role is to identify opportunities for building interdisciplinary collaborations, and to engage with research opportunities both within and outside the University.

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  Professor Brendan Gleeson, Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.
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  Professor Michele Acuto, Professor, Global Urban Politics, Melbourne School of Design.
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  A/Professor David Bissell, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, School of Geography.
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  Dr Judy Bush, Dr, Lecturer in Urban Planning.
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  Professor Lars Coenen, City of Melbourne Chair of Resilient Cities.
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  Dr Max Holleran, Lecturer in Sociology.
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  Dr Crystal Legacy, Senior Lecturer, Urban Planning, Melbourne School of Design.
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  Dr Derlie Mateo-Babiano, Senior Lecturer, Urban Planning, Melbourne School of Design.
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  Dr Rebecca Nelson, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School.
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  Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, RUPC Director, School of Culture and Communication.
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  Professor Mark Stevenson, Epidemiologist, and Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health.
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  Alexei Trundle, Coordinator, Future Cities Research Cluster.
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  Professor Stephan Winter, Professor, Spatial Information Science.
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  Professor Alison Young, Francine V. McNiff Professor, Criminology, School of Social and Political Sciences.