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Launch of Australian Urban Observatory Liveability Map 2.0 and update on National Urban Policy

Virtual

The Australian Urban Observatory at RMIT University is delighted to invite you to the online launch of the new and improved AUO Map 2.0on Tuesday the 10th of September at 1pm. During Social Sciences Week, the Australian Urban Observatory team will be releasing an enhanced AUO digital map portal that supports faster, more efficient and insightful observation and understanding of city liveability across Australia. Our new and improved portal reflects the ongoing contribution of our research partners, without whom, our expanded work would not be possible. Emeritus Professor Barbara Norman is our esteemed guest speaker at the launch and Chair of the National Urban Policy Forum. Professor Norman is a global expert in sustainable cities and regions, smart infrastructure, coastal planning, climate change adaptation and urban governance. Professor Norman will present the Australian Government's Draft National Urban Policy that has recently been open for public consultation with goals and objectives that support urban areas to be liveable, equitable, productive, sustainable and resilient. Join us for an informative, interactive session and learn more about how the AUO Map 2.0 can serve you even better! Speakers:  Emeritus Professor Barbara Norman, University of Canberrra, Chair National Urban Policy Forum Brigid Papaix, Partnerships Manager & Knowledge Broker Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University Professor Melanie Davern, Director Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University Please register for […]

Free

Power, Privilege and Place in Australian Society

008.04.013 Megaflex 3 Building 8, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne

This event will launch the book 'Power, Privilege and Place in Australian Society', by Patrick O'Keeffe. 'Power, Privilege and Place in Australian Society' contributes to urgent discussions in key areas of Australian society. At a moment in time where a more progressive, caring, inclusive and optimistic public discourse is required, this book takes up the challenge of thinking constructively and creatively about the possibilities for change. This book is based on lectures developed for the RMIT University undergraduate course 'Australian Society in a Global Context', which was a collaborative teaching effort that drew on the expertise of numerous PhD candidates who taught in this course. To support the launch of this book, past tutors in this course will speak about their research, and identify opportunities for social change that disrupt power and privilege in Australia. Dr Stefani Vasil (Australian Catholic University) will speak about their research into experiences of gender based violence among migrant women. Dr Liam Davies (RMIT University) will discuss housing insecurity and the residualisation of public housing in Victoria. Dr Tuba Boz (RMIT University) will outline the role of sport and dance in building multiculturalism from the grassroots in suburban Melbourne. Dr Rachel Goff (RMIT University) will reflect on their work in developing culturally humble approaches […]

Book Launch – A Theory of Housing Provision under Capitalism

HYBRID - Online and at RMIT Kaleide Theatre 360 Swanston Street, Lower Ground, Building 08, Melbourne

The Centre for Urban Research is pleased to host the launch of Mike Berry's new book A Theory of Housing Provision under Capitalism as part of Social Science Week 2023. The launch will feature a presentation by the author followed by a panel discussion with RMIT housing experts. About the book Housing is in the daily headlines as the governments struggle to respond to failures in rental and home ownership markets. The housing crisis has raised critical questions about the role of housing in capitalist societies. In his new book A Theory of Housing Provision under Capitalism, Professor Mike Berry offers the first coherent Marxist analysis of the central importance of housing in the social reproduction of capitalism as a whole. Berry argues that the circulation of capital and revenues though housing and the built environment helps explain how the capital-labour relation constrains housing outcomes while also being reproduced on an extended scale. He shows how housing is provided by the intervention of building, property and interest-bearing capital fractions; how the land question can be explained by a theory of urban land rent, drawing on Marx's categories of differential and monopoly rent; how housing is vital to the extended reproduction […]

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