Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt
Emeritus Professor

Peter Spearritt

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Background

Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is the co-editor of five major public websites, Queensland Places (over 1100 places, with their history and economy), Queensland Speaks (interviews with key government ministers and public servants), the Queensland Historical Atlas and Text Queensland, a resource for studying the state. He is also the co-editor of Victorian Places, a project with Monash University, detailing over 1500 settlements in Victoria.

A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, his research interests include coastal urbanisation and conservation, housing and the developer-led apartment boom, green space provision in urban areas and the use and abuse of water in our cities.

Availability

Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Art history, theory and criticism Historical studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
  • Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Search Professor Peter Spearritt’s works on UQ eSpace

80 works between 2003 and 2021
All (80) Journal Article (26) Book Chapter (22) Conference Publication (8) Book (8) Other Outputs (16)

61 - 80 of 80 works

Current funding

  • 2019 - 2025
    The Queensland Atlas of Religion
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2013 - 2014
    ResTeach 2013 0.1 FTE School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Witness to change: Queensland unionists since 1960
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    Understanding social processes to achieve water sensitive futures
    CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    ResTeach 2011 0.1 FTE School of History, philosophy, Religion and Classics
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Western Australian Places
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2015
    Centre for the Government of Queensland
    Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    An Analysis of the Patterns of Consumption, Community Impacts and Returns on Investment of Rural Popular Cultural Activities
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is:
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Supervision history

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Enquiries

Contact Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt directly for media enquiries about:

  • Apartment living
  • Australian cities
  • Brisbane - population influx
  • Carbon trading
  • Cities - transport
  • Cities in Australian
  • City density
  • Communting in cities
  • Ecological footprint
  • Energy use - cities
  • Household energy use
  • Housing costs
  • Housing market in Australia
  • Public transport
  • Queensland roads
  • Queensland transport
  • Rental costs
  • Transport in Australian cities
  • Urban development
  • Water restrictions
  • Water use in cities

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