Dr Dorina Pojani
Dr

Dorina Pojani

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Background

I am an Associate Professor of urban planning. Since joining the University of Queensland in 2015, my research has focused on the built environment triad: urban design, transport, and housing - in both the Global North and South. I approach my work from a feminist perspective, considering the role of gender in the city.

My personal and academic journey has been international in nature. I am a native of Albania. Over the years I have held guest teaching and/or research positions in Austria (UWien), Canada (UBC), Chile (PUC), Italy (IUAV), the Netherlands (UvA), Oman (GUTech), and Vietnam (UTC), and I have provided consultancy services to various United Nations agencies including the UNDP, UNESCAP, and UN Habitat. I speak Italian, Spanish, and French in addition to English and Albanian.

My latest books are Trophy Cities: A Feminist Perspective on New Capitals (Edward Elgar, 2021) and Alternative Planning History and Theory (Routledge, 2023). For three years in a row (2022-2024), I have been included in the 'Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Researchers' list, and have ranked among the top-ten 'urban and regional planning' researchers in Australia. Alongside my academic research, I also publish broadly in non-academic outlets and regularly give interviews on national and international media. My articles in The Conversation have reached nearly half a million readers. Prior to joining academia, I worked in urban design and planning in California.

My research has been funded by domestic and international granting bodies, including the Australian Research Council. Overall, I have attracted $700,000 in external funding and $100,000 in internal funding. For a full list of my publications, click the 'Works' tab, which displays results live from UQ eSpace, or visit my external profiles listed on the left panel.

Qualifications

  • Postdoctoral Residency, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft, the Netherlands. 2012-2014.
  • PhD in Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tirana, Albania. 2007-2010.
  • Visiting PhD student, University of California at Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, Ca, USA. 2009.
  • Master in Urban Planning, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning, Cincinnati, Oh, USA. Full scholarship award. 2003-2005.
  • Visiting Master student, Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Architecture (St Lucas), Brussels, Belgium. Recipient of US government FIPSE grant. 2004.
  • Professional Degree in Architecture, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tirana, Albania. 1998-2003.

Availability

Dr Dorina Pojani is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Built Environment and Design Human Society Human geography Policy and administration Political science Sociology Urban and regional planning Urban sociology and community studies

Qualifications

  • Urban Transport in Developing Countries, Polytechnic University of Tirana
  • Master of Community Planning, University of Cincinnati

Research interests

  • International comparative planning / Planning policy transfer processes

  • Transit Oriented Development (TOD) / Alternative transport

  • Place identity / Urban design history

  • Mobility of children and youth / Gender and transport

  • Neighborhood design / City centers

  • Post-socialism / Transition societies / The Balkans

  • The Global South / Developing countries

  • Informal settlements / Low-income housing

Research impacts

Editorial Boards

Funded Projects*

  • 2023-2025. Project: Evaluation of separated cycle tracks in new developments. Transport Academic Partnership, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Government. Sole grant writer ($65,000 2023-25, TBD 2025+).
  • 2023. Projects: (a) Mobilising equity: Designing great wheels & great wheelable spaces, co-design workshop; (b) A gendered critique of early planned utopian cities. School of Architecture, Design and Planning Seed Funding. Grant co-writer ($6,000).
  • 2023-2025. Project: Study of factors associated with the choice of private electric transport vehicles in Vietnam. National Foundation for Science and Technology (NAFOSTED), Vietnam. Grant co-writer ($50,000).
  • 2023-2024. Project: The woman-friendly city: Case studies of post-industrial areas in Tirana. READ Fellowship, Albanian-American Development Foundation. Lead grant writer ($17,000).
  • 2022. Project: Minimising corruption in urban planning and development: What can the Balkans learn from Scandinavia? UQ Promoting Women Fellowship (PWF) Sole grant writer ($12,500).
  • 2022. Project: We don’t know where to go or how to get there: Mapping out the mobility needs for tourists in urban destinations. UQ BEL Connect Grant. Grant co-writer ($18,500).
  • 2021-2022. Project: The impact of Covid-19 on Brisbane / Southeast Queensland. UQ Faculty of Science COVID Research Recovery Fund. Lead grant writer ($50,000).
  • 2021-2022. Project: Bikeability for Transportation: Tools and Data for Research and Practice. AURIN grant. Grant co-writer ($135,600).
  • 2017-2020. Project: Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and parking. Australian Research Council, Linkage grant. Grant co-writer ($358,000).
  • 2016. Project: Planning Tiger Cub City-Regions: Role Models and Policy Transfers in Sustainable Transport in Southeast Asia. Project based in Indonesia,the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. UQ Early Career Researcher grant. Sole grant writer ($26,150).
  • 2015-2017. Project: Urban planning issues in planned capital cities in seven countries: Burma, India, Korea, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Brazil, and Australia. UQ Startup grant. Sole grant writer ($15,000).
  • 2014-2015. Project: Informal Housing in five Balkan countries: Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania, and Kosovo. Grant from: Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting (EFL) Foundation, The Netherlands. Sole grant writer ($15,000).

*For a list of grants administered at UQ, see the 'Funding' tab.

Service Roles (UQ)

  • Member of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (Faculty of EAIT)
  • Lead of Equity, Diversity of Inclusion (School of ADP)
  • Chair of CALD Working Group (Faculty of EAIT)
  • Member of RAP Network

Search Professor Dorina Pojani’s works on UQ eSpace

219 works between 2004 and 2025
All (219) Journal Article (137) Book Chapter (27) Conference Publication (8) Book (7) Other Outputs (39) Edited Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 219 works

2024

Journal Article

Parking policies in six continents: mixed outcomes and multifaceted barriers to reform

Kong, Weichang, Pojani, Dorina, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2024). Parking policies in six continents: mixed outcomes and multifaceted barriers to reform. Policy Design and Practice, 7 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/25741292.2024.2333602

Parking policies in six continents: mixed outcomes and multifaceted barriers to reform

2024

Journal Article

Natural barriers facing female cyclists and how to overcome them: a cross national examination of bikesharing schemes

Bean, Richard, Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). Natural barriers facing female cyclists and how to overcome them: a cross national examination of bikesharing schemes. Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 2 100025, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmr.2024.100025

Natural barriers facing female cyclists and how to overcome them: a cross national examination of bikesharing schemes

2024

Journal Article

Reassigning kerbside parking to cycling lanes: Is Robin Hood planning good for business?

Lin, Yuzhen, Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). Reassigning kerbside parking to cycling lanes: Is Robin Hood planning good for business?. Australian Planner, 59 (3), 202-222. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2024.2329187

Reassigning kerbside parking to cycling lanes: Is Robin Hood planning good for business?

2024

Edited Outputs

FABER2023 book of abstracts

Dorina Pojani, Gustavo De Siqueira and Joleza Koka eds. (2024). FABER2023 book of abstracts. FABER2023, Tirana, Albania, 28-29 September 2023. Tirana, Albania: WAW.

FABER2023 book of abstracts

2024

Journal Article

The effect of fuel price fluctuations on utilitarian cycling rates: a survey of cyclists in Vietnam

Nguyen, Minh Hieu and Pojani, Dorina (2024). The effect of fuel price fluctuations on utilitarian cycling rates: a survey of cyclists in Vietnam. Journal of Transport Geography, 115 103793, 103793. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103793

The effect of fuel price fluctuations on utilitarian cycling rates: a survey of cyclists in Vietnam

2024

Journal Article

Growth of cycling in Brisbane during the Covid-19 pandemic

Pojani, Dorina and Khalaj, Fahimeh (2024). Growth of cycling in Brisbane during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australian Planner, 60 (2), 102-112. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2024.2303424

Growth of cycling in Brisbane during the Covid-19 pandemic

2024

Book Chapter

Conceptions of ‘nature' and ‘the environment' during socialism in Albania

Pojani, Dorina and Pojani, Elona (2024). Conceptions of ‘nature' and ‘the environment' during socialism in Albania. Urban planning during socialism: views from the periphery. (pp. 244-267) edited by Jasna Mariotti and Kadri Leetmaa. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003327592-19

Conceptions of ‘nature' and ‘the environment' during socialism in Albania

2024

Book Chapter

Zero-Carbon Urban Design in a Warming World: Learning from Pre-modern Cities

Pojani, Dorina, White, Jessica, Qiu, Feipeng, Lin, Xiaoyu, Qiang, Yishuai, He, Yuan and Liu, Mengqi (2024). Zero-Carbon Urban Design in a Warming World: Learning from Pre-modern Cities. The Palgrave Handbook of Zero Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions. (pp. 641-674) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-26604-1_37

Zero-Carbon Urban Design in a Warming World: Learning from Pre-modern Cities

2023

Other Outputs

The Dark Side of Academic Sisterhood

Pojani, Dorina (2023, 09 08). The Dark Side of Academic Sisterhood Inside Higher Education

The Dark Side of Academic Sisterhood

2023

Journal Article

Can electric buses entice more public transport use? Empirical evidence from students in Vietnam

Nguyen, Minh Hieu and Pojani, Dorina (2023). Can electric buses entice more public transport use? Empirical evidence from students in Vietnam. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 13 101040, 101040. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2023.101040

Can electric buses entice more public transport use? Empirical evidence from students in Vietnam

2023

Other Outputs

Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won’t – and we can’t afford to do it

Pojani, Dorina and Bernard, Aude (2023, 08 28). Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won’t – and we can’t afford to do it The Conversation

Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won’t – and we can’t afford to do it

2023

Journal Article

Is public transit meeting the needs of women? A gender audit of two Asian metro systems

Yossa, Nirma, Kim, Cherin, Pojani, Dorina and Sipe, Neil (2023). Is public transit meeting the needs of women? A gender audit of two Asian metro systems. Journal of Urban Design, 29 (3), 318-341. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2023.2240247

Is public transit meeting the needs of women? A gender audit of two Asian metro systems

2023

Book Chapter

Exploring transit-oriented urban design

Kong, Weichang and Pojani, Dorina (2023). Exploring transit-oriented urban design. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods. (pp. 515-523) New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003168621-56

Exploring transit-oriented urban design

2023

Other Outputs

Treading the line between densifying housing and preserving our built heritage

Pojani, Dorina (2023, 06 15). Treading the line between densifying housing and preserving our built heritage The Fifth Estate

Treading the line between densifying housing and preserving our built heritage

2023

Book Chapter

Mapping urban transport - land use interactions worldwide, a state of practice

Khalaj, Fahimeh, Alidoust, Sara and Pojani, Dorina (2023). Mapping urban transport - land use interactions worldwide, a state of practice. Handbook on transport and land use. (pp. 147-166) edited by João de Abreu e Silva, Kristina Currans, Veronique Van Acker and Robert Schneider. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800370258.00015

Mapping urban transport - land use interactions worldwide, a state of practice

2023

Other Outputs

Australia’s housing crisis is deepening. Here are 10 policies to get us out of it

Pojani, Dorina (2023, 05 09). Australia’s housing crisis is deepening. Here are 10 policies to get us out of it The Conversation

Australia’s housing crisis is deepening. Here are 10 policies to get us out of it

2023

Journal Article

Do long school commutes undermine teenagers’ wellbeing? Evidence from a nation-wide survey in China

Ding, Pengxiang, Li, Yanli, Feng, Suwei and Pojani, Dorina (2023). Do long school commutes undermine teenagers’ wellbeing? Evidence from a nation-wide survey in China. Journal of Transport and Health, 30 101605, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101605

Do long school commutes undermine teenagers’ wellbeing? Evidence from a nation-wide survey in China

2023

Journal Article

What leads underage teenagers to ride motorcycles without a permit? Utility vs parental permissiveness

Nguyen, Minh Hieu, Pojani, Dorina and Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy Quy (2023). What leads underage teenagers to ride motorcycles without a permit? Utility vs parental permissiveness. Journal of Transport and Health, 29 101569, 101569. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101569

What leads underage teenagers to ride motorcycles without a permit? Utility vs parental permissiveness

2023

Other Outputs

What do cyclists want?

Halefom, Tmnit Hailu and Pojani, Dorina (2023, 01 30). What do cyclists want? The Fifth Estate

What do cyclists want?

2023

Other Outputs

Why e-scooters are the 'public mobility glue' for urban transport

Buning, Richard, Corcoran, Jonathan, Rahbar, Maisie, McKercher, Bob, Pojani, Dorina, Sigler, Thomas, Zou, Frank and Hardy, Anne (2023, 01 25). Why e-scooters are the 'public mobility glue' for urban transport Contact Magazine

Why e-scooters are the 'public mobility glue' for urban transport

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    Evaluation of separated cycle tracks in new developments
    Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    Bikeability for transportation: tools and data for research and practice
    Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and parking
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Planning Tiger Cub City-regions: role models and policy transfers in sustainable transport in Southeast Asia
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Dorina Pojani is:
Available for supervision

Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.

Available projects

  • Information for prospective students

    Email inquiries are welcome. A list of potential project topics is below:

    • Gender Issues in Urban / Transport Planning
    • Socio-Economic Inequalities and Gentrification
    • Age-Friendly Built Environment
    • Master-Planned Capital Cities / New Cities
    • Transition to Self-Driving Cars
    • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
    • Active Transport (Walking, Cycling, Scooting)
    • Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
    • Parking Impact in Cities
    • Climate-Sensitive Urban Planning / Design
    • Urban Design as Politics
    • Planning Structures in Authoritarian and Post-Authoritarian States
    • Corruption in Planning

    In addition to the listed topics, I encourage you to propose original topics in my areas of expertise. I am particularly interested in projects which are international and comparative in nature, and can help you refine your ideas. All listed topics are suitable as a PhD, Master, or Honours Project (can be adjusted to suit either). Prior to emailing me, please take a look at the HDR entry requirements on our planning program site: uq-urbanplanning.org/rhd-research

  • Information for prospective students

    Email inquiries are welcome. A list of potential project topics is below:

    • Gender Issues in Urban / Transport Planning
    • Socio-Economic Inequalities and Gentrification
    • Age-Friendly Built Environment
    • Master-Planned Capital Cities / New Cities
    • Transition to Self-Driving Cars
    • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
    • Active Transport (Walking, Cycling, Scooting)
    • Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
    • Parking Impact in Cities
    • Climate-Sensitive Urban Planning / Design
    • Urban Design as Politics
    • Planning Structures in Authoritarian and Post-Authoritarian States
    • Corruption in Planning

    In addition to the listed topics, I encourage you to propose original topics in my areas of expertise. I am particularly interested in projects which are international and comparative in nature, and can help you refine your ideas. All listed topics are suitable as a PhD, Master, or Honours Project (can be adjusted to suit either). Prior to emailing me, please take a look at the HDR entry requirements on our planning program site: uq-urbanplanning.org/rhd-research

  • Past and current research (HDR) Supervision (PhD and MPhil)*

    1. Els Leclercq [completed, associate]
    2. Roja Gholamhosseini [completed, principal]
    3. Annie McCabe [completed, principal]
    4. Renuka Bhoge [completed, principal]
    5. Deti Kusmalawati [completed, associate]
    6. Fahimeh Khalaj [completed, principal]
    7. Tigor Panjaitan [completed, principal]
    8. Melissa Hensley [completed, principal]
    9. Tmnit Hailu [completed, associate]
    10. Ksenia Nikolaeva [completed, associate]
    11. Nirma Yossa [completed, principal]
    12. Weichang Kong [completed, principal]
    13. Paula Grant [principal]
    14. Sufian Almubarak [principal]
    15. Krismiyati Tasrin [principal]
    16. Amjad Hossain Reyad [principal]
    17. Nadia Zaini [principal]
    18. Xuanbo Liu [associate]
    19. ‪Abolghasem Azhdari [associate]

  • Esteem

    2023: Nominated for UQ Research Culture Award, category 5: Supporting career development for researchers (EMCR)

    2022: Shortlisted for UQ Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research (HDR) Training

    2020: SEES Most Impassioned Teacher Award

  • Teaching Responsibilities

    The University of Queensland

    • Planning Theory (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Highly Commended course by AESOP]
    • Transport Planning (PLAN2100 / PLAN7116) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Dean’s Commendation for Excellent Teaching, 2020 and 2021]
    • History of the Built Environment (PLAN2005) – Lecturer & Coordinator
    • Citymaking: Theory and Practice (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer

    Internationally

  • Information for prospective students

    Email inquiries are welcome. A list of potential project topics is below:

    • Gender Issues in Urban / Transport Planning
    • Socio-Economic Inequalities and Gentrification
    • Age-Friendly Built Environment
    • Master-Planned Capital Cities / New Cities
    • Transition to Self-Driving Cars
    • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
    • Active Transport (Walking, Cycling, Scooting)
    • Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
    • Parking Impact in Cities
    • Climate-Sensitive Urban Planning / Design
    • Urban Design as Politics
    • Planning Structures in Authoritarian and Post-Authoritarian States
    • Corruption in Planning

    In addition to the listed topics, I encourage you to propose original topics in my areas of expertise. I am particularly interested in projects which are international and comparative in nature, and can help you refine your ideas. All listed topics are suitable as a PhD, Master, or Honours Project (can be adjusted to suit either). Prior to emailing me, please take a look at the HDR entry requirements on our planning program site: uq-urbanplanning.org/rhd-research

  • Past and current research (HDR) Supervision (PhD and MPhil)*

    1. Els Leclercq [completed, associate]
    2. Roja Gholamhosseini [completed, principal]
    3. Annie McCabe [completed, principal]
    4. Renuka Bhoge [completed, principal]
    5. Deti Kusmalawati [completed, associate]
    6. Fahimeh Khalaj [completed, principal]
    7. Tigor Panjaitan [completed, principal]
    8. Melissa Hensley [completed, principal]
    9. Tmnit Hailu [completed, associate]
    10. Ksenia Nikolaeva [completed, associate]
    11. Nirma Yossa [completed, principal]
    12. Weichang Kong [completed, principal]
    13. Paula Grant [principal]
    14. Sufian Almubarak [principal]
    15. Krismiyati Tasrin [principal]
    16. Amjad Hossain Reyad [principal]
    17. Nadia Zaini [principal]
    18. Xuanbo Liu [associate]
    19. ‪Abolghasem Azhdari [associate]

  • Esteem

    2023: Nominated for UQ Research Culture Award, category 5: Supporting career development for researchers (EMCR)

    2022: Shortlisted for UQ Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research (HDR) Training

    2020: SEES Most Impassioned Teacher Award

  • Teaching Experience

    The University of Queensland

    • Planning Theory (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Highly Commended course by AESOP]
    • Transport Planning (PLAN2100 / PLAN7116) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Dean’s Commendation for Excellent Teaching, 2020 and 2021]
    • History of the Built Environment (PLAN2005) – Lecturer & Coordinator
    • Citymaking: Theory and Practice (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer

    Internationally

  • Information for prospective students

    Email inquiries are welcome. A list of potential project topics is below:

    • Gender Issues in Urban / Transport Planning
    • Socio-Economic Inequalities and Gentrification
    • Age-Friendly Built Environment
    • Master-Planned Capital Cities / New Cities
    • Transition to Self-Driving Cars
    • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
    • Active Transport (Walking, Cycling, Scooting)
    • Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
    • Parking Impact in Cities
    • Climate-Sensitive Urban Planning / Design
    • Urban Design as Politics
    • Planning Structures in Authoritarian and Post-Authoritarian States
    • Corruption in Planning

    In addition to the listed topics, I encourage you to propose original topics in my areas of expertise. I am particularly interested in projects which are international and comparative in nature, and can help you refine your ideas. All listed topics are suitable as a PhD, Master, or Honours Project (can be adjusted to suit either). Prior to emailing me, please take a look at the HDR entry requirements on our planning program site: uq-urbanplanning.org/rhd-research

  • Past and current research (HDR) Supervision (PhD and MPhil)*

    1. Els Leclercq [completed, associate]
    2. Roja Gholamhosseini [completed, principal]
    3. Annie McCabe [completed, principal]
    4. Renuka Bhoge [completed, principal]
    5. Deti Kusmalawati [completed, associate]
    6. Fahimeh Khalaj [completed, principal]
    7. Tigor Panjaitan [completed, principal]
    8. Melissa Hensley [completed, principal]
    9. Tmnit Hailu [completed, associate]
    10. Ksenia Nikolaeva [completed, associate]
    11. Nirma Yossa [completed, principal]
    12. Weichang Kong [completed, principal]
    13. Paula Grant [principal]
    14. Sufian Almubarak [principal]
    15. Krismiyati Tasrin [principal]
    16. Amjad Hossain Reyad [principal]
    17. Nadia Zaini [principal]
    18. Xuanbo Liu [associate]
    19. ‪Abolghasem Azhdari [associate]

  • Esteem

    2023: Nominated for UQ Research Culture Award, category 5: Supporting career development for researchers (EMCR)

    2022: Shortlisted for UQ Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research (HDR) Training

    2020: SEES Most Impassioned Teacher Award

  • Teaching Experience

    The University of Queensland

    • Planning Theory (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Highly Commended course by AESOP]
    • Transport Planning (PLAN2100 / PLAN7116) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Dean’s Commendation for Excellent Teaching, 2020 and 2021]
    • History of the Built Environment (PLAN2005) – Lecturer & Coordinator
    • Citymaking: Theory and Practice (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer

    Internationally

  • Information for prospective students

    Email inquiries are welcome. Prior to emailing me, please take a look at the HDR entry requirements on our planning program site: uq-urbanplanning.org/rhd-research. A list of potential project topics is below. In addition to those, I encourage you to propose original topics in my areas of expertise. I am particularly interested in projects which are international and comparative in nature, and can help you refine your ideas. All listed topics can be adjusted to suit a PhD, Master, or Honours project.

    • Gender Issues in Urban / Transport Planning
    • Socio-Economic Inequalities and Gentrification
    • Age-Friendly Built Environment
    • Master-Planned Capital Cities / New Cities
    • Transition to Self-Driving Cars
    • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
    • Active Transport (Walking, Cycling, Scooting)
    • Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
    • Parking Impact in Cities
    • Climate-Sensitive Urban Planning / Design
    • Urban Design as Politics
    • Planning Structures in Authoritarian and Post-Authoritarian States
    • Corruption in Planning

  • Teaching Experience

    The University of Queensland

    • Planning Theory (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Highly Commended course by AESOP]
    • Transport Planning (PLAN2100 / PLAN7116) – Lecturer & Coordinator [Dean’s Commendation for Excellent Teaching, 2020 and 2021]
    • History of the Built Environment (PLAN2005) – Lecturer & Coordinator
    • Citymaking: Theory and Practice (PLAN4001 / PLAN7120) – Lecturer

    Internationally

  • Past and current research (HDR) Supervision (PhD and MPhil)

    1. Els Leclercq [completed, associate]
    2. Roja Gholamhosseini [completed, principal]
    3. Annie McCabe [completed, principal]
    4. Renuka Bhoge [completed, principal]
    5. Deti Kusmalawati [completed, associate]
    6. Fahimeh Khalaj [completed, principal]
    7. Tigor Panjaitan [completed, principal]
    8. Melissa Hensley [completed, principal]
    9. Tmnit Hailu [completed, associate]
    10. Ksenia Nikolaeva [completed, associate]
    11. Nirma Yossa [completed, principal]
    12. Weichang Kong [completed, principal]
    13. Paula Grant [principal]
    14. Sufian Almubarak [principal]
    15. Krismiyati Tasrin [principal]
    16. Amjad Hossain Reyad [principal]
    17. Nadia Zaini [principal]
    18. Xuanbo Liu [associate]
    19. ‪Abolghasem Azhdari [associate]
    20. Sean Byster-Bowles [associate]

  • Esteem and recognition

    2023: Nominated for UQ Research Culture Award, category 5: Supporting career development for researchers (EMCR)

    2022: Shortlisted for UQ Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research (HDR) Training

    2020: SEES Most Impassioned Teacher Award

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Active transport and gender issues: A comparison between Brisbane and Sylhet

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The current environmental dynamics of the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges ahead in Saudi Arabia and Australia in terms of planning and sustainability

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Housing affordability issues in Malaysia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Active Citizenship in planning scheme implementation : A case study into how members of a community engage in the development assessment process in Queensland

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Neil Sipe

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Reconstructing A Gender Perspective Approach for a Sustainable New Capital City

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Policy Barriers to Livable Cities in South East Queensland

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Optimizing the Distribution of Dockless Sharing Stations Using Geospatial Machine Learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Thomas Sigler

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A study of the anti-gating movement from the perspective of non-gated residents: a case from Shanghai

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ali Cheshmehzangi, Dr Sara Alidoust

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Dorina Pojani directly for media enquiries about:

  • affordable housing
  • community
  • compact cities
  • cycling
  • mobility
  • neighbourhood design
  • parking
  • pedestrian areas
  • public transport
  • sustainability
  • urban planning

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