STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Melanie Davern
Position:
Principal 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
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- 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
- 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
- Cui, Y.,Russell, M.,Davern, M.,Christian, H. (2020). Longitudinal evidence of the impact of dog ownership and dog walking on mental health In: Journal of Public Health, 43, 145 - 152
- Ordonez-Barona, C.,Threlfall, C.,Livesley, S.,Kendal, D.,Fuller, R.,Davern, M.,van der Ree, R.,Hochuli, D. (2020). Decision-making of municipal urban forest managers through the lens of governance In: Environmental Science and Policy, 104, 136 - 147
- Gunn, L.,Kroen, A.,De Gruyter, C.,Higgs, C.,Saghapour, T.,Davern, M. (2020). Early delivery of equitable and healthy transport options in new suburbs: Policy, place and people In: Journal of Transport & Health, 18, 1 - 15
- Davern, M.,Dodds Buckley, P.,Bucello, P. (2020). Indicators supporting public health, partnership, liveability and integrated planning practice: the case study of the Cardinia Shire growth area in Melbourne, Australia. In: Community Quality-of-Life Indicators, Springer Nature, Switzerland
- 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
- 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)
- The impact of urban greening transformations on health, liveability and connection to nature in disadvantaged communities. Funded by: Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund 2018 onwards- Grant from (2021 to 2022)
- 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 2022)
- Biodiversity sensitive urban design: from theory to practice (Stage 2). Funded by: Ian Potter Foundation - Competitive from (2020 to 2024)
- Developing benchmarks and a smart online tool for assessing walkability in regional and rural communities: Supporting rural Australians to live healthy, active lives (Administered by UTas). Funded by: Medical Research Future Fund from (2020 to 2024)
3 PhD Current Supervisions
Population health, liveability, Community wellbeing, Subjective wellbeing, Indicators, Engagement, Knowledge translation, Policy, visualisation