STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Melanie Davern
Position:
Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399253090
Email:
melanie.davern@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
- De Gruyter, C.,Gunn, L.,Kroen, A.,Saghapour, T.,Davern, M.,Higgs, C. (2022). Exploring changes in the frequency of public transport use among residents who move to outer suburban greenfield estates In: Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10, 341 - 353
- Both, A.,Gunn, L.,Higgs, C.,Davern, M.,Jafari, A.,Boulange, C.,Giles-Corti, B. (2022). Achieving ‘Active’ 30 Minute Cities: How Feasible Is It to Reach Work within 30 Minutes Using Active Transport Modes? In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11, 1 - 18
- Threlfall, C.,Gunn, L.,Davern, M.,Kendal, D. (2022). Beyond the luxury effect: Individual and structural drivers lead to ‘urban forest inequity’ in public street trees in Melbourne, Australia In: Landscape and Urban Planning, 218, 1 - 8
- Alderton, A.,Higgs, C.,Davern, M.,Butterworth, I.,Correia, J.,Nitvimol, K.,Badland, H. (2021). Measuring and monitoring liveability in a low-to-middle income country: A proof-of-concept for Bangkok, Thailand and learnings from an international partnership In: Cities & Health, 5, 320 - 328
- Goodman, R.,Kroen, A.,Davern, M. (2021). Quality of Life, Sustainability and Transport: The Case of Melbourne, Australia In: Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
- Alderton, A.,Nitvimol, K.,Davern, M.,Higgs, C.,Correia, J.,Butterworth, I.,Badland, H. (2021). Building capacity in monitoring urban liveability in bangkok: Critical success factors and reflections from a multi-sectoral, international partnership In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 1 - 14
- Kelly, D.,Davern, M.,Mahmoudi Farahani, L.,Higgs, C.,Maller, C. (2021). Urban greening for health and wellbeing in low-income communities: A baseline study in Melbourne, Australia In: Cities, , 1 - 11
- Pauli, N.,Maller, C.,Mata, L.,Mahmoudi Farahani, L.,Porter, E.,Arabena, L.,Davern, M.,Higgs, C.,Ligtermoet, E.,Selva, G.,Atkins, M.,Mouat, C.,Follmer, J.,Kelly, D. (2020). Perspectives on understanding and measuring the social, cultural and biodiversity benefits of urban greening In: Australian Government, National Environmental Science Program Melbourne, Australia
- Ordonez-Barona, C.,Kendall, D.,Threlfall, C.,Hochuli, D.,Davern, M.,Fuller, R.,van der Ree, R.,Livesley, S. (2020). How urban forest managers evaluate management and governance challenges in their decision-making In: Forests, 11, 1 - 24
- Davern, M.,Winterton, R.,Brasher, K.,Woolcock, G. (2020). How can the lived environment support healthy ageing? A spatial indicators framework for the assessment of age-friendly communities In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 1 - 21
- Early childhood data to decisions: Equitable neighbourhoods to support childdevelopment. Funded by: VicHealth - Competitive from (2022 to 2024)
- Australian Urban Health Indicators (AusUrb-HI Project). Funded by: Australian Research Data Commons - Competitive from (2022 to 2023)
- The Australian Urban Observatory research project – City of Whittlesea. Funded by: City of Whittlesea - Contract from (2022 to 2023)
- The Australian Urban Observatory research project - Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP) research agreement. Funded by: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning - Contract from (2021 to 2023)
- DJTR - What Works for Place Based Approaches (Administered by: Jesuit Social Services). Funded by: Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions - Competitive from (2021 to 2022)
3 PhD Current Supervisions
Population health, liveability, Community wellbeing, Subjective wellbeing, Indicators, Engagement, Knowledge translation, Policy, visualisation