Mr. Carl Higgs
Research Fellow
Details
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College: School of GUSS
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Department: School of GUSS
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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carl.higgs@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-5903-9095
About
Carl Higgs is a Research Fellow in the Healthy Liveable Cities Lab of RMIT University's Centre for Urban Research, with an interdisciplinary background in cultural studies, spatial epidemiology, and computer science. Methods and tools Carl has developed have supported calculation and dissemination of policy-relevant spatial urban indicators for cities in Australia and internationally using open data and an open science ethos. Through linkage studies and research translation, Carl’s research aims to empower community advocates, policy makers and planners with the evidence needed to address urban inequities for healthier, more sustainable cities.
Research fields
- 4206 Public health
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 4202 Epidemiology
- 3304 Urban and regional planning
- 4406 Human geography
- 4407 Policy and administration
- 3301 Architecture
- 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
- 3709 Physical geography and environmental geoscience
- 4905 Statistics
Teaching interests
Carl has provided guest lectures on calculating and communicating spatial indicators for healthy and sustainable cities and conceptualising urban liveability for undergraduate and masters human geography and urban planning students in Australia (RMIT University) and internationally (University of Vic, Catalonia, Spain).
Research interests
Urban and Regional Planning, Public Health and Health Services, Policy and Administration, Human Geography, Demography, Sociology.
