Professor Jonathan Corcoran
Professor

Jonathan Corcoran

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Background

Jonathan is a human geographer within the School of the Environment and Deputy Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Science at UQ. Jonathan joined The University of Queensland in 2005 following previous appointments at the University of Glamorgan (UK) and the UK national mapping Agency, Ordnance Survey.

Jonathan's interests lie at the intersection of human geography, regional science, sociology and criminology in understanding how human mobility shapes and is shaped by our urban systems and in turn impacts social sustainability; how regional economic growth and development is governed by human capital migration; and how big data and spatial analytics can be effectively harnessed to inform smarter policy.

Jonathan's interest in geography and the spatial sciences began early on in his academic career. Completing his undergraduate studies in geography and a masters degree in geographic information science, where he focused on developing a broad understanding of key statistical, modelling and spatial analytic methods. He then went on to earn a PhD in human geography and computer science, where he focused on modelling the complex relationship between mobility, land use and crime.

Availability

Professor Jonathan Corcoran is:
Not available for supervision
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Fields of research

Human geography

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Glamorgan

Research interests

  • Human mobility and social sustainability

  • Human capital migration

  • Big data and spatial analytics

Research impacts

Jonathan has published widely in academic journals, exploring topics such as the impact of public transportation on crime, the relationship between mobility patterns and social inequality, and the role of urban design in promoting safe and inclusive communities. Through his research, Jonathan has become an internationally recognised expert in the fields of human geography and spatial criminology and is often called upon to speak at conferences and provide insights to policymakers and urban planners. His research has contributed to the development of more inclusive and equitable transportation systems, which prioritise the needs of all members of society and promote safe and healthy communities.

Jonathan remains committed to advancing our understanding of how cities work through which we can create more equitable and inclusive urban environments for all. In parallel he continues to inspire the next generation of researchers and scholars to pursue a deeper understanding of the complex relationships between human spatial behaviours and social systems.

Search Professor Jonathan Corcoran’s works on UQ eSpace

284 works between 2001 and 2025
All (284) Journal Article (193) Book Chapter (27) Conference Publication (30) Book (5) Other Outputs (29)

121 - 140 of 284 works

2018

Journal Article

Community social capital and individual functioning in the post-disaster context

Zahnow, Renee, Wickes, Rebecca, Taylor, Mel and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Community social capital and individual functioning in the post-disaster context. Disasters, 43 (2), 261-288. doi: 10.1111/disa.12317

Community social capital and individual functioning in the post-disaster context

2018

Other Outputs

Where are Chinese migrants choosing to settle in Australia? Look to the suburbs

Sigler, Thomas, Corcoran, Jonathan, Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2018, 11 06). Where are Chinese migrants choosing to settle in Australia? Look to the suburbs The Conversation

Where are Chinese migrants choosing to settle in Australia? Look to the suburbs

2018

Journal Article

Shifting dynamics of Chinese settlement in Australia: an urban geographic perspective

Wang, Siqin, Sigler, Thomas, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Shifting dynamics of Chinese settlement in Australia: an urban geographic perspective. Geographical Research, 56 (4), 447-464. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12293

Shifting dynamics of Chinese settlement in Australia: an urban geographic perspective

2018

Journal Article

Why do a PhD in geography? A sympathetic response to ‘the career aspirations and expectations of geography students’

Sigler, Thomas, Lieske, Scott N., Charles-Edwards, Elin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Why do a PhD in geography? A sympathetic response to ‘the career aspirations and expectations of geography students’. Geographical Research, 56 (4), 479-483. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12307

Why do a PhD in geography? A sympathetic response to ‘the career aspirations and expectations of geography students’

2018

Journal Article

Understanding ‘segmented assimilation’ in Australian cities: modelling the residential choices of mainland China-, Hong Kong- and Taiwan-born migrants

Wang, Siqin, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2018). Understanding ‘segmented assimilation’ in Australian cities: modelling the residential choices of mainland China-, Hong Kong- and Taiwan-born migrants. Applied Geography, 99, 140-153. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.08.004

Understanding ‘segmented assimilation’ in Australian cities: modelling the residential choices of mainland China-, Hong Kong- and Taiwan-born migrants

2018

Journal Article

Vehicle scheduling approach and its practice to optimise public bicycle redistribution in Hangzhou

Liu, Dongxu, Dong, Hongzhao, Li, Tiebei, Corcoran, Jonathan and Ji, Shiming (2018). Vehicle scheduling approach and its practice to optimise public bicycle redistribution in Hangzhou. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 12 (8), 976-985. doi: 10.1049/iet-its.2017.0274

Vehicle scheduling approach and its practice to optimise public bicycle redistribution in Hangzhou

2018

Other Outputs

Why driverless vehicles should not be given unchecked access to our cities

Stead, Dominic , Kimpton, Anthony , Pojani, Dorina , Mateo Babiano, Iderlina , Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2018, 09 13). Why driverless vehicles should not be given unchecked access to our cities The Conversation

Why driverless vehicles should not be given unchecked access to our cities

2018

Journal Article

Neighbourhood social conduits and resident social cohesion

Wickes, Rebecca, Zahnow, Renee, Corcoran, Jonathan and Hipp, John R. (2018). Neighbourhood social conduits and resident social cohesion. Urban Studies, 56 (1), 226-248. doi: 10.1177/0042098018780617

Neighbourhood social conduits and resident social cohesion

2018

Journal Article

Spatial optimisation of fire service coverage: a case study of Brisbane, Australia

Kiran, K. C., Corcoran, Jonathan and Chhetri, Prem (2018). Spatial optimisation of fire service coverage: a case study of Brisbane, Australia. Geographical Research, 56 (3), 270-284. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12288

Spatial optimisation of fire service coverage: a case study of Brisbane, Australia

2018

Journal Article

Review of Donggen Wang and Shenjing He (eds), Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living, Heidelberg: Springer, 2016; 296 pp.: 978-3-662-48184-4

Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Review of Donggen Wang and Shenjing He (eds), Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living, Heidelberg: Springer, 2016; 296 pp.: 978-3-662-48184-4. Urban Studies, 55 (9), 2073-2075. doi: 10.1177/0042098018758908

Review of Donggen Wang and Shenjing He (eds), Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living, Heidelberg: Springer, 2016; 296 pp.: 978-3-662-48184-4

2018

Other Outputs

Share bikes don't get cars off the road, but they have other benefits

Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018, 06 29). Share bikes don't get cars off the road, but they have other benefits The Conversation

Share bikes don't get cars off the road, but they have other benefits

2018

Other Outputs

Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn’t mean bike sharing schemes are dead

Pojani, Dorina and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018, 06 14). Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn’t mean bike sharing schemes are dead The Conversation

Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn’t mean bike sharing schemes are dead

2018

Journal Article

Modeling the Influence of Weather on Transit Ridership: A Case Study from Brisbane, Australia

Wei, Ming, Corcoran, Jonathan, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2018). Modeling the Influence of Weather on Transit Ridership: A Case Study from Brisbane, Australia. Transportation Research Record, 2672 (8), 036119811877707-510. doi: 10.1177/0361198118777078

Modeling the Influence of Weather on Transit Ridership: A Case Study from Brisbane, Australia

2018

Other Outputs

Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make

Corcoran, Jonathan, Pojani, Dorina, Rowe, Francisco, Zhou, Jiangping, Kim, Jiwon, Wei, Ming, Tao, Sui, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2018, 04 09). Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make

Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make

2018

Journal Article

Not all those who Wander are lost: exploring human mobility using a smartphone application

Borsellino, Rosabella, Zahnow, Renee and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Not all those who Wander are lost: exploring human mobility using a smartphone application. Australian Geographer, 49 (2), 317-333. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2018.1451215

Not all those who Wander are lost: exploring human mobility using a smartphone application

2018

Other Outputs

Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia

Pojani, Dorina, Kimpton, Anthony, Corcoran, Jonathan and Sipe, Neil (2018, 03 20). Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia

Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia

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

Journal Article

Measuring the spatial accessibility to fire stations using enhanced floating catchment method

KC, Kiran, Corcoran, Jonathan and Chhetri, Prem (2018). Measuring the spatial accessibility to fire stations using enhanced floating catchment method. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 69 100673, 100673. doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2018.11.010

Measuring the spatial accessibility to fire stations using enhanced floating catchment method

2018

Journal Article

Visualising the internal migration of the mainland China-born population between Australian capital cities over time

Wang, Siqin, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2018). Visualising the internal migration of the mainland China-born population between Australian capital cities over time. Australian Population Studies, 2 (1), 56-58. doi: 10.37970/aps.v2i1.26

Visualising the internal migration of the mainland China-born population between Australian capital cities over time

2018

Book Chapter

State of the art and future challenges of interregional migration empirical research in Oceania

Benier, Kathryn and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). State of the art and future challenges of interregional migration empirical research in Oceania. New frontiers in interregional migration research. (pp. 125-147) edited by Bianca Biagi, Alessandra Faggian, Isha Rajbhandari and Viktor A. Venhorst. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-75886-2_7

State of the art and future challenges of interregional migration empirical research in Oceania

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    The National Cycling Data and Analysis Platform (NCDAP) (ARC LIEF Project administered by The University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Short Term Rental Accommodation Management Systems Regulation Study
    Queensland Government Department of Tourism and Sport
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Short-term rental accommodation review
    Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Integrated Research Infrastructure for Social Science (Australin Research Data Commons grant led by ANU)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Longitudinal and spatial database of vehicle ownership and energy consumption
    Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Everyday guardianship: a space time approach to crime prevention (ARC Discovery Project administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Australian Transport Research Cloud (ATRC) Platform
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Who Benefits from the Sharing Economy? Disruption in Australian Cities
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    An Integrated Demographic and Transport Demand Modelling Framework (ID-TDM)
    iMove Cooperative Research Centre
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and parking
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Estimating temporary populations
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Cured or condemned? Mapping mild stoke outcomes and untreated deficits
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Urban Analytics Data Infrastructure (ARC LIEF project administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    So what do you do? Graduates in the creative and cultural industries (ARC Discovery Project administered by RMIT)
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Barriers and Facilitators of Neighbourhood Networks and Cohesion
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Mapping and modelling public bicycle sharing dynamics
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Attraction and retention: the role of mobility in educational pathways and human capital development.
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Analytical tools for the interrogation of inter-regional migration flows matrices.
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Evaluating the effectiveness of fire safety programs in emergency services management
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    What makes a community resilient? Examining changes in the adaptive capacities of Brisbane suburbs before and after the 2011 flood
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2016
    Addressing concentrations of social disadvantage (administered by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Community variation in hoax calls and suspicous fires: geographic, temporal and socio-economic dimensions and trajectories
    Criminology Research Council
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Enhancing the Resilience of Seaports to a Changing Climate
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Mapping and Modelling Human Capital and Graduate Employment Flows across Australia's Regions
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Understanding the patters, characteristics and trends in the housing sector labour force in Australia (AHURI Project 30634)
    RMIT University
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Enhanced agency response strategies through modelling geo-temporal characteristics of emergency services calls
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Enhancing spatial modelling capabilities for spaically integrated social science
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Modelling directionality in human geography using circular statistics and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
    UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    The effect of weather, calendar events and socio-economic deprivation on the incidence of fire: A geographical exploration.
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Using GIS and circular statistics to explore the geography of the journey-to-work
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Spatial analysis of fire incidence
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Jonathan Corcoran is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Strength-based approaches to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance in science research

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Tracey Bunda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Strength-based approaches to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance in science research

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Tracey Bunda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ghost Kitchens and Urban Dynamics: Implications for Urban Planning and the Future of Drone Delivery

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Thomas Sigler

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Planning for health and wellbeing in high-rise precincts: Understanding the role of 'breathing space'

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Planning for health and wellbeing in high-rise precincts: Understanding the role of 'breathing space'

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Modelling Human-Environment Interactions: Testing Irregular CA and 3D Urban Models

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Scott Lieske

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Routine Policing Activities: Assessing the Strategic Deployment of Random Breath Testing on Crime, Calls for Service and Traffic Crashes

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sarah Bennett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Wildly productive urban landscapes: Exploring the agency of public urban landscapes in creating healthy cities and community engagement

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Susanne Schmidt, Dr Liz Brogden, Dr Silvia Micheli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Effects of Community Support on Violence against Immigrant and Refugee Women in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Rennie Lee, Associate Professor Renee Zahnow

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The shifting geographies of migration in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Aude Bernard, Associate Professor Elin Charles-Edwards

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Jonathan Corcoran directly for media enquiries about:

  • Geo-analytical techniques - urban modelling
  • Geo-visualisation techniques - urban modelling
  • Prediction techniques - urban modelling
  • Quantitative geographical methods
  • Urban modelling

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