Overview
Background
Dr Renee Zahnow is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on place-based patterns of crime and victimisation; she is particularly interested in understanding the link between the regularities of daily human mobility, social and behavioural norms and the propensity for crime and deviance. She has published in various journals, including Criminology, Urban Studies, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Environment and Behavior and Crime and Delinquency.
Dr Zahnow has worked across a range of research projects including program evaluations and random-control trials. She has spatial and longitudinal modelling expertise and experience in working with police, ambulance and hospital data. She has established working ties with industry partners and international colleagues. Renee has expert knowledge in areas of environmental and urban criminology, social norms and collective social processes, youth and deviance and substance use.
Availability
- Associate Professor Renee Zahnow is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctoral Diploma, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Spatial Data analysis
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Environmental Criminology
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Urban Spaces and Sociability
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Routine daily mobility
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Longitudinal and big data analysis
Works
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2012
Other Outputs
Community Variations in Crime: A Spatial and Ecometric Analysis Wave 3
Mazerolle, L., Wickes, R., Cherney, A. and Zahnow, R. (2012). Community Variations in Crime: A Spatial and Ecometric Analysis Wave 3. Study Methods and Basic Statistics
2011
Conference Publication
Diversity and trust: Do changing immigration patterns negatively impact social capital in urban communities?
Wickes, Rebecca, Zahnow, Renee, Mazerolle, Lorraine and White, Gentry (2011). Diversity and trust: Do changing immigration patterns negatively impact social capital in urban communities?. ISA Research Committee 21 Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, Amsterdam Netherlands, 7-9 July 2011. Amsterdam Netherlands: International Sociological Association.
2011
Other Outputs
Community Variations in Crime: A Spatial and Ecometric Analysis Wave 2:
Wickes, Rebecca, Homel, Ross, McBroom, James, Sargeant, Elise and Zahnow, Renee (2011). Community Variations in Crime: A Spatial and Ecometric Analysis Wave 2:. ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security.
2010
Conference Publication
Community Resilience Research: Current approaches, challenges and opportunities
Wickes, Rebecca, Zahnow, Renee and Mazerolle, Lorraine (2010). Community Resilience Research: Current approaches, challenges and opportunities. 2010 National Security Science and Innovation Conference, Canberra, Australia, 23 September 2010. Deakin, A.C.T., Australia: Australian Security Research Centre.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Renee Zahnow is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Effects of Community Support on Violence against Immigrant and Refugee Women in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jonathan Corcoran, Dr Rennie Lee
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Doctor Philosophy
Cultural variation in connection to urban nature
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller
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Doctor Philosophy
Uncovering State Terrorism in Indonesia: CSOs' Vital Role in Deradicalizing, Disengaging and Rehabilitating Extremists
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Adrian Cherney
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Doctor Philosophy
Changes in Immigrant Threat Perceptions and Support for Restrictive Immigration and Refugee & Asylum Seekers Policies in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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Master Philosophy
Cultural variation in connection to nature
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller
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Doctor Philosophy
"Disaster Strains" : An exploratory, comparative, thematic analysis, of the 2010-11 Brisbane floods and COVID-19 pandemic, through the theoretical lenses of Agnew's General Strain Theory.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonah Rimer, Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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Doctor Philosophy
Green spaces for healthy ageing: An international comparative study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Walters
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Doctor Philosophy
¿Disaster Strains¿: An exploratory, comparative, thematic analysis of the 2010-11 Brisbane floods and COVID-19 pandemic, through the theoretical lenses of Agnew's General Strain Theory.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonah Rimer, Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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Doctor Philosophy
Cultural variation in connection to urban nature
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller
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Doctor Philosophy
DO AUSTRALIANS PERCEIVE IMMIGRATION AS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
"Disaster Strains" : An exploratory, comparative, thematic analysis, of the 2010-11 Brisbane floods and COVID-19 pandemic, through the theoretical lenses of Agnew's General Strain Theory.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonah Rimer, Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Urban nature health effects moderated by stressful contexts
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Fuller
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Progression to Violence: Background Characteristics and Risk Factors for Radicalisation to Violent Extremism
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Adrian Cherney
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Crime, Perceptions of Safety, and Public Transit Ridership: A Space-Time Approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jonathan Corcoran
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
`Conservation' Criminology: Understanding and Preventing Illegal Fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lorraine Mazerolle
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Immigration-Crime Myth: Exploring the Impact of Immigration on Neighbourhood Violence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jonathan Corcoran
Media
Enquiries
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- community
- crime
- delinquency
- mobility
- neighborhood
- population health
- resilience
- social ties
- youth
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