Urban accessibility re-shaped: Transport disadvantage and urban socio-spatial disadvantage
Funding body: Australian Research Council
Project leader: Neil Sipe
Project members: Jago Dodson, Lex Brown, Brendan Gleeson
Project description: This project examines the relationship between transport provision and social need in the Gold Coast urban region. It aims to extend a successful pilot research project with the Gold Coast City Council.
Expected output: Research paper and journal articles
Status: To be completed February 2009
Mainstreaming sustainability in pre-service teacher education in Australia
Funding body: Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (Cth)
Project leader: Jo-Anne Ferreira
Project members: Lisa Ryan (USC), Julie Davis (QUT)
Project description: This is a second stage project that is seeking to understand how effectively a model for mainstreaming sustainability in pre-service teacher education (developed in stage one: Whole-school approaches to sustainability) is at bringing about system-wide change.
Expected outputs: Report to funding bodies, conference papers, and journal articles
Status: To be completed February 2009