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Associate Professor Kelly Greenop
Associate Professor

Kelly Greenop

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Overview

Background

Dr Kelly Greenop is an Associate Professor within the School of Architecture and is co-Director of the Architecture Culture Theory History (ATCH) Research Centres within the School. Her research has focused on work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban Brisbane, using ethnographic techniques to document the place experiences and attachment, and the importance of architecture, place, family and country for urban Indigenous people. She also conducts research into the intercultural place heritage of the Brisbane region, and the urban cultural history of Brisbane’s suburbs.

Kelly's latest research is in Digital Cultural Heritage, utilising 3D laser scanning of heritage environments and buildings in South East Queensland. She has been working with researchers from ATCH, School of Architecture, CSIRO and site managers at Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to scan and archive fragile, remote and at risk sites, and research the use of scanning in architectural heritage practice.

With colleagues from AERC she has also conducted research into Aboriginal housing, particularly with respect to crowding and homelessness. Kelly’s research has been supported by grants from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the Queensland Government, the Australian Federal Government and the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

Awards

National Trust (Queensland) John Herbert Memorial Award (best heritage project in the state) for Agency Programs, in collaboration with Queensland Rail, 2018

National Trust (Queensland) Gold Award for Agency Programs, in collaboration with Queensland Rail, 2018

Queensland Premier’s Sustainability Awards for Heritage: ‘Highly Commended’ for Moreton Bay Digital Cultural Heritage Projects, 2014

Best Paper, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand Conference, 2013

Memberships

Member, International Association for People Environment Studies (IAPS)

Member, Society of Architectural Historians (US)

Member, Society of Architectural Historians Australia New Zealand (SAHANZ)

Member, Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA)

Member, Association of Critical Heritage Studies Member (Appointed), Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Availability

Associate Professor Kelly Greenop is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Digital Cultural Heritage

    Including intercultural heritage shared by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and the digitisation of cultural heritage. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.

  • 3D laser scanning for heritage

    Digital collection of data using 3D laser scanning techniques, chiefly to record heritage places. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.

  • Place and place attachment

    Analysis of the social, cultural and urban factors that enable the creation and maintenance of place attachment in cities. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.

  • Urban social and cultural histories

    Suburban analysis including Inala and Logan, in South East Queensland

  • Housing

    Focusing on cultural factors that influence housing from Indigenous cultures as well as others. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.

  • Urban Aboriginal cultures

    Ethnographic analysis of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's cultures in contemporary Australian cities. I am only accepting PhD student applications from exceptional students with a background in this field.

Research impacts

Kelly's research has often focused on the implications of housing policy and management for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This has been funded by the Federal Government and formed the basis of several policy bulletins for practitioners and policy makers.

Kelly has been invited to speak about her research at Te Whare Kura, the University of Auckland's Indigenous knowledge centre, and has collaborated with University of Auckland academics on both teaching and research to share an intercutural, international perspective.

In 2012 Kelly and Emily Juckes (UQ School of Architecture PhD student) collaborated with CSIRO to use their Zebedee 3D laser scanner to digitise a number of Queensland Parks and Wildlife managed heritage sites in Moreton Bay. This has resulted in new techniques for digitising and analysing cultural heritage sites that are large, remote or fragile, and a better understanding of cutting edge digital cultural heritage practices, potentials and challenges gained.

Works

Search Professor Kelly Greenop’s works on UQ eSpace

80 works between 1996 and 2025

41 - 60 of 80 works

2017

Journal Article

Understanding housing precarity: more than access to a shelter, housing is essential for a decent life

Greenop, Kelly (2017). Understanding housing precarity: more than access to a shelter, housing is essential for a decent life. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 7 (4), 489-495. doi: 10.1080/23269995.2017.1393788

Understanding housing precarity: more than access to a shelter, housing is essential for a decent life

2016

Journal Article

Reporting from the (Australian) front: housing in extremis

Stead, Naomi and Greenop, Kelly (2016). Reporting from the (Australian) front: housing in extremis. Architecture Australia, 105 (5), 30-32.

Reporting from the (Australian) front: housing in extremis

2016

Other Outputs

Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Mantle Apartments model. Interim report

Cheshire, L., Cox, L., Greenop, K., Shevellar, L. and Stead, N. (2016). Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Mantle Apartments model. Interim report.

Housing for adults with severe and persistent mental health challenges: Assessing the Mantle Apartments model. Interim report

2016

Conference Publication

A preliminary investigation of the rammed earth houses in a vernacular village in China

Zhao, Xiaoxin and Greenop, Kelly (2016). A preliminary investigation of the rammed earth houses in a vernacular village in China. 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 7-9 December 2016. Adelaide, Australia: The Architectural Science Association and The University of Adelaide.

A preliminary investigation of the rammed earth houses in a vernacular village in China

2016

Journal Article

King George Square's Citizens: social media and the intangible cultural heritage of a Brisbane icon

Greenop, Kelly, Juckes, Emily and Landorf, Chris (2016). King George Square's Citizens: social media and the intangible cultural heritage of a Brisbane icon. Historic Environment, 28 (2), 26-43.

King George Square's Citizens: social media and the intangible cultural heritage of a Brisbane icon

2016

Book Chapter

We are good-hearted people, we like to share: definitional dilemmas of crowding and homelessness in urban indigenous Australia

Greenop, Kelly and Memmott, Paul (2016). We are good-hearted people, we like to share: definitional dilemmas of crowding and homelessness in urban indigenous Australia. Indigenous Homelessness: Perspectives from Canada, Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 270-299) edited by Evelyn J. Peters and Julia Christensen. Winnipeg, Canada: University of Manitoba Press.

We are good-hearted people, we like to share: definitional dilemmas of crowding and homelessness in urban indigenous Australia

2016

Conference Publication

Enabling rapid field deployments using modular mobility units

Cordie, Troy, Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar, Roberts, Jonathan, Steindl, Ryan, Dungavell, Ross and Greenop, Kelly (2016). Enabling rapid field deployments using modular mobility units. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, ACRA 2016, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 5-7 December 2016. Australasian Robotics and Automation Association.

Enabling rapid field deployments using modular mobility units

2015

Journal Article

Identifying ‘place’ in place branding: core and periphery in Brisbane’s ‘‘New World City’’

Greenop, Kelly and Darchen, Sebastien (2015). Identifying ‘place’ in place branding: core and periphery in Brisbane’s ‘‘New World City’’. GeoJournal, 81 (3), 379-394. doi: 10.1007/s10708-015-9625-7

Identifying ‘place’ in place branding: core and periphery in Brisbane’s ‘‘New World City’’

2015

Book Chapter

History receding: the complicity of Australian architecture in colonisation and beyond

Greenop, Kelly (2015). History receding: the complicity of Australian architecture in colonisation and beyond. Courting Blakness: Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University. (pp. 32-39) edited by Fiona Foley, Louise Martin-Chew and Fiona Nicoll. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

History receding: the complicity of Australian architecture in colonisation and beyond

2015

Conference Publication

Collaborating post-occupancy: teaching and learning across architectural design and sociology

Greenop, Kelly, Stead, Naomi and Cheshire, Lynda (2015). Collaborating post-occupancy: teaching and learning across architectural design and sociology. International Conference and Exhibition of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-3 October 2015. Christchurch, New Zealand: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA).

Collaborating post-occupancy: teaching and learning across architectural design and sociology

2015

Conference Publication

Re-evaluating the Australian dream: narratives of high-rise living in Torbreck

van der Plaat, Deborah, Holden, Susan, Stead, Naomi and Greenop, Kelly (2015). Re-evaluating the Australian dream: narratives of high-rise living in Torbreck. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7-10 July 2015. Sydney, NSW, Australia: SAHANZ.

Re-evaluating the Australian dream: narratives of high-rise living in Torbreck

2015

Conference Publication

Collaborating for heritage at the cutting edge of technology: 3d laser scanning cultural heritage sites in Queensland

Greenop, Kelly (2015). Collaborating for heritage at the cutting edge of technology: 3d laser scanning cultural heritage sites in Queensland. International Conference and Exhibition of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-3 October 2015. Christchurch, New Zealand: Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA).

Collaborating for heritage at the cutting edge of technology: 3d laser scanning cultural heritage sites in Queensland

2014

Other Outputs

How is crowding in Indigenous households managed?

Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly and Birdsall-Jones, Christina (2014). How is crowding in Indigenous households managed?. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute).

How is crowding in Indigenous households managed?

2014

Other Outputs

Scan, save, and archive: how to protect our digital cultural heritage

Greenop, Kelly and Barton, Justin (2014, 02 12). Scan, save, and archive: how to protect our digital cultural heritage The Conversation

Scan, save, and archive: how to protect our digital cultural heritage

2014

Conference Publication

Self-constructing sovereignty: Aboriginal housing and rights to land on Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia

O'Rourke, Timothy and Greenop, Kelly (2014). Self-constructing sovereignty: Aboriginal housing and rights to land on Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. 23rd IAPS Conference, Timisoara, Romania, 24-27 June 2014. Timisoara, Romania: Universitatii de Vest.

Self-constructing sovereignty: Aboriginal housing and rights to land on Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia

2013

Other Outputs

The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek

Memmott, Paul, Nash, Daphne, Baffour, Bernard and Greenop, Kelly (2013). The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek. Evidence Note No. 39

The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek

2013

Other Outputs

The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek

Memmott, Paul, Nash, Daphne, Baffour, Bernard and Greenop, Kelly (2013). The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek. ISSR Research Report Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.

The Women's Refuge and the crowded house: Aboriginal homelessness hidden in Tennant Creek

2013

Other Outputs

The Challenge of monitoring growth in regional Indigenous homelessness: evidence note no. 23

Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Haynes, Michelle, Clarke, Andrew and Western, Mark (2013). The Challenge of monitoring growth in regional Indigenous homelessness: evidence note no. 23. Brisbane, Australia:

The Challenge of monitoring growth in regional Indigenous homelessness: evidence note no. 23

2013

Journal Article

Crowded out: a case study of homelessness, crowding and the Tennant Creek Women's Refuge

Memmott, Paul, Nash, Daphne, Baffour, Bernard and Greenop, Kelly (2013). Crowded out: a case study of homelessness, crowding and the Tennant Creek Women's Refuge. Parity: The publication of the Council to the Homeless Persons, 26 (4), 16-17.

Crowded out: a case study of homelessness, crowding and the Tennant Creek Women's Refuge

2013

Conference Publication

Brisbane’s urbanism: looking for an identity. What can we learn from Inala

Greenop, Kelly and Darchen, Sebastien (2013). Brisbane’s urbanism: looking for an identity. What can we learn from Inala. 49th ISOCARP Congress 2013, Brisbane, Australia, 1-4 October 2013. Hague, Netherlands: ISOCARP.

Brisbane’s urbanism: looking for an identity. What can we learn from Inala

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2026
    Mobile 3D Artefact Digitisation Lab (ARC LIEF administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2027
    A Gamified 3D Cultural Heritage Platform for Archaeology and Architecture (ARC Discovery Project administered by UniSA)
    University of South Australia
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2017
    Digital cultural heritage: FUTURE VISIONS conference
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Housing for Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Health Challenges: Assessing the Mantle Apartments Model
    Wesley Mission Brisbane
    Open grant
  • 2015
    From prototype to practice: applying 3-dimensional laser scanning to the built environment
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - Seed Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Intercultural architectural and material culture heritage and conservation in Moreton Bay
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Kuku Yalanji home places: tracking the attachment of urban Aboriginal people to their traditional lands
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Enhancing Analytic Social Science withComputing Capacity & an E-Archive for Aboriginal Environments Research
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Overcrowding for Indigenous households in non-remote areas
    Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Housing - Housing Assistance and Homelessness Prevention
    Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Kelly Greenop is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Preserving Cultural Heritage of Refugee Communities for Inclusive and Cohesive Communities: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Al-Balad, Amman¿s Historic Centre

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Susan Holden

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Representing Cultural Routes with Digital Technology: The Sino- Korean Tribute Routes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Catherine Keys

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Historical-ethnographic approaches to Participatory Design in Australian indigenous architecture

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Ms Carroll Go-Sam, Associate Professor Sally Babidge

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Talanoa of Two Universities: Spatial Belonging of Moana Oceania students at the University of Queensland and the University of Auckland. A Trans-Tasman Case Study.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Ms Carroll Go-Sam

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Kelly Greenop directly for media enquiries about:

  • 3D laser scanning
  • community architecture
  • digital cultural heritage
  • domestic practices
  • heritage studies
  • housing policy
  • Indigenous architecture
  • place attachment
  • post occupancy evaluation
  • social housing
  • suburban culture
  • suburban histories
  • urban anthropology

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