STAFF PROFILE
Professor Melanie Davern
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399253090
Email:
melanie.davern@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Jamalishahni, T.,Davern, M.,Villanueva, K.,Turrell, G.,Foster, S. (2024). The contribution of objective and perceived crime to neighbourhood socio-inequity in loneliness In: Health and Place, 85, 1 - 11
- Jamalishahni, T.,Turrell, G.,Foster, S.,Davern, M.,Villanueva, K. (2023). Neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage and loneliness: the contribution of green space quantity and quality In: BMC Public Health, 23, 1 - 17
- Badland, H.,Villanueva, K.,Alderton, A.,Davern, M.,Goldfeld, S. (2023). An urban neighbourhood framework for realising progress towards the New Urban Agenda for equitable early childhood development In: Children's Geographies, 21, 1087 - 1105
- Davern, M.,Both, A.,Murray, K.,Roberts, R.,Norzahari, F. (2023). Liveability research creating real world impact: connecting urban planning and public health through the Australian Urban Observatory In: Cities and Health, 7, 765 - 778
- Ordonez-Barona, C.,Threlfall, C.,Kendal, D.,Baumann, J.,Davern, M., et al, . (2023). Quantifying the importance of urban trees to people and nature through tree removal experiments In: People and Nature, 5, 1316 - 1335
- Zapata-Diomedi, M.,Both, A.,Abbas, A.,Woodcock, J.,Kroen, A.,Davern, M.,Gunn, L. (2023). Shifting car travel to active modes to improve population health and achieve transport goals: A simulation study In: Journal of Transport and Health, 31, 1 - 19
- Ordonez-Barona, C.,Sonkkila, C.,Baumann, J.,Threlfall, C.,Hochuli, D.,Fuller, R.,Davern, M.,Livesley, S. (2023). The role of diverse cultural identities in the perceived value of urban forests in Melbourne, Australia, and implications for urban ecosystem research and practice In: Ecology and Society, 28, 1 - 33
- Jamalishahni, T.,Turrell, G.,Villanueva, K.,Foster, S.,Davern, M. (2022). Contribution of the built environment to inequity in loneliness by neighbourhood disadvantage in Australia In: Cities and Health, 6, 1067 - 1080
- Hosseini, A.,Davern, M.,Evans, W.,Ghazinour, M.,Kakuma, R.,Minas, H. (2022). Resilience and Migration: Iranians Living in Australia In: Human Migration in the Last Three Centuries, IntechOpen, United Kingdom
- Alderton, A.,Villanueva, K.,Davern, M.,Reddell, T.,Lata, L.,Moloney, S.,Gooder, H.,Hewitt, T.,De Silva, A.,Coffey, B.,McShane, I.,Cigdem, M. (2022). What works for place-based approaches in Victoria. Part 1: A review of the literature. In: Victorian Government Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions Melbourne, Australia
- Linking health, place and urban planning through the Australian Urban Observatory. Funded by: Ian Potter Foundation - Competitive from (2024 to 2028)
- Australian Urban Observatory research project - City of Greater Geelong. Funded by: City of Greater Geelong Contract from (2024 to 2024)
- Designing liveable neighbourhoods to support healthy ageing. Funded by: ARC-Discovery Projects from (2023 to 2026)
- Early childhood data to decisions: Equitable neighbourhoods to support child development. Funded by: VICHealth - Impact Research Grants from (2022 to 2025)
- Building tools for measuring the health impacts of active transport: Transport Health Assessment Tool for Brisbane (Administered via The Sax Institute). Funded by: Rapid Response Research Grant Program - Australian Prevention Partnership Centre from (2022 to 2023)
1 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions
Population health, liveability, Community wellbeing, Subjective wellbeing, Indicators, Engagement, Knowledge translation, Policy, visualisation