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Brendan Gleeson
Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
Brendan Gleeson is Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at The University of Melbourne. He is also Professor of Urban Policy Studies. He was previously Professor of Geography at The National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Brendan set up the Urban Research Program at Griffith University (www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp/ ) and was its inaugural Director. He is the author or editor of five books, three of which have won national and international prizes, and numerous journal articles. His research interests include urban planning and governance, urban social policy, disability studies, and environmental theory and policy. His recent work has focused on socio-spatial analysis of suburbs, their vulnerability to oil shocks and the need for better public transport options. Gleeson was the inaugural recipient of the John Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues (Allen & Unwin Publishers) leading to the publication of his seminal book Australian Heartlands: Making Space for Hope in the Suburbs.
Market-led infrastructure may sound good but not if it short-changes the public
Dec 03, 2019 03:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The privatisation of services in Australian cities has weakened public control of key infrastructure. This is likely to accelerate as governments look to market-led proposals to provide infrastructure. For nearly three...
Comeback city? Lessons from revitalising a diverse place like Dandenong
Dec 03, 2019 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In the 1990s, central Dandenong in Melbournes southeast was in decline. But, over the past decade and a half, this trend has been halted and in some areas reversed. Our research has identified key elements in this...
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Dec 16, 2018 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Suburban affluence is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More than half of the worlds population now lives in cities. Yet with the...
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