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
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- 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
- Kendal, D.,Ordonez-Barona, C.,Davern, M.,Fuller, R. A., et al, . (2022). Public satisfaction with urban trees and their management in Australia: The roles of values, beliefs, knowledge, and trust In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 73, 1 - 13
- Jayasinghe, S.,Flies, E.,Soward, R.,Roberts, R.,Norzahari, F.,Davern, M., et al, . (2022). Physical Activity and Food Environments in and around Schools: A Case Study in Regional North-West Tasmania In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 1 - 14
- Browne, G.,Gunn, L.,Davern, M. (2022). A Framework for Developing Environmental Justice Indicators In: Standards, 2, 90 - 105
- 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
- Designing liveable neighbourhoods to support healthy ageing. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2023 from (2023 to 2026)
- Early childhood data to decisions: Equitable neighbourhoods to support childdevelopment. Funded by: VicHealth - Competitive from (2022 to 2024)
- Building tools for measuring the health impacts of active transport: Transport Health Assessment Tool for Brisbane (administered via The Sax Institute). Funded by: Rapid Response Research Grant Program - Australian Prevention Partnership Centre from (2022 to 2023)
- 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)
3 PhD Current Supervisions
Population health, liveability, Community wellbeing, Subjective wellbeing, Indicators, Engagement, Knowledge translation, Policy, visualisation