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)

161 - 180 of 220 works

2017

Journal Article

Do northwestern and southeastern Europe share a common “cycling mindset”? Comparative analysis of beliefs toward cycling in the Netherlands and the Balkans

Pojani, Dorina, Bakija, Dukagjin, Shkreli, Entela, Corcoran, Jonathan and Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina (2017). Do northwestern and southeastern Europe share a common “cycling mindset”? Comparative analysis of beliefs toward cycling in the Netherlands and the Balkans. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 17 (1), 25-45. doi: 10.18757/ejtir.2017.17.1.3178

Do northwestern and southeastern Europe share a common “cycling mindset”? Comparative analysis of beliefs toward cycling in the Netherlands and the Balkans

2017

Book

The urban transport crisis in emerging economies

Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead eds. (2017). The urban transport crisis in emerging economies. New York: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43851-1

The urban transport crisis in emerging economies

2017

Book Chapter

The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: an introduction

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2017). The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: an introduction. The urban transport crisis in emerging economies. (pp. 1-10) edited by Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43851-1_1

The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: an introduction

2017

Book Chapter

The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: a comparative overview

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2017). The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: a comparative overview. The urban transport crisis in emerging economies. (pp. 283-295) edited by Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead. New York: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43851-1_14

The urban transport crisis in emerging economies: a comparative overview

2016

Journal Article

How does our natural and built environment affect the use of bicycle sharing?

Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina, Bean, Richard, Corcoran, Jonathan and Pojani, Dorina (2016). How does our natural and built environment affect the use of bicycle sharing?. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 94, 295-307. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.09.015

How does our natural and built environment affect the use of bicycle sharing?

2016

Journal Article

Ideologjia e financimit të transportit urban në Tiranë: Të ardhurat e brendshme dhe impakti i ndihmës ndërkombëtare

Pojani, Dorina (2016). Ideologjia e financimit të transportit urban në Tiranë: Të ardhurat e brendshme dhe impakti i ndihmës ndërkombëtare. Perpjekja, 21 (34-35), 203-214.

Ideologjia e financimit të transportit urban në Tiranë: Të ardhurat e brendshme dhe impakti i ndihmës ndërkombëtare

2016

Journal Article

Learning by doing: employer expectations of planning studio education

Pojani, Dorina, Johnson, Laurel, Darchen, Sebastien and Yang, Katie (2016). Learning by doing: employer expectations of planning studio education. Urban Policy and Research, 36 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2016.1221814

Learning by doing: employer expectations of planning studio education

2016

Journal Article

Obstacles to the creation of successful bus rapid transit systems: the case of Bangkok

Wu, Irene and Pojani, Dorina (2016). Obstacles to the creation of successful bus rapid transit systems: the case of Bangkok. Research in Transportation Economics, 60, 44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.retrec.2016.05.001

Obstacles to the creation of successful bus rapid transit systems: the case of Bangkok

2016

Journal Article

Indicator-based evaluation of sustainable transport plans: A framework for Paris and other large cities

Chakhtoura, Céline and Pojani, Dorina (2016). Indicator-based evaluation of sustainable transport plans: A framework for Paris and other large cities. Transport Policy, 50, 15-28. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.05.014

Indicator-based evaluation of sustainable transport plans: A framework for Paris and other large cities

2016

Journal Article

Post-rational planning and the shifting role of planning imagery

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2016). Post-rational planning and the shifting role of planning imagery. Journal of Urban Design, 21 (3), 353-385. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2016.1167590

Post-rational planning and the shifting role of planning imagery

2016

Journal Article

Multi-family housing management in postsocialist countries: the Albanian experience

Pojani, Dorina and Baar, Kenneth (2016). Multi-family housing management in postsocialist countries: the Albanian experience. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 31 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10901-016-9498-1

Multi-family housing management in postsocialist countries: the Albanian experience

2016

Conference Publication

Processes of Urban Planning Policy Transfer and Learning

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2016). Processes of Urban Planning Policy Transfer and Learning. Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning in European Metropolitan Areas: Experiences and Approaches, Brussells, Belgium, 25 January 2016. Brussells, Belgium: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

Processes of Urban Planning Policy Transfer and Learning

2015

Journal Article

From camaraderie to detachment: the effect of changing built environment forms on neighborhood relations in a post-communist context

Pojani, Dorina and Buka, Migena (2015). From camaraderie to detachment: the effect of changing built environment forms on neighborhood relations in a post-communist context. Cities, 49, 66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.07.007

From camaraderie to detachment: the effect of changing built environment forms on neighborhood relations in a post-communist context

2015

Journal Article

Urban planning and design as verbal and visual rhetoric

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2015). Urban planning and design as verbal and visual rhetoric. Journal of Urban Design, 20 (5), 582-614. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1071653

Urban planning and design as verbal and visual rhetoric

2015

Journal Article

Sustainable urban transport in the developing world: beyond megacities

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2015). Sustainable urban transport in the developing world: beyond megacities. Sustainability (Switzerland), 7 (6), 7784-7805. doi: 10.3390/su7067784

Sustainable urban transport in the developing world: beyond megacities

2015

Journal Article

Transit-oriented design in the Netherlands

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2015). Transit-oriented design in the Netherlands. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35 (2), 131-144. doi: 10.1177/0739456X15573263

Transit-oriented design in the Netherlands

2015

Conference Publication

Informal settlements in the Balkans Squatters’ magic realism vs. planners’ modernist fantasy vs. governments’ tolerance and opportunism

Pojani, Dorina (2015). Informal settlements in the Balkans Squatters’ magic realism vs. planners’ modernist fantasy vs. governments’ tolerance and opportunism. Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-16 July 2015. Prague, Czech Republic: Czech Technical University.

Informal settlements in the Balkans Squatters’ magic realism vs. planners’ modernist fantasy vs. governments’ tolerance and opportunism

2015

Journal Article

The detriments and benefits of the fall of planning: the evolution of public space in a Balkan post-socialist capital

Pojani, Dorina and Maci, Giulia (2015). The detriments and benefits of the fall of planning: the evolution of public space in a Balkan post-socialist capital. Journal of Urban Design, 20 (2), 251-272. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1009013

The detriments and benefits of the fall of planning: the evolution of public space in a Balkan post-socialist capital

2015

Conference Publication

Do the north and the south share a cycling mindset?

Pojani, Dorina, Bakija, Dukagjin and Shkreli, Entela (2015). Do the north and the south share a cycling mindset?. International Forum on Urbanism, Incheon, Republic of Korea, 22-24 June 2015. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI AG. doi: 10.3390/ifou-D012

Do the north and the south share a cycling mindset?

2014

Journal Article

Going Dutch? The export of sustainable land-use and transport planning concepts from the Netherlands

Pojani, Dorina and Stead, Dominic (2014). Going Dutch? The export of sustainable land-use and transport planning concepts from the Netherlands. Urban Studies, 52 (9), 1-19. doi: 10.1177/0042098014562326

Going Dutch? The export of sustainable land-use and transport planning concepts from the Netherlands

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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