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
Fields of research
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
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Place-Based Collaboration for community wellbeing
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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
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2020
Other Outputs
Transport Justice in the Suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage
Laurel Johnson (2020). Transport Justice in the Suburbs: leveraging social capital to reduce transport disadvantage. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
2020
Journal Article
The lost countryside: spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai
Ye, Chao, Ma, Xiangyi, Gao, Yang and Johnson, Laurel (2020). The lost countryside: spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai. Habitat International, 98 102137, 102137. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102137
2020
Other Outputs
Queensland Housing Strategy: evaluation of action plan 1 – interim analysis
Reddel, Tim, Verstege, Emily, Porter, Dave, Johnson, Laurel, Wyeth, Stephanie, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Lam, Jack and Fullerton, Ken (2020). Queensland Housing Strategy: evaluation of action plan 1 – interim analysis. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2020
Other Outputs
Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027 Research and Evaluation Program: Policy and Practice Review
Laurel Johnson, Stephanie Wyeth, Dave Porter and Tim Reddel (2020). Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027 Research and Evaluation Program: Policy and Practice Review. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2020
Conference Publication
”I won't move to a one bedroom dog box”: The challenges of downsizing for older social housing tenants in Queensland, Australia
Adeniyi, Ayodeji and Johnson, Laurel (2020). ”I won't move to a one bedroom dog box”: The challenges of downsizing for older social housing tenants in Queensland, Australia. 2018 Joint Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research and Australasian Housing Researchers Conference , Gold Coast, QLD, Australia , 6-8 June 2018. Joint APNHR and AHRC.
2020
Book Chapter
Project implementation
Darchen, Sebastien, Johnson, Laurel, Sipe, Neil and Mongard, John (2020). Project implementation. Placemaking fundamentals for the built environment. (pp. 177-199) edited by Dominique Hess and Cristina Hernandez-Santin. Singapore, Singapore: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-32-9624-4_9
2018
Journal Article
Discretion and the erosion of community trust in planning: reflections on the post‐political
Kwok, Melanie, Johnson, Laurel and Pojani, Dorina (2018). Discretion and the erosion of community trust in planning: reflections on the post‐political. Geographical Research, 56 (4), 382-392. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12310
2018
Journal Article
The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia
Gholamhosseini, Roja, Pojani, Dorina, Mateo Babiano, Iderlina, Johnson, Laurel and Minnery, John (2018). The place of public space in the lives of Middle Eastern women migrants in Australia. Journal of Urban Design, 24 (2), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1498293
2018
Book Chapter
Putting children in their place on public transit: managing mobilities in the child-friendly city
Grant-Smith, Deanna, Edwards, Peter and Johnson, Laurel (2018). Putting children in their place on public transit: managing mobilities in the child-friendly city. Dialogues in urban and regional planning 6: the right to the city. (pp. 201-216) edited by Christopher Silver, Robert Freestone and Christophe Demazière. New York, NY United States: Routledge.
2017
Journal Article
Challenging the productivity mantra: academic writing with spirit in place
Johnson, Laurel, Roitman, Sonia, Morgan, Ann and MacLeod, Jason (2017). Challenging the productivity mantra: academic writing with spirit in place. Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (6), 1181-1193. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1300140
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
2016
Journal Article
Managing the challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: an Australian perspective
Grant-Smith, Deanna, Osborne, Natalie and Johnson, Laurel (2016). Managing the challenges of combining mobilities of care and commuting: an Australian perspective. Community, Work & Family, 20 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13668803.2016.1202194
2016
Journal Article
The community planning handbook: how people can shape their cities, towns and villages in any part of the world
Johnson, Laurel (2016). The community planning handbook: how people can shape their cities, towns and villages in any part of the world. Australian Planner, 53 (3), 263-264. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2016.1176582
2015
Journal Article
Re-imagining the practices of town, social and community planning in Australia: opportunities for planning in neoliberal policy settings
Shevellar, Lynda, Johnson, Laurel and Lyons, Kristen (2015). Re-imagining the practices of town, social and community planning in Australia: opportunities for planning in neoliberal policy settings. Australian Planner, 52 (4), 266-276. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2015.1056816
2015
Journal Article
Fair Shared Cities: the impact of gender planning in Europe
Johnson, Laurel (2015). Fair Shared Cities: the impact of gender planning in Europe. Urban Policy and Research, 33 (3), 378-380. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2015.1057911
2014
Other Outputs
The many faces of poverty: A month in the life of the Wesley Mission Brisbanes's Emergency Relief Serviece: A report for Wesley Mission Brisbane
Walters, Peter, Cheshire, Lynda, Johnson, Laurel and Roitman, Sonia (2014). The many faces of poverty: A month in the life of the Wesley Mission Brisbanes's Emergency Relief Serviece: A report for Wesley Mission Brisbane. St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland Housing and Urban Studies Research Network (UQ HAUS).
2014
Conference Publication
The use of public space as an instrument for social inclusion: the case of Aboriginal and asylum seeker residents in Brisbane, Australia
Johnson, Laurel and Roitman, Sonia (2014). The use of public space as an instrument for social inclusion: the case of Aboriginal and asylum seeker residents in Brisbane, Australia. World Town Planning Day: Equality in the City: Making Cities Socially Cohesive, On line conference, 5-7 November 2014.
2012
Journal Article
Mapping local solutions to entrenched transport problems: key lessons regarding the use of geographical information technologies in community mapping with disadvantaged communities
Grant-Smith, Deanna and Johnson, Laurel (2012). Mapping local solutions to entrenched transport problems: key lessons regarding the use of geographical information technologies in community mapping with disadvantaged communities. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 52 (3) 3, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2012.tb00368.x
2012
Conference Publication
Out of mind, Out of sight: putting children in their place in urban planning
Johnson, Laurel and Grant-Smith, Deanna (2012). Out of mind, Out of sight: putting children in their place in urban planning. The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference (TASA 2012), Brisbane, Australia, 26-29 November 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community
Johnson, Laurel and Wyeth, Stephanie (2012). More substance than froth: the role of planning in creating a child and youth friendly community. Planning Institute of Australia (Qld) Annual Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 3-5 October 2012. Brisbane, Australia: Planning Institute of Australia, Queensland Division.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Laurel Johnson is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Planning, Policy and Performance: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Social Housing Policy of Oman
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- consultation
- development
- social infrastructure
- social planning
- urban planning
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