What I do
I am a human geographer and urbanist who is interested in the sustainability of cities from a social perspective.
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​As a geographer, I value a distinct form of spatial thinking, conceptualising urban landscapes as complex assemblages of social, cultural, economic, political, and physical structures.
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I have experience working in academic research at the University of Melbourne and consultancy, having spent the last three years at Ethos Urban, an urban solutions firm.
I have recently relocated to London from Melbourne, Australia, to take my next career steps. I am seeking new challenges in the placemaking and social research areas of the built environment sector and believe London is the place where complex issues facing cities the world over are being tackled by forward-thinking organisations comprised of talented experts.
Skills
Projects
State of the Scene
Strategic Reseach
A first-of-its-kind social and economic research project for NSW, examining the live music industry’s contributions to the state economy, as well as its strengths, barriers, and opportunities to increase its positive social and cultural impacts. I was the project’s lead social analyst, co-designing social research approaches, interviewing stakeholders, and compiling key social findings to deliver recommendations for the NSW Government's ten-year Contemporary Music Strategy.
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View the publicly available report: HERE
Committee for Sydney Pro bono Work
Advice
The Committee for Sydney is an urban policy think tank and an Approved Research Institute that advocates for the whole of Sydney, researching and developing solutions to the most important problems the city faces.
Through Ethos Urban's partnership with the Committee for Sydney, I provided pro bono expert advice to assist with the development of their policy papers. This included an issues and trends scoping report examining pressures on Sydney's care sector workforce, as well as providing urban geography-focused advice on the benefits of street food vendors on the city's social and cultural landscape.
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View the scoping report: HERE
Black Lives, White City
Thesis
At the University of Melbourne’s School of Geography, I conducted empirical research to investigate entanglements of race, place and identity amongst young Afro-Australians. This examined how processes of racialisation shaped understandings of Black identity amongst young Afro-Australians, processes of cultural hybridisation, and how Afro-Australian placemaking is reshaping the city’s racial geographies.​ My final thesis received First Class Honours and is currently being prepared for future publication.
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View the full thesis: HERE
Harbourside Community Resilience Plan
Research & Advice
Mirvac's mixed-use redevelopment of Darling Harbour, adjacent to Sydney CBD, is a key project representing the revitalisation of one of Sydney's most important urban renewal precincts. I contributed to the development of a community resilience framework to help Mirvac achieve LEED certification. I undertook a review of academic literature as well as international, state and local policies to inform the project’s community resilience framework. This involved developing recommendations to shape development outcomes around strengthening social bonds between future residents of the development to increase community resilience through shared social capital networks.
