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Dr Laurel Johnson
Dr

Laurel Johnson

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Overview

Background

Laurel is a spatial and social planner with over 30 years of experience as a practitioner and an educator/researcher. Laurel has led, designed and participated in over 60 applied research projects. Many of those research projects guide and influence the policies and programs of various Australian Local and State governments and non-Government organisations in the fields of social infrastructure, social planning, urban planning and transport provision.

Availability

Dr Laurel Johnson is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Volunteer, Hub Community Projects, Hub Community Projects
  • Member, Planning Institute of Australia, Planning Institute of Australia

Research interests

  • Place-Based Collaboration for community wellbeing

  • Transport Disadvantage and Social Disadvantage

    What is the relationship between transport and social disadvantage? This case study research finds that social disadvantage is compounded and extended by transport disadvantage. This is particularly the case for communities at the outer edges of cities. The research considers the contribution of individual and community social capital (positive and negative) to transport disadvantage.

Research impacts

Laurel's research directly resulted in improved access pathways (constructed with local labour) to the railway station for the social and transport disadvantaged community of Ellen Grove on the edge of Brisbane city. The participatory nature of that community mapping research made the recommendations compelling for politicans and decision makers. Laurel's social infrastructure analysis in many communities in Victoria, Western Australia and south east Queensland has delivered infrastructure and services for building social cohesion in those locations.

Works

Search Professor Laurel Johnson’s works on UQ eSpace

44 works between 2004 and 2024

1 - 20 of 44 works

2024

Other Outputs

Learning approaches for place-based change : The SMBI story

Johnson, Laurel, Shaweesh, Maram, Reddel, Tim and Nuttall, Gina (2024). Learning approaches for place-based change : The SMBI story. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Brisbane South PHN.

Learning approaches for place-based change : The SMBI story

2024

Other Outputs

Place based road safety literature and practice review

Shaweesh, Maram, Johnson, Laurel, Yates, Miriam and Reddel, Tim (2024). Place based road safety literature and practice review. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Place based road safety literature and practice review

2024

Other Outputs

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - The administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 1859 to the 1970s

Reddel, Tim, van der Arend, Jenny, Limerick, Michael and Johnson, Laurel (2024). Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - The administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 1859 to the 1970s. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - The administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 1859 to the 1970s

2024

Other Outputs

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - The administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs from the 1970s to the present

Limerick, Michael, van der Arend, Jenny, Reddel, Tim and Johnson, Laurel (2024). Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - The administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs from the 1970s to the present. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - The administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs from the 1970s to the present

2024

Other Outputs

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - A Torres Strait administrative history

Loban, Heron, Reddel, Tim, van der Arend, Jenny, Limerick, Michael and Johnson, Laurel (2024). Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - A Torres Strait administrative history. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - A Torres Strait administrative history

2024

Other Outputs

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - Community governance arrangements in discrete Indigenous communities

Limerick, Michael, Reddel, Tim, van der Arend, Jenny and Johnson, Laurel (2024). Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - Community governance arrangements in discrete Indigenous communities. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry research project - Community governance arrangements in discrete Indigenous communities

2024

Other Outputs

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry reseach project - A timeline of administrative arrangements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs in Queensland

Reddel, Tim, van der Arend, Jenny, Limerick, Michael and Johnson, Laurel (2024). Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry reseach project - A timeline of administrative arrangements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs in Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry reseach project - A timeline of administrative arrangements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs in Queensland

2024

Other Outputs

The SMBI Community Initiative Learning by Doing approach: review report

Shaweesh, Maram, Johnson, Laurel and Reddel, Tim (2024). The SMBI Community Initiative Learning by Doing approach: review report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Brisbane South PHN.

The SMBI Community Initiative Learning by Doing approach: review report

2024

Other Outputs

SMBI Learning by Doing Project: Literature Review, Interview Guide and SMBI Community Initiative Learning Journey (Deliverable 1- prepared for Brisbane South PHN)

Shaweesh, Maram, Johnson, Laurel and Reddel, Tim (2024). SMBI Learning by Doing Project: Literature Review, Interview Guide and SMBI Community Initiative Learning Journey (Deliverable 1- prepared for Brisbane South PHN). St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

SMBI Learning by Doing Project: Literature Review, Interview Guide and SMBI Community Initiative Learning Journey (Deliverable 1- prepared for Brisbane South PHN)

2024

Journal Article

Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland

Alidoust, Sara, Wyeth, Stephanie, Reddel, Tim, Cornish, Gillian, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Johnson, Laurel and Shaweesh, Maram (2024). Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland. Australian Planner, 60 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2024.2309352

Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland

2024

Other Outputs

Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision

Baille, Anna, Olsen, Jonathan, Pearce, Anna, Irwin, Sarah, Pangbourne, Kate, Corcoran, Jonathan, Johnson, Laurel, Lisa McDaid, Reddel, Tim, Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie and Glasgow, Queensland and Leeds Health and Equity Initiative (2024). Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow. doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.339527

Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision

2024

Book Chapter

The Queensland suburb: a singular vision

Johnson, Laurel and Wyeth, Stephanie (2024). The Queensland suburb: a singular vision. The next Australian city. (pp. 140-150) edited by Guy Gibson and Ross Elliot. Cleveland, QLD Australia: Connor Court Publishing.

The Queensland suburb: a singular vision

2021

Other Outputs

Synthesis evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy’s First Action Plan 2017-2020

Reddel, Tim, Verstege, Emily, Johnson, Laurel, Porter, Dave and Wyeth, Stephanie (2021). Synthesis evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy’s First Action Plan 2017-2020. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Synthesis evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy’s First Action Plan 2017-2020

2021

Book Chapter

Communicating urban research

Wyeth, Stephanie and Johnson, Laurel (2021). Communicating urban research. Methods in Urban Analysis. (pp. 191-205) edited by Scott Baum. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-1677-8_11

Communicating urban research

2020

Other Outputs

Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Assessment Framework

Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie, Johnson, Laurel, Porter, Dave and Reddel, Tim (2020). Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Assessment Framework. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Assessment Framework

2020

Other Outputs

Yarrabilba Community Hub measurement and evaluation framework

Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie, Johnson, Laurel, Porter, Dave and Reddel, Tim (2020). Yarrabilba Community Hub measurement and evaluation framework. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Yarrabilba Community Hub measurement and evaluation framework

2020

Other Outputs

Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Insights Briefing

Johnson, Laurel, Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie, Porter, Dave and Reddel, Tim (2020). Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Insights Briefing. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Yarrabilba Community Hub Partnership Insights Briefing

2020

Other Outputs

Interim progress analysis for the evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027

Reddel, Tim, Porter, Dave, Verstege, Emily, Johnson, Laurel, Wyeth, Stephanie, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Lam, Jack and Fullerton, Ken (2020). Interim progress analysis for the evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Department of Housing and Public Works.

Interim progress analysis for the evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027

2020

Other Outputs

Transport justice in the suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage

Johnson, Laurel (2020). Transport justice in the suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/8c9b18d

Transport justice in the suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage

2020

Other Outputs

Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Emily Verstege, Tim Reddel, Mark Western, Laurel Johnson, Stephanie Wyeth, Elin Charles-Edwards, Jack Lam, Caroline Salom, Dave Porter and Andrew Hawkins (2020). Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    T4-A6 Evaluating the Resilient Homes Fund
    Natural Hazards Research Australia
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Place-Based Approaches to Road Safety
    Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
    Open grant
  • 2024
    Queensland Housing - Census Analysis and Report
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Empowered Communities Partnership Lessons Learned Project
    National Indigenous Australians Agency
    Open grant
  • 2024
    South Moreton Bay Islands Community Initiative - Learning by Doing
    Brisbane South Primary Health Network Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2022
    Mapping Aboriginal routes to link landscape knowledge and cultural identity
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Urban Poverty: A Month in the Life of Wesley Mission Brisbane's Emergency Relief
    Wesley Mission Brisbane
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Laurel Johnson is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Laurel Johnson directly for media enquiries about:

  • consultation
  • development
  • social infrastructure
  • social planning
  • urban planning

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