Professor Brendan Gleeson
BTRP Hons, (Melbourne), MURP (University of Southern California), PhD (Melbourne)
Professor of Urban Management and Policy, Director of the Urban Research Program,
Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Kessels Road, Queensland,. 4111, Australia.
T: +61 (0)7 3735 5174
F: +61 (0)3 3735 4026
E: brendan.gleeson@griffith.edu.au
Profile
Brendan Gleeson set up the Urban Research Program at Griffith University (www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp/ ) and was its inaugural Director. He is the author or editor of five books, three of which have won national and international prizes, and numerous journal articles. His research interests include urban planning and governance, urban social policy, disability studies, and environmental theory and policy. His recent work has focused on socio-spatial analysis of suburbs, their vulnerability to oil shocks and the need for better public transport options. Gleeson was the inaugural recipient of the John Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues (Allen & Unwin Publishers) leading to the publication of his seminal book Australian Heartlands: Making Space for Hope in the Suburbs.
Selected Publications since 2000
Books and Edited Collections
- Low, N.P., Gleeson, B.J., Radovic, D. & Green, R. (2005) The Green City, Sydney: UNSW Press.
- Low, N.P. & Gleeson, B.J. (eds.) (2003) Making Urban Transport Sustainable, Palgrave/Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire (UK).
- Gleeson, B.J. & Low, N.P. (eds.) (2001) Government for the Environment: global problems, ethics and democracy, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave/Macmillan.
- Low, N.P., Gleeson, B.J., Elander, I. & Lidskog, R. eds (2000) Consuming Cities: the urban environment in the global economy after the Rio declaration, London and New York: Routledge.
- Gleeson, B.J. & Low, N.P. (2000) Australian Urban Planning: new challenges, new agendas, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.