City Road Podcast

How is infrastructure entangled with the legacies and ongoing processes of settler-coloniality? How might we give more meaningful attention to planning for Country and with Indigenous sovereignties?Cities in so-called Australia are built on unceded First Nations land. We talk about what this means for the way we understand and do infrastructure planning, and the responsibilities of planning professions. Asking these types of questions unsettles many governance assumptions, and prompts infrastructure professions to question ‘who gets to decide?’, ‘whose knowledge is prioritised?’, and ‘who benefits?’.

Guests

Elle Davidson, Aboriginal Planning Lecturer, Balanggarra woman from the East Kimberley and descendant of Captain William Bligh

Associate Professor Tooran Alizadeh, Research lead of the Henry Halloran Trust Infrastructure Governance Incubator at the University of Sydney

Dr Rebecca Clements, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Henry Halloran Trust Infrastructure Governance Incubator at the University of Sydney

This discussion was informed by the research conducted as part of the Infrastructure Governance Incubator. This is a multi-university, multidisciplinary research platform funded by the Henry Halloran Trust, hosted by the University of Sydney in partnership with Monash University, the University of Melbourne, and Planning Institute of Australia (NSW and Victorian branches).

Interview with Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, 2021 Pritzker Prize Laureates and the Rothwell Program Co-Chairs at the University of Sydney’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning.

Architecture is about freedom, generosity, pleasure. Large spaces generate an essential feeling of escape and freedom. Large spaces facilitate appropriation, foster relationships within spaces, to allow for pleasurable situations, to encourage relations between people and promote social life. Enlarging does not mean wasting. Enlarging does not mean costing more. It means inventing space for uses and going beyond the norms and standards which reduce the living space.

“TRANSFORMATION IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF DOING MORE AND BETTER WITH WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING. THE DEMOLISHING IS A DECISION OF EASINESS AND SHORT TERM. IT IS A WASTE OF MANY THINGS—A WASTE OF ENERGY, A WASTE OF MATERIAL, AND A WASTE OF HISTORY. MOREOVER, IT HAS A VERY NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. FOR US, IT IS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE.”

Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal

Some claim the pandemic has ushered in a "post work" era when the concepts of work, workplace, and commute are being remade. Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, co-creation and multi-locational work sites are creating new spaces for work and encouraging the merging of work and non-work spaces like never before. These changes are also hastening the development of unequal labour landscapes across our cities. This panel explores the impact of the "post-work" condition on how we work in, move through, and engage in the city.

This event has been co-organised with the Australasian Cities Research Network.

Panel

Dr. Jim Stanford is an economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work. Jim founded the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute in 2016. He has served for over 20 years as Economist and Director of Policy with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector trade union. He divides his time between Vancouver, B.C., and Sydney Australia.

Jason Lindsay is the founding partner of the successful Petridish Shared Office Space that celebrated its five year’s mark in 2021. With a career working in film and television in the United Stated and New Zealand Jason is now heavily invested in helping start-ups design products through his “Inventors’ Lab.”

Charlotte Lockhart is the founder of the 4 Day Week Global campaign she works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. She is also on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University.

Katharine McKinnon is a professor and the director of the Centre for Sustainable Communities at the University of Canberra. Katharine is also the chair of Community Economies Institute Australia. Katharine has extensively published on topics of community wellbeing and development and economies of care.

Marcus Spiller is the founding partner at the SGS Economics and Planning with a core passion is social justice. Marcus is past National President of the Planning Institute of Australia. He has served on the Commonwealth Government’s National Housing Supply Council. He is a Ministerial appointee to the Housing Supply Expert Panel for South East Queensland and sits on the Ministerial Advisory Committee on planning mechanisms for affordable housing in Victoria.

Etienne Nel is Professor and heads the School of Geography at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has more than 30 years of experience in researching economic and urban history and development. Eteinne extensively teaches on Economic Geography in the Post-World War II era.

Ashraful Alam coordinates the Master of Planning Programme at the University of Otago. He teaches Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work. Ash is the committee member of the Australasian Cities Research Network ACRN.

In January 2022, the Indonesian government approved plans to build Nusantara- a new green and smart capital city on the island of Borneo. Join an interdisciplinary panel of experts, including the architect for the new capital, as they discuss the planning, design, and political agendas behind the new capital and the challenges and opportunities this presents for Southeast Asian urbanism.

Panel

Bambang Brodjonegoro, Former Minister of National Development Planning, Indonesia (Bappenas). Bambang Brodjonegoro has devoted his knowledge and experience to Indonesia in various roles. In his career in government, he has served as Minister of Finance (2014 - 2016), Minister of National Development Planning (PPN) / Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) (2016 - 2019), and Minister of Research and Technology / Head of Research and Innovation Agency National (2019 - 2021).

Eka Permanasari, Associate Professor of Urban Design, Monash University Indonesia. Eka is an Associate Professor in Urban Design at Monash Indonesia. Her research deals with the political insinuation in architecture and urban design. She has led several strategic national projects for the Jakarta Government, such as the Jakarta Giant Sea Wall, the integration of Jakarta MRT and LRT lines and Jakarta TOD urban renewal projects, as well as the development of child-friendly community centre namely Ruang Publik terpadu Ramah Anak (abbreviated as RPTRA) in Jakarta.

Sibarani Sofian, Founder and Director of URBAN+ (architect for Nusantara) and Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University Indonesia.  Sibarani is Founder and Director of URBAN+ practice that he started in 2017, together with several key urban and design experts, to assist clients and cities in creating compelling urban projects. He also teaches at Monash University Indonesia in the Master in Urban Design. With a wealth of experience and networks of key players in urban developments in Indonesia, Sibarani and his URBAN+ team are spearheading strategic infrastructure-driven planning (ie.TOD, Aerotropolis, Port City) and other master planning communities or mixed use projects with the aim of develop better built environments. His firm URBAN+ is in charge of designing Jakarta's new capital.

Dr Jemma Purdey, ReelOzInd! Fellow, Australia-Indonesia Centre and Adjunct Fellow, Deakin University. Jemma Purdey is a fellow at the Australia-Indonesia Centre, Monash University. Her research interests include politics, and human rights in Indonesia and Australia’s relationship with Indonesia. Purdey is Chair of the board that publishes the magazine Inside Indonesia and co-host of the podcast Talking Indonesia and founding Director of ReelOzInd! Australia Indonesia Short Film Competition & Festival.

Systematic Literature Review

This mini-episode takes a deep dive into the Systematic Literature Review.

- What is is?

- Where did it come from?

- And can this methodology from science work in a social science research environment?

This mini-episode is a part of a series of conversations about transforming infrastructure governance. Our shared futures and community well-being are shaped by urban infrastructure such as for transport, green space, water, social, and digital services.

While many public discussions revolve around which infrastructure projects should be prioritised, there is growing recognition that questions of governance are critical to achieving the social, ecological, and place-based transformations we need to address the climate crisis.

In this series, we shine a light on some of the key challenges and opportunities for transforming the way we think about and do infrastructure governance, such as:

- Who should be involved in decision making?

- How can we better collaborate with communities?

- How do we address planning on unceded Indigenous land?

Guests

Dr Liton Kamruzzaman, Associate Professor in Urban Planning & Design within Monash Art Design & Architecture (MADA).

Dr Rebecca Clements, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Henry Halloran Trust Infrastructure Governance Incubator at the University of Sydney.

Production

This podcast series is sponsored by the Infrastructure Governance Incubator, a three-year (2020-2023) collaborative research platform—funded by the Henry Halloran Research Trust—across three universities (The University of Sydney, The University of Melbourne, and Monash University), and in partnership with Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) NSW & Victoria.

Audio recording and editing by Mikayla Scolaro and Dallas Rogers.

Join us for a series of conversations about transforming infrastructure governance. Our shared futures and community well-being are shaped by urban infrastructure such as for transport, green space, water, social, and digital services.

While many public discussions revolve around which infrastructure projects should be prioritised, there is growing recognition that questions of governance are critical to achieving the social, ecological, and place-based transformations we need to address the climate crisis.

In this series, we shine a light on some of the key challenges and opportunities for transforming the way we think about and do infrastructure governance, such as:

- Who should be involved in decision making?

- How can we better collaborate with communities?

- How do we address planning on unceded Indigenous land?

Episode 1: Transformation of what?

This first episode sets out some of the big questions and challenges for thinking about how to transform infrastructure governance.

It looks at the research agenda informing the work of the Infrastructure Governance Incubator. The discussion includes findings from a systematic literature review of the topic, which reveals a need for more research focused on reckoning with settler coloniality and planning on unceded First Nations land, the societal end goals of infrastructure, and how we understand, and do, governance integration to better link strategic planning with actual infrastructure delivery.

These questions not only challenge our understandings of what infrastructure is meant to achieve and how we deliver it, but who is involved in setting agendas and priorities.

Guests

Associate Professor Tooran Alizadeh, Research lead of the Henry Halloran Trust Infrastructure Governance Incubator at the University of Sydney

Dr Rebecca Clements, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Henry Halloran Trust Infrastructure Governance Incubator at the University of Sydney

Production

This podcast series is sponsored by the Infrastructure Governance Incubator, a three-year (2020-2023) collaborative research platform—funded by the Henry Halloran Research Trust—across three universities (The University of Sydney, The University of Melbourne, and Monash University), and in partnership with Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) NSW & Victoria.

Audio recording and editing by Mikayla Scolaro and Dallas Rogers.

In this special Urban Studies Journal book review episode we’re talking with Professor Adam Morton from the discipline of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, Professor Alison Young from Social and Political Sciences and the Deputy-Director of the Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne and Dr Tanzil Shafique, lecturer of Urban Design at University of Sheffield, about Professor AbdouMaliq Simone’s new book, The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture, published by Duke.

The book review is on the Urban Studies website:

https://www.urbanstudiesonline.com/resources/resource/book-review-forum-podcast-the-surrounds/

From horse-drawn carriages to automobiles and mass transit, new transport technologies have historically transformed and disrupted cities. Today, autonomous vehicles and other forms of smart transport technology are predicted to remake transport networks and contribute to a new round of urban expansion. Are Australian cities preparing for a driverless future? This session explores how autonomous vehicles may impact Australian cities and how governments are preparing to address the potential challenges and opportunities.

Festival of Urbanism Panel

Dr Allison Stewart is the Deputy CEO of Infrastructure Victoria (IV). She is a mega-project leader and strategist and led IV’s automated and zero emission vehicle infrastructure research.

Mr Damon Rao is a Senior Transport Planner in the City of Melbourne. He has been leading the City’s e-scooter pilot program.

Prof Graham Currie is a renowned international public transport research leader and policy advisor. He is researching the long-term impacts of autonomous vehicles on cities.

Dr Crystal Legacy is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne. She has researched widely on the governance of disruptive transport technologies.

Discussant

Dr Liton Kamruzzaman is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning and Design at Monash University. His research focuses on the nexus of transport and land use planning.

Despite existing technological capabilities, deeply entrenched barriers to sustainable and equitable transitions often fall to questions of urban governance.

Festival of Urbanism Panel

Chair: Associate Professor Tooran Alizadeh

Haruka Miki-Imoto, Operations Officer for the World Bank in Japan

Professor Tim Bunnell from the National University of Singapore

James O’Keefe, the Director of the Roads to Home Program in the NSW Department of Planning and Environment

Dr Aidan While, University of Sheffield, Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield.

We have an exciting new project with a fantastic new partner coming very soon! You can have a sneaky listen now 🤓