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

220 works between 2004 and 2025
All (220) Journal Article (138) Book Chapter (27) Conference Publication (8) Book (7) Other Outputs (39) Edited Outputs (1)

141 - 160 of 220 works

2018

Journal Article

The application of renewable energy to social housing: a systematic review

McCabe, Annie, Pojani, Dorina and van Groenou, Anthony Broese (2018). The application of renewable energy to social housing: a systematic review. Energy Policy, 114, 549-557. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.12.031

The application of renewable energy to social housing: a systematic review

2018

Other Outputs

Australian cities are crying out for better planning, but the research funding is missing

Pojani, Dorina, Jaime Olvera Garcia, Sipe, Neil and Byrne, Jason (2018, 02 23). Australian cities are crying out for better planning, but the research funding is missing

Australian cities are crying out for better planning, but the research funding is missing

2018

Journal Article

Is transit-oriented development (TOD) an internationally transferable policy concept?

Thomas, Ren, Pojani, Dorina, Lenferink, Sander, Bertolini, Luca, Stead, Dominic and van der Krabben, Erwin (2018). Is transit-oriented development (TOD) an internationally transferable policy concept?. Regional Studies, 52 (9), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1428740

Is transit-oriented development (TOD) an internationally transferable policy concept?

2018

Journal Article

‘Urban acupuncture’ to alleviate stress in informal settlements in Mexico

Lastra, Alejandro and Pojani, Dorina (2018). ‘Urban acupuncture’ to alleviate stress in informal settlements in Mexico. Journal of Urban Design, 23 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1429902

‘Urban acupuncture’ to alleviate stress in informal settlements in Mexico

2018

Other Outputs

Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling

Pojani, Dorina, Butterworth, Elizabeth, Cooper, Jim, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2018, 02 05). Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling The Conversation

Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling

2018

Book Chapter

Learning across cities and regions: the limits to transferring “best practice”

Stead, Dominic and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Learning across cities and regions: the limits to transferring “best practice”. Knowledge, policymaking and learning for European cities and regions: from research to practice. (pp. 58-67) edited by Nicola Francesco Dotti. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781786433640.00014

Learning across cities and regions: the limits to transferring “best practice”

2018

Book Chapter

Past, present and future of transit-oriented development in three European capital city-regions

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2018). Past, present and future of transit-oriented development in three European capital city-regions. Preparing for the new era of transport policies: learning from experience. (pp. 93-118) edited by Yoram Shiftan and Maria Kamargianni. Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press (Elsevier). doi: 10.1016/bs.atpp.2018.07.003

Past, present and future of transit-oriented development in three European capital city-regions

2018

Book Chapter

Why do some BRT systems in the global south fail to perform or expand?

Nguyen, Minh Hieu and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Why do some BRT systems in the global south fail to perform or expand?. Preparing for the new era of transport policies: learning from experience. (pp. 35-61) edited by Yoram Shiftan and Maria Kamargianni. Cambridge, MA United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.atpp.2018.07.005

Why do some BRT systems in the global south fail to perform or expand?

2018

Book Chapter

Dutch experiences of policy mobility in urban planning

Stead, Dominic and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Dutch experiences of policy mobility in urban planning. Knowledge, policymaking and learning for European cities and regions: from research to practice. (pp. 123-134) edited by Nicola Francesco Dotti. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Dutch experiences of policy mobility in urban planning

2017

Other Outputs

Here’s what bike-sharing programs need to succeed

Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Pojani, Dorina, Corcoran, Jonathan and Bean, Richard (2017, 12 22). Here’s what bike-sharing programs need to succeed The Conversation

Here’s what bike-sharing programs need to succeed

2017

Journal Article

Cities as story: redevelopment projects in authoritarian and hybrid regimes

Pojani, Dorina (2017). Cities as story: redevelopment projects in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40 (5), 705-720. doi: 10.1080/07352166.2017.1360737

Cities as story: redevelopment projects in authoritarian and hybrid regimes

2017

Other Outputs

Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities

Pojani, Dorina, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2017, 10 30). Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities The Conversation

Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities

2017

Journal Article

Barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres: perspectives from the Global North and the Global South

Parajuli, Ayush and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres: perspectives from the Global North and the Global South. Journal of Urban Design, 23 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2017.1369875

Barriers to the pedestrianization of city centres: perspectives from the Global North and the Global South

2017

Other Outputs

Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today

Darchen, Sebastien, Pojani, Dorina and Sipe, Neil (2017, 09 11). Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today The Conversation

Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today

2017

Journal Article

Reexamining transport poverty, job access, and gender issues in Central and Eastern Europe

Pojani, Elona, Boussauw, Kobe and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Reexamining transport poverty, job access, and gender issues in Central and Eastern Europe. Gender, Place and Culture, 24 (9), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/0966369X.2017.1372382

Reexamining transport poverty, job access, and gender issues in Central and Eastern Europe

2017

Journal Article

Barriers to successful bus rapid transit expansion: developed cities versus developing megacities

Chayacani Mallqui, Yngrid Yamili and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Barriers to successful bus rapid transit expansion: developed cities versus developing megacities. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 5 (2), 254-266. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2017.01.004

Barriers to successful bus rapid transit expansion: developed cities versus developing megacities

2017

Journal Article

A decade of transit oriented development policies in Brisbane, Australia: development and land-use impacts

Yang, Katie and Pojani, Dorina (2017). A decade of transit oriented development policies in Brisbane, Australia: development and land-use impacts. Urban Policy and Research, 35 (3), 347-362. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2017.1294537

A decade of transit oriented development policies in Brisbane, Australia: development and land-use impacts

2017

Journal Article

Is the suburban dream still alive in Australia? Evidence from Brisbane

Willing, Roxanne and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Is the suburban dream still alive in Australia? Evidence from Brisbane. Australian Planner, 54 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2017.1296875

Is the suburban dream still alive in Australia? Evidence from Brisbane

2017

Journal Article

Tirana in cerca di identità: il territorio suburbano di ‘Durana’

Pojani, Dorina (2017). Tirana in cerca di identità: il territorio suburbano di ‘Durana’. Urbanistica Informazioni, 267-268, 53-58.

Tirana in cerca di identità: il territorio suburbano di ‘Durana’

2017

Journal Article

Transit-oriented street design in Beijing

Kong, Weichang and Pojani, Dorina (2017). Transit-oriented street design in Beijing. Journal of Urban Design, 22 (3), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2016.1271700

Transit-oriented street design in Beijing

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

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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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