Dr. Chris De Gruyter
Details
Department: School of GUSS
Campus: City Campus Australia
chris.degruyter@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0001-5069-3018
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Chris De Gruyter is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Planning in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. He undertakes teaching and research in the area of transport and land use planning, with a focus on understanding the impacts of new residential development on the transport system. Chris was previously an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow in the Centre for Urban Research where he investigated the impacts of the apartment boom on public transport in Australian cities.
Prior to joining RMIT University, Chris was a Research Fellow and Deputy Director in the Public Transport Research Group at Monash University. He also worked in transport planning for 12 years, both with the Victorian government and in consulting. Chris' wider research interests span the areas of public transport, land use planning, travel demand management, and parking policy.
Research fields
- 330409 Transport planning
- 330410 Urban analysis and development
- 350906 Public transport
- 350905 Passenger needs
UN sustainable development goals
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
Academic positions
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
- Australia
- 2026 – Present
- Honorary Research Associate
- University of Oxford
- Transport Studies Unit
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- 2023 – 2024
- Senior Research Fellow and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow
- RMIT University
- Centre for Urban Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2022 – 2026
- Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Centre for Urban Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2022 – 2022
- Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Centre for Urban Research
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2018 – 2021
- Lecturer (Sessional),
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2017 – 2017
- Research Fellow and Deputy Director
- Monash University
- Public Transport Research Group, Monash Institute of Transport Studies
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2015 – 2018
- Teaching Associate,
- Monash University
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2012 – 2015
- Research Aide
- Monash University
- Institute of Transport Studies
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2001 – 2002
Non-academic positions
- Transport Consultant
- UrbanTrans
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2013 – 2015
- Senior Transport Planner
- AECOM
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2006 – 2013
- TravelSmart Project Officer
- Victorian Department of Transport
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2003 – 2006
- Cadet Traffic Engineer
- GTA Consultants
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2002 – 2003
Supervisor projects
- Modelling Heterogeneity of Electric Vehicles Charging Demand in Melbourne: An Agent-based Modelling Approach
- 9 Nov 2023
- The Impact of High-Density Housing on Public Transport Use
- 5 Aug 2022
- The Role of Governance in Supporting Car Sharing as an Integrated Transport Mode
- 10 Aug 2021
- Accessible Transport System for the Elderly
- 29 Aug 2019
Teaching interests
Chris recently joined the Sustainability and Urban Planning discipline in 2026 where he will be coordinating courses related to transport planning and planning work placements. Chris was previously the course coordinator for ARCH1313 (Integrated Transport Planning) during 2019-23 and the Lecturer for CIVE1253 (Advanced Transport Infrastructure) in 2017. In addition, Chris provides regular guest lectures on transport planning across a range of urban planning and engineering courses.
