Current Projects
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Actionable Research
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Cities and International Engagement Survey
Conducting a global survey of ‘city diplomacy’
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City Diplomacy
Do cities need foreign policies?
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City of Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation
Fostering research and training in the field of city resilience and innovation.
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Communities, kava, court orders: Ways of possessing the Pacific city
Possession is which fraction of customary law?
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Disinformation in the City
What does rising disinformation mean for cities?
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Evidence to Action
A Framework for Evidence Building and Learning from Local to Global
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Innovate4Cities
What knowledge do cities need to meet their climate action ambitions?
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Justice for Multispecies Ecologies
Visibilising forgotten spaces through counter-mapping methods
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Map of the Month
Delivering a monthly ‘map’ of greater Melbourne
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Night Shift
Planning and designing night-time economies for night shift workers in Australian Cities
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Playbook for Urban Biodiversity
Playbook intended to inform practice and policy on biodiversity in cities
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The Retrofit Lab
The Retrofit Lab is a Research and Innovation Laboratory activating the transition of Melbourne's buildings, infrastructure and landscapes for a healthy, sustainable, and resilient city
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Spatial Justice
Investigating legal, municipal and social responses to political protesters and to the visibly homeless in city streets
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Urban Surfaces
The role of urban surfaces in developing public cultures and equitable cities
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Urban Act
A multi-partner project to strengthen collaborative climate action in the Asia-Pacific