Associate Professor Kelly Greenop
Associate Professor

Kelly Greenop

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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

Anthropology Architecture

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.

Search Professor Kelly Greenop’s works on UQ eSpace

72 works between 1996 and 2024
All (72) Journal Article (22) Book Chapter (10) Conference Publication (19) Book (1) Other Outputs (18) Edited Outputs (2)

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2012

Other Outputs

'It gets under your skin': Place meaning, attachment, identity and sovereignty in the urban Indigenous community of Inala, Queensland

Greenop, Kelly Jane (2012). 'It gets under your skin': Place meaning, attachment, identity and sovereignty in the urban Indigenous community of Inala, Queensland. PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/303688

'It gets under your skin': Place meaning, attachment, identity and sovereignty in the urban Indigenous community of Inala, Queensland

2011

Journal Article

The challenge of monitoring regional Indigenous homelessness

Memmott, Paul, Greenop, Kelly, Haynes, Michele, Clarke, Andrew and Western, Mark (2011). The challenge of monitoring regional Indigenous homelessness. Parity, 24 (9), 31-34.

The challenge of monitoring regional Indigenous homelessness

2011

Journal Article

Modelling crowding in Aboriginal Australia

Memmott, Paul, Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly and Corunna, Vanessa (2011). Modelling crowding in Aboriginal Australia. AHURI Positioning Paper, i-52.

Modelling crowding in Aboriginal Australia

2009

Conference Publication

Housing and identity in the urban indigenous community: Initial findings in Inala, Queensland

Greenop, Kelly (2009). Housing and identity in the urban indigenous community: Initial findings in Inala, Queensland. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2009. Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.

Housing and identity in the urban indigenous community: Initial findings in Inala, Queensland

2009

Conference Publication

Place Meaning, attachment and identity in Indigenous Inala, Queensland

Greenop, Kelly (2009). Place Meaning, attachment and identity in Indigenous Inala, Queensland. Perspectives on Urban Life: Connections and Reconnections, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 28th September - 2nd October 2009. Online: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

Place Meaning, attachment and identity in Indigenous Inala, Queensland

2009

Conference Publication

Sorcery and spirits: Intercultural housing and place in Aboriginal Australia

Fantin, Shaneen and Greenop, Kelly (2009). Sorcery and spirits: Intercultural housing and place in Aboriginal Australia. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2009. Auckland New Zealand: University of Auckland.

Sorcery and spirits: Intercultural housing and place in Aboriginal Australia

2008

Journal Article

Inala traditions: People, places and history in urban Indigenous communities

Greenop, Kelly (2008). Inala traditions: People, places and history in urban Indigenous communities. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, 216, 26-48.

Inala traditions: People, places and history in urban Indigenous communities

2008

Conference Publication

Inala traditions: People, places and history in urban Indigenous communities

Greenop, Kelly (2008). Inala traditions: People, places and history in urban Indigenous communities. Twentieth Anniversary Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, Oxford, U.K., 12-15 December 2008. Berkely, CA, U.S.A.: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments.

Inala traditions: People, places and history in urban Indigenous communities

2008

Conference Publication

Uncanny Brisbane: new ways of looking at urban indigenous place

Greenop, Kelly (2008). Uncanny Brisbane: new ways of looking at urban indigenous place. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Geelong, Australia, 3-6 July 2008. Geelong, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand.

Uncanny Brisbane: new ways of looking at urban indigenous place

2007

Book Chapter

Urban Aboriginal Place Values In Australian Metropolitan Cities: The Case Study Of Brisbane

Greenop, Kelly and Memmott, Paul (2007). Urban Aboriginal Place Values In Australian Metropolitan Cities: The Case Study Of Brisbane. Past Matters: Heritage and Planning History - Case Study from the Pacific Rim. (pp. 213-245) edited by Caroline Miller and Michael Roche. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press.

Urban Aboriginal Place Values In Australian Metropolitan Cities: The Case Study Of Brisbane

2006

Conference Publication

Contemporary urban Aboriginal place values in Brisbane

Greenop, K. and Memmott, P. (2006). Contemporary urban Aboriginal place values in Brisbane. 8th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference Past Matters, Wellington Campus, New Zealand, 9-11 February, 2006. Palmerston North, New Zealand: School of People, Environment & Planning, Massey University.

Contemporary urban Aboriginal place values in Brisbane

1996

Other Outputs

Place and dwelling among the Pintupi People of Central Australia

Greenop, Kelly Jane (1996). Place and dwelling among the Pintupi People of Central Australia. Other, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.545

Place and dwelling among the Pintupi People of Central Australia

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2026
    Mobile 3D Artefact Digitisation Lab (ARC LIEF administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    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

Availability

Associate Professor Kelly Greenop is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Historic Urban Landscape as an Effective Model for Achieving Sustainable Heritage Management: The Case of Al-Balad Historic Centre of Amman

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Susan Holden

  • 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

    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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The protection and management of cultural heritage routes using digital technology with specific reference to the Sino-Korean Diplomatic Culture Route

    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

  • Master Philosophy

    Embedding culture into architectural designs: an analysis of architecture, Indigenous storytelling, and Indigenous design principles across education and healthcare sectors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke

Completed supervision

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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