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PhD Student - Land UseNicholas Stevens, who has been closely involved in the Airport Metropolis project from its inception in 2006, was awarded the PhD Scholarship in Land Use. He is a Landscape Architect and Urban Planner with a background in regional planning and urban design and has recently completed his masters degree. Nicholas' PhD Confirmation of Candidature took place on 29 January 2009, " Land Use at the Airport Metropolis". Nicholas’ research is examining current land use planning in and around capital city airports in Australia. The aim of the research is to inform and provide recommendations to enhance approaches to land use planning for airports and adjacent metropolitan regions in Australia. He is evaluating international best practices in land use around the world to inform Australian practice. PhD Students - GovernanceTimothy Donnet QUTTimothy Donnet, who has been a Master of Business (research) student for governance in the Airport Metropolis Project since February 2008, has gained approval from QUT to upgrade to PhD level research from his previous appointment. This enables Timothy to extend his governance research project duration to contribute more to theory, practice, and the Airport Metropolis Project. Ongoing engagement with Brisbane Airport Corporation, has helped to focus the research project to a level that will benefit both airport and regional actors.Tim's PhD Confirmation of Candidature took place on 20 April 2009 at Brisbane Airport Corporation, "Governance in implementing Airport Infrastructure: relationship adaption during periods of uncertainty", followed by a seminar at QUT on 21 April 2009, "Exploring and explaining how governance emerges in complicated and complex airport infrastructure implementation". Tim’s research addresses the many different governance arrangements used for development projects in and around airports. There is currently little understanding of why different governance arrangements are used or how existing arrangements could be modified to enhance outcomes for both city and airport. Tim’s research evaluates the ability of existing governance arrangements for developments within, around and beyond the airport fence to identify, consider and protect the long-run capacity concerns of both city and airport. The research asks ‘how can governance arrangements be applied to city and airport development so that outcomes do not compromise the ability of city and airport to meet long-run capacity demands?’ Robbert Kivits SCURobbert Kivits' research is in the field of stakeholder management. Currently stakeholder management is not being fully utilized by key stakeholders due to several reasons, including a lack of uniformity and validity on methods and key measurements, as well as a disconnect between stakeholder and community engagement. To date no identified empirical research has extensively tested the whole stakeholder management process, from stakeholder identification, through stakeholder differentiation and classification, relations investigation, to stakeholder engagement strategies. Robbie's PhD onfirmation of Canditure took place on 9 September 2009 at Southern Cross University. PhD Student - Sustainability Criteria and IndicatorsPhilip Kimmet, has 6 years research experience in various capacities and projects in QUT's School of Urban Development. Originally a property valuer, Philip has coordinated and contributed to a number of inter-disciplinary research projects and specialises in sustainability measurement, policy, economics and strategies. Philip has international journal publications relating todevelopment issues, sustainability in the workplace, and sustainability discourse analysis. Phil's PhD Confirmation of Canditure took place on 28 July 2008, "Indicators for Sustainable airport development". Engagement Innovation GrantProf Douglas Baker, along with the QUT Airport Metropolis project team, has been successful in obtaining an Engagement Innovation Grant, “Guidelines to Engage Industry Partners in Academic Research”. The project was fully funded for the amount applied for, $30,000. The ARC Linkage Airport Metropolis project will provide a case study for this project. The primary purpose of the project is to provide a framework that outlines a series of methods to facilitate and consolidate the engagement process for stronger partnerships and improved research outcomes. The outcomes of this project includes the Guidelines and a Web Tool Kit which will provide the necessary assistance and direction to early career academics, new academics, researchers, and support staff for the engagement of community in collaborative research grant proposals. The Guidelines will provide a series of methods for the effective engagement of all stakeholders and will improve the outcomes and success of a range of government/industry supported research activities. ArticlesNews articles related to the Airport Metropolis research collaboration project A archives of links to news articles related to airport cities Comments from the community in regard to the project |
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