ProfessorLouise Johnson
Honorary Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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- Honorary ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Australian regional restructuring and its human impacts and responses
Post-colonial planning
Building better suburbs
Knowledge Areas
Research areas:
Gendering spaces and Feminist Geography; Regional restructuring and its social
impacts; Post-colonial planning; Changing nature of the Australian suburb; Affordable housing
Teaching areas:
Australian cultural history and geography; Planning theory and history
Projects
Post-colonial planning - a book project to rewrite the history, practice and
theory of Australian planning with Indigenous issues at the centre. Co-
authoring with Dr Sue Jackson and Dr Libby Porter.
Global suburbs project - in collaboration with the CITY Institute, York
University, Toronto. An international comparision of Australian suburbs
historically and as they are developing now
Building better suburbs - for the City of Wyndham
Turning lives around 180o - an evaluatuion of a training and work placement
project for Northern Futures in Geelong
Post-colonial planning
Building better suburbs
Knowledge Areas
Research areas:
Gendering spaces and Feminist Geography; Regional restructuring and its social
impacts; Post-colonial planning; Changing nature of the Australian suburb; Affordable housing
Teaching areas:
Australian cultural history and geography; Planning theory and history
Projects
Post-colonial planning - a book project to rewrite the history, practice and
theory of Australian planning with Indigenous issues at the centre. Co-
authoring with Dr Sue Jackson and Dr Libby Porter.
Global suburbs project - in collaboration with the CITY Institute, York
University, Toronto. An international comparision of Australian suburbs
historically and as they are developing now
Building better suburbs - for the City of Wyndham
Turning lives around 180o - an evaluatuion of a training and work placement
project for Northern Futures in Geelong
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHRevitalising Geelong: Recipes for success. Remaining challenges.11 May 2020 - 10 Aug 2020People funded by this grant:
- Louise Johnson
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSecond Cities in Australia17 Oct 2018 - 28 Feb 2019People funded by this grant:
- Johnson L,
- Reeves A,
- Trevarthen C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEconomic Independence and Social Inclusion? Evaluating the effectiveness of Northern Futures 2007-20154 Jun 2015 - 31 Jan 2016People funded by this grant:
- Louise Johnson
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTCotton On - Turning lives around 180o An evaluation30 Apr 2015 - 1 May 2015People funded by this grant:
- Louise Johnson
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTTraining for a new (Northern) Future1 Mar 2012 - 31 Mar 2012People funded by this grant:
- Louise Johnson
- GRANTG21 Healthy Region Program - Business Plan19 Jun 2007 - 30 Nov 2007People funded by this grant:
- Butterworth I,
- Johnson L,
- Kerkin K,
- Austin S
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTLandscape and Memory: the West Coast of Victoria1 Jul 2004 - 30 Jun 2008People funded by this grant:
- Srivastava S,
- Johnson L,
- Meehan M,
- Devlin-Glass F,
- Bruyn DD
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTLandscape and Memory: the West Coast of Victoria1 Jul 2004 - 30 Jun 2008People funded by this grant:
- Srivastava S,
- Johnson L,
- Meehan M,
- Devlin-Glass F,
- Bruyn DD