STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Joe Hurley
Position:
Assoc Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
Global, Urban and Social Studies
Phone:
+61 3 9925 9016
Email:
joe.hurley@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Joe Hurley is an Associate Professor with the Sustainability and Urban Planning program; and a member of the Centre for Urban.
Joe Hurley is an Associate Professor with the Sustainability and Urban Planning program; and a member of the Centre for Urban. He is also Deputy Director of the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Research Hub, a multi-institution partnership funded by the National Environmental Science Program. His research focuses on the intersection between urban planning and urban sustainability, and on the role of urban governance and policy in producing sustainable outcomes. He is a chief investigator on several other research projects funded by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage; and the Smart Cities and Suburbs program. Joe takes a particular interest in the relationship between research and practice worlds and is actively involved in work to reduce the barriers to exchange and enhance collaboration. He is an elected Committee Member of the Planning Institute of Australia Committee, Victorian Division.
- Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning.
- Member, Centre for Urban Research
- Deputy Leader, Urban Systems theme, Clean Air and Urban Landscapes research hub
- Committee Member, Planning Institute of Australia (Vic Division)
- Teaching areas: Urban Planning Research; Strategic Urban Planning; Planning History; Global Study Tours (Myanmar)
- Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University, 2011. Thesis title: "Sustainability and Master Planned Estates: from principles to practice"
- Grad Cert Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT University, 2010
- B Eng (Civil) (Hons), University of Melbourne, 1999
- Committee Member, Planning Institute of Australia (Vic Division)
- Collaborative research and teaching with government and industry partners including: EPA Victoria; Melbourne City Council; Resilient Melbourne; City West Water; the Victorian Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning; the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; Commonwealth Department of Environment; Planning Institute of Australia; Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities; Municipal Association of Victoria; Council Alliance for Sustainable Built Environment; 202020 Vision.
- Collaborative research with scholars at the University of Melbourne, the University of Western Australia; the University of Wollongong, Swinburne University, and Reading University (UK).
- Hurley, J.,Wood, G.,Groenhart, L. (2018). Long run urban analysis using property records: A methodological case study of land use change In: Urban Studies, 55, 427 - 442
- Hurley, J.,Moloney, S.,Doyon, A.,Moore, T.,Breese, E. (2018). Disrupting the status quo: local government efforts to implement ESD through land-use planning In: Proceedings of the 8th State of Australian Cities Conference (SOAC 2017), Adelaide, Australia, 28-30 November 2017
- Duncan, J.,Boruff, B.,Saunders, A.,Sun, Q.,Hurley, J.,Amati, M. (2018). Turning down the heat: An enhanced understanding of the relationship between urban vegetation and surface temperature at the city scale In: Science of The Total Environment, 656, 118 - 128
- Hurley, J.,Taylor, E.,Phelan, K. (2017). Collaboration with caveats: Research-practice exchange in planning In: Planning Practice and Research, 32, 508 - 523
- Hurley, J.,Taylor, E.,Dodson, J. (2017). Getting Dense: Why Has Urban Consolidation Been So Difficult? In: The Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, New York, United States
- Moore, T.,Moloney, S.,Hurley, J.,Doyon, A. (2017). Implementing sustainability in the built environment: An analysis of the role and effectiveness of the building and planning system in delivering sustainable cities In: Australian Communities Foundation Melbourne, Australia
- Taylor, E.,Hurley, J. (2016). "Not a lot of people read the stuff": Australian urban research in planning practice In: Urban Policy and Research, 34, 116 - 131
- Hurley, J.,Taylor, E. (2016). Australian early career planning researchers and the barriers to research-practice exchange In: Australian Planner, 53, 5 - 14
- Taylor, E.,Cook, N.,Hurley, J. (2016). Do objections count? Estimating the influence of residents on housing development assessment in Melbourne In: Urban Policy and Research, 34, 269 - 283
- Hurley, J.,Lamker, C.,Taylor, E. (2016). Exchange between researchers and practitioners in urban planning: achievable objective or a bridge too far? In: Planning Theory and Practice, 17, 447 - 453
- Enabling active travel in Australian cities by mapping shadeways. Funded by: Smart Cities and Suburbs Program - 2017 onwards from (2017 to 2019)
- Implementing Sustainability in the Built Environment. Funded by: Australian Communities Foundation Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)
- Improved Urban Systems for Liveability (Administrated by University of Melbourne).. Funded by: National Environmental Science Programme Grant 2015 from (2014 to 2021)
- Top Up Scholarship - Simon Colman (AHURI). Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants 2014 from (2014 to 2017)
- Resident third party objections and appeals against planning application: implications for medium density and social housing. Funded by: AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants pre-2014 from (2011 to 2012)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions2 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
Strategic urban planning, Sustainability performance assessment methodologies, Sustainable cities.